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I Love Genealogy

What A Shock...... I have always been interested in my geneology, maybe because I was a history major and what better way than to research your own family history. Anyway, I have been told that I am related to Pete Rose and Stonewall Jackson. I am proud of both-opposite ends of the spectrum but we don't choose our family.

I was told that I was from Wales, Ireland, France and my great grandfather was full blooded Cherokee, hence the heritage I chose on EP.

Groupon was offering a special with ConnectmyDNA so I did it. For 29.00, I believe, they sent me two cotton swabs to swish in my cheeks.

Imagine my disbelief when it came back that my DNA was almost 100% in Austrailia, then Sweden, Poland, Croatia, , 5th was Ireland, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Belgium and Belarus.. 10 countries in all!

But the shock of all times is when they said that my mother and father shared 3 loci that were identical...now what does that mean? I am not sure...but my children were born with a very rare genetic disease..my sisters and brothers never had children so I can't say.

More research is needed I think!
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DaddynKitten
I too am very much involved in discovering my families roots. My dad never told me where we came from, and then I got on Ancestry.com. From my work and the work others had already done, it would appear my paternal heritage is from Scotland, and my ggggg(many times) grandfather participated directly in the Scottish uprisings with William Wallace, (Braveheart). In that movie, the guy who came to Wallace's aid (when his family was killed) would have been a direct descendant and Wallace married one of my kin. I'm thinking... REALLY!!?? Then I got on the websites with my families name, they have castles and regions named after them, (even a tartan)... And I'm getting requests from others in the group to get tested for DNA... This is why I thought to write... I'm thinking: I too am afraid of what I will find! I hope it's true!
akindheart · 61-69, F
that is absolutely awesome! i need to research next!