Have you ever taken a DNA test. Like from Ancestry DNA and found something or someone you didn’t expect?
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exexec · 61-69, C
Yes. Most of my background was as I suspected, but I was surprised to find a strong link to Scandinavia. I have been doing genealogical research for 30 years and haven't uncovered anyone from there. Some of my cousins from there have been identified through DNA, but I have no idea how we link.
exexec · 61-69, C
@TwistofFate1978 That really is interesting! One man contacted me. He and I share great-great-grandfathers, but he is adopted and doesn't know how we connect between now and the early 1800's.
DragonFruit · 61-69, M
Yes....I grew up thinking that I was of 50% Italian and 50% Irish descent (entirely European caucasian descent), but that’s not quite what came out of the DNA test.
I am 50% Irish by descent, but only 25% Italian by descent.
Other ancestry included Greek, Spanish, African, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian.
It turns out that I’m something of a “mutt”, and actually “tri-racial”.
I am 50% Irish by descent, but only 25% Italian by descent.
Other ancestry included Greek, Spanish, African, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian.
It turns out that I’m something of a “mutt”, and actually “tri-racial”.
TwistofFate1978 · 46-50, F
@DragonFruit aren’t we all anymore ❤️
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westwiiler · 51-55, M
westwiiler · 51-55, M
@TwistofFate1978 yeah...I'm pretty sure I know who it is, but they've stonewalled me pretty good. It's one of two people from a prominent family in dentistry......the one guy or his brother....I found the son of one of the men was an attorney (after I found out one had a stroke not 2 months before and didn't want to upset him further). I figured if someone was going to stop me, it would be the attorney in the family. Well, no one will take a damn test but I'm related to all kinds of people around them.
TwistofFate1978 · 46-50, F
@westwiiler that can be tricky
westwiiler · 51-55, M
@TwistofFate1978 yeah...I mean, I have a great family. I don't need them. I just wanted to know my medical history and such. So, since I have known my birth mother for 20 of my 49 years, we have become friends. Weirdly, she hasn't befriended my wife but is still friends with my ex....that's weird, isn't it?....anyway...I thought I was part of this Italian family ("connected") for all this time....then a woman thinking she was my half sister reached out to me.
We met and everything....she convinced me to take the Ancestry test....well, guess who isn't related. This made my wife happy because this woman was super clingy and as I have learned, half siblings that meet later in life have a bad habit of getting "attracted" to the sibling....don't judge...just read...I never was into either of my sisters...but then one of them wasn't my sister and just became a woman I know...and as someone who doesn't have a great track record...I didn't need a woman I know...LOL
We met and everything....she convinced me to take the Ancestry test....well, guess who isn't related. This made my wife happy because this woman was super clingy and as I have learned, half siblings that meet later in life have a bad habit of getting "attracted" to the sibling....don't judge...just read...I never was into either of my sisters...but then one of them wasn't my sister and just became a woman I know...and as someone who doesn't have a great track record...I didn't need a woman I know...LOL
TwistofFate1978 · 46-50, F
😄@Leftyss
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
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