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Ancestry DNA results (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP
LOL .. Iliyah Jul 2020 #1
A sigh of relief for all involved... hlthe2b Jul 2020 #2
Love that baby pic. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #3
A true blue blood n/t sarge43 Jul 2020 #4
Forwarded to my niece Bayard Jul 2020 #5
I wasn't so lucky. I found a surprise half-brother with a big family, and yep, Croney Jul 2020 #6
I got bad news Gilbert Moore Jul 2020 #7
LOL! Better than GOP blood! lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #8
MUCH better! calimary Jul 2020 #9
Welcome to DU. Two noble breeds! niyad Jul 2020 #21
My God I have Bush blood as in Prescott Bush distant cousin. gordianot Jul 2020 #10
Omg love it wildman76 Jul 2020 #11
My late father did not talk to his father for 2 weeks when he found out he voted for Eisenhower! kimbutgar Jul 2020 #12
Both My Granfathers RobinA Jul 2020 #14
Exactly nowadays just a high school diploma does not guarantee you a comfortable life unless kimbutgar Jul 2020 #16
The kid looks like he's pulverizing that sand! lunatica Jul 2020 #13
That is the story behind the meme. Jimbo S Jul 2020 #17
So, cute. nt iluvtennis Jul 2020 #15
I love it! warmfeet Jul 2020 #18
lol.. Cute Kid! Cha Jul 2020 #19
I confess, I'm from a mixed marriage MyMission Jul 2020 #20
I'm related to both Richard Nixon and WhiteTara Jul 2020 #22

Croney

(4,659 posts)
6. I wasn't so lucky. I found a surprise half-brother with a big family, and yep,
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:16 PM
Jul 2020

they are followers of IT.

I won't be going to any reunions.

Gilbert Moore

(218 posts)
7. I got bad news
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jul 2020

My wife used a discount place to check my DNA. Turns out I'm half Irish and half German.

The problem is it's Irish Setter and German Shepard. I think she saved money by going to a pet ancestry company. . .

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
10. My God I have Bush blood as in Prescott Bush distant cousin.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:34 PM
Jul 2020

My Grandfather actually knew him before becoming a Roosevelt Democrat. My daughter who is into genealogy knows to never go there. My Grandfather knew Harry Truman and Clarence Cannon was teased about this unfortunate relationship.

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
12. My late father did not talk to his father for 2 weeks when he found out he voted for Eisenhower!
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:54 PM
Jul 2020

When I was a young kid, Dad would always say, “dirty, stinkin, lousy republicans”! To this day I can hear him say it in my memories of him!

RobinA

(9,888 posts)
14. Both My Granfathers
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jul 2020

were dyed in the wool Repubs. Hated FDR with a purple passion. Things were different then. Both grew up fairly poor, but were solidly middle class by WW2 and beyond. That was back when you didn’t need a college degree to get a decent job that fed the family and allowed for some extras. Actually, they were both prime examples of what no longer happens - solid guys with solid jobs that paid a living wage. A house, a car, couple of kids, a decent standard of living.

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
16. Exactly nowadays just a high school diploma does not guarantee you a comfortable life unless
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:32 PM
Jul 2020

You were born rich!

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
17. That is the story behind the meme.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:35 PM
Jul 2020

I read not long ago. Mom was taking pictures of her young one playing on the beach. He had a fistful of sand.

MyMission

(1,850 posts)
20. I confess, I'm from a mixed marriage
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:19 PM
Jul 2020

My Canadian mom was a Democratic socialist, and my dad converted to republican as a young man, before they married.

Dad was looking for work, went to a legislator who told my dad he could help him if dad was a repug. So he became one, which fit, because he was racist, selfish, mean, and crazy. Didn't help me pay for college, but helped Regan and Bush1 with their election campaigns. He resented the cost of raising me, begrudged me eyeglasses and orthopedic shoes.

When I hear repug rhetoric it brings me back to the worst parts of my childhood, to the numerous disagreements I had with him over the years, his warped and faulty reasoning.

His parents, only brother and his family, all Democrats. So Democrat in my blood, but I sometimes fear it's tainted by my converted to republican father! He also gave me high blood sugar and high cholesterol.

WhiteTara

(29,704 posts)
22. I'm related to both Richard Nixon and
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jul 2020

Ken Burns!
I also found out I'm part Dutch! I never knew that and that is how I'm related to both.

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