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JenniferJuniper

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5. Huge surprise for my uncle

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 10:26 AM

Jul 2018

He found out my grandfather was not his father and amazingly enough (with a little help from me) was reunited with his late father's family, including an elderly aunt and cousins who had been looking for him for nearly 70 years. His father died in WWII and my grandmother stopped communication with them for some reason when my uncle was about 7, six year after his father's death in the war.

My grandmother kept the secret from everyone for the entirety of her long life.

DNA don't lie though.

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Anyone do a DNA test? Any surprises? [View all] bif Jul 2018 OP

I'm about to. no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #1

Until Privacy of the Data is more secure Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #2

My feelings also. notdarkyet Jul 2018 #31

+1 Quemado Jul 2018 #36

Same here. I am wary of giving my DNA to a private company. Flaleftist Aug 2018 #63

Had our daughter do it. cilla4progress Jul 2018 #3

We had always heard we were just a couple generations from Native American. yallerdawg Jul 2018 #4

My mother told me that her yesphan Jul 2018 #6

My grandmother and her sister in Oklahoma City... yallerdawg Jul 2018 #10

My oldest sister's came back 0% Native American. Mine came back at a bit over 5%. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #28

My brother and I had ours analyzed with 23andMe. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2018 #20

Huge surprise for my uncle JenniferJuniper Jul 2018 #5

Found my dad was not my biological father Louis1895 Jul 2018 #39

No big surprises; the results were pretty consistent The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #7

DNA doesn't work that simply. You don't get exactly 50% of your DNA from each parent, and spooky3 Jul 2018 #27

Yes, exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #33

My Sisterim Law was in her 70s safeinOhio Jul 2018 #8

Yes qazplm135 Jul 2018 #9

Oh my In_The_Wind Aug 2018 #47

Two friends, two surprises. blaze Jul 2018 #11

No unexpected dna, but less or none of some, which can GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #12

Same here, What I was told was the truth mitch96 Jul 2018 #13

My brother did it. It said that we were Irish IrishEyes Jul 2018 #14

My granddaughter snowybirdie Jul 2018 #15

Those DNA sites are all CIA fronts.... Hotler Jul 2018 #16

I'm not sure why the CIA would care where my ancestors came from. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #17

I was just being werid. nt Hotler Jul 2018 #19

My wife's uncle did one. I told my son's that I love... NNadir Jul 2018 #18

I think some have the idea that these tests are some sort of miracle defacto7 Jul 2018 #40

2 or 4% Neanderthal. applegrove Jul 2018 #21

I grew up thinking that I was half Italian, 1/4 English and 1/4 Dutch, although I knew smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #22

Yeah. Looked up the family tree and found out I was the sap. miyazaki Jul 2018 #23

My sister recently did hers tonekat Jul 2018 #24

Your percentages will be different. beveeheart Jul 2018 #30

No surprises. I had always thought (hoped?) that I had at least one Glorfindel Jul 2018 #25

My kin don't look up the family tree jpak Jul 2018 #26

My mom said her grandfather full blooded Choctaw, no indication of that Cicada Jul 2018 #29

Never have. Never will. democratisphere Jul 2018 #32

Most of us are no longer Nordic, German, English, Irish or what have you. Kaleva Jul 2018 #34

I was the surprise. Lol I was adopted & DNA was how I found my bio families and... WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #35

My son is adopted. Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #52

DNA testing for ethnicity is in its infancy and... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #53

Thank you Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #56

Great! I'm so glad you have that attitude with him. So many adoptive parents don't get that. nt WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #58

Yes, sad to say. flying_wahini Jul 2018 #37

I Don't Understand RobinA Aug 2018 #66

My Grandmother was Turbineguy Jul 2018 #38

Three years ago my daughter gave me a 23andMe test. panader0 Aug 2018 #41

Yes. Was told I was 100% Irish. Turns out 72% MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #42

I was more Irish than Italian.... Historic NY Aug 2018 #43

Yes, I have a surprise half sister. seaglass Aug 2018 #44

North African Recursion Aug 2018 #45

Arabic, or Sephardic? kwassa Aug 2018 #62

I wondered, but didn't want to spend another $40 for the "extended analysis" Recursion Aug 2018 #65

A trace of Jewish? oberliner Aug 2018 #46

"Jewish" can also be an ethnicity. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #49

I just sent mine in. I did opt for them to destroy the sample when they are done. Luciferous Aug 2018 #48

Anyone else notice how the commercials focus on racial stereotyping? BlueSpot Aug 2018 #50

Anyone here had tests by two different companies? Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #51

Yes, Ancestry & 23andMe plus I uploaded my raw data... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #54

FWIW... Ethnicity (Admixture) is fun but it's still in its infancy... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #55

I was very surprised DFW Aug 2018 #57

Cousin! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #60

I was told those tests never lie, so..... DFW Aug 2018 #64

Trace of Native American.....probably "ancient noise" as opposed to having a Native American LeftInTX Aug 2018 #59

My husband is Mexican American and we had some neat surprises LeftInTX Aug 2018 #61