I Am Part Irish

So last year I did a post about being 1/4 Cherokee. It turns out that I'm not (should have not taken my grandmother's word on this lol.) I had two family members one on each side do the DNA thing and there is ZERO Native American. There is however much more of something I never knew, and that is a huge chunk of Irish from both my parents. 65% Irish/Celt from my dad and 52% from my mom. (There's also a bit of German, Welsh, and Swedish in there) so there you have it. I'm mostly Irish and can now celebrate St. Paddy's Dad with true roots. (Last part was meant to be funny.) It's interesting to find out that I am way more Irish than I ever thought. My dads family was traced back to mid 1600's. Subsequently I removed my post about being Cherokee. It's disappointing but very cool to be a Celt!:)

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SW-User

My family just went through this a couple of years ago. The DNA tests came back without one iota of Native American DNA. Unfortunately, my dad is in absolute denial about it and becomes downright belligerent when the topic comes up. He insists that the tests are wrong, because he’s tied so much of his identity to it for 60+ years.

Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F

@SW-User the rumour was that my grandmother's father was adopted after being left on the doorstep of a local family. He was raised in a Baptist home of immigrant parents and he was always proud of that and followed in his adoptive father's footsteps becoming a Baptist preacher. Everyone said he looked like a Cherokee indian. My grandmother very much had the coloring and features; she was beautiful. My dad had DNA testing done and it proved that his grandfather had to be Native American as the rumors had stated. However not only that, he found cousins that had registered their DNA and it matched up that were biological descendants of my great grandfather. His mother was only 14 when he was born, but she went on to have 6 more children. He was able to meet several of his cousins.

SW-User

I think those tests open some fascinating doors. We basically found out that we’re descended from Vikings. I’ve tried to convince my dad that he should focus on that bit of information and pursue that, but he’s only interested in finding native DNA. @Fungirlmmm

Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F

@SW-User That's sad

ravenwind43 · 51-55, F

@SW-User My grandmother was always insistent that my grandfather was Cherokee. His photos even looked like it.
The tests are fascinating but have the power to stir up trouble (and family secrets)

ravenwind43 · 51-55, F

@Fungirlmmm That's quite a story of his life🙂

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

@SW-User there's a chance that he's right