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MuseRider

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31. I did 23 and Me and did find something odd, maybe even scandalous!

Reply to doc03 (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2019, 02:44 PM

Apr 2019

I found a 3rd cousin and we were sharing things about that part of the family. I asked her about my Grandmother's youngest sister who died of rabies when she was 5 years old and she sent me a picture of that sister who died at 30 something, had married and moved away and had children. LOL. My Grandmother and her sisters and brothers told us all that same story, even my deceased mother thought that. Hmmmmm.

I like it, at my age I don't really care one way or the other what they know about me.

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Thinking of doing a DNA test. Does any one have a [View all] doc03 Apr 2019 OP

Don't do it donkeypoofed Apr 2019 #1

A friend of mine actually found a daughter he doc03 Apr 2019 #3

I agree Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #13

Yep, read the contract California_Republic Apr 2019 #26

Dumb question: do you have to give them your real name? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #35

I think you could give them a fake name as long as they get paid donkeypoofed Apr 2019 #39

i did ancestry Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #2

Did 23andme safeinOhio Apr 2019 #4

I would just like to find my ancestors. I think doc03 Apr 2019 #6

Shows that but I was really surprise safeinOhio Apr 2019 #11

Yes, your insurance company is interested also. Cold War Spook Apr 2019 #37

I did 23and me teenagebambam Apr 2019 #5

I would love to know the update when it arrives artislife Apr 2019 #29

Family Tree catrose Apr 2019 #7

23&me Tech Apr 2019 #8

A married couple I know, found out they were 10 percent related. dewsgirl Apr 2019 #9

Ancestry. No big surprises, but we found some second cousins we didn't know about. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #10

they will sell your genetic data to anybody with enuff money. nt msongs Apr 2019 #12

I used Ancestry. llmart Apr 2019 #14

I did 23nMe mitch96 Apr 2019 #15

I used Ancestry.com. Results were spot on. COLGATE4 Apr 2019 #16

Several people have used them. They send a kit True Blue American Apr 2019 #23

I used ancestry. They said I was Irish. IrishEyes Apr 2019 #17

Irish True Blue American Apr 2019 #24

My family was from Galway, Mayo and Sligo in western Ireland. IrishEyes Apr 2019 #34

I decided on 23andMe, but I haven't done it yet, I'm trying to get my brother to do it with me Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #18

I did 23&me. Wish I had done it years ago bif Apr 2019 #19

I Did 23 & Me RobinA Apr 2019 #20

I used both 23 & me and Ancestry.com Fla Dem Apr 2019 #21

just be prepared for surprises..like family legends about your 'oranges' samnsara Apr 2019 #22

Here's something interesting from the CBC about those tests mockmonkey Apr 2019 #25

Ancestry ! stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #27

I'd consider it unsporting to any serial-killer relatives I might have Ron Obvious Apr 2019 #28

I did. We found a nephew, son of my deceased brother, whom no one knew about. SharonAnn Apr 2019 #30

I did 23 and Me and did find something odd, maybe even scandalous! MuseRider Apr 2019 #31

My good friend found out her father wasn't her father. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #36

That would be a shock MuseRider Apr 2019 #38

I've often suspected that these deals are part of a government plot..... lastlib Apr 2019 #32

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