I am about 6 millionth in line for ascension to the throne. I've been practicing my curtsy.
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I am about 6 millionth in line for ascension to the throne. I've been practicing my curtsy.
4barrel
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In high school I found a girl I really liked. My dad found out and told me to quit seeing her. <She might be your sister.>
You might have a chance. Ever see the movie "King Ralph?"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6h0kyqSRk[/ame]
One of my sons looks almost exactly like I do. His son looks almost exactly as he does.
One day, my son took my then 6-year old grandson up to me and said to him, "See Grandpa? That's what you're going to look like when you're old!"
Geez, why traumatize the kid?
There's no such thing as a "Texican" anyway. It's "Texian." And it is very cool to trace your family to the Old Three Hundred!
LOL, they don't need YOUR DNA to do that, they can use you siblings, your cousins, or a multitude of other relatives. Witness the cold case murder that was solved with out the killers DNA, The just narrowed it down to a family then looked at who was where when.
2 cold case murders from 1980s solved with genetic genealogy: Police - ABC News
They want your DNA, they can get it, you leave it everywhere everyday. Health care. Every had a blood draw for a physical, there is enough there for a couple thousand DNA test. Plus, last time my wife and I increase our life insurance policies a blood test was required.
Ancestry.com was created by the LDS Church to further the church's mission of baptizing the dead for profit. After absorbing several other DNA websites/entities, it was sold for $4.7 billion in 2020. You do you . . .
I was working on my laptop and looked up at the TV and saw the news story . The TV was muted and I didn't get all the details . But I saw them swab the Frog and they had some paperwork showing the results . True ? I don't know . Plenty of scam sites out there .
Sigh. Ancestry has never been owned by the Church of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). While the company had been offering free access to Ancestry.com at LDS Family History Centers, that service was terminated on March 17, 2007, because the company and the LDS Church were unable to reach a mutually agreeable licensing agreement. In 2010, Ancestry restored access to its site at Family History Centers.
I've had 3 different DNA tests and there are discrepancies among them like you wouldn't believe.
Oh I dunno... An 11% match to a wealthy Nigerian prince is pretty exciting
I don't want to take a DNA test.
I'm afraid I might fail it.........
tennexplorer said that you failed a urine test, even though you studied all night for it.
My bad. It's FamilySearch, which is a partner with Ancestry in digitizing genealogy records and sharing DNA databases . . .
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Our daughter did that DNA thing and discovered her ancestry is exactly what we told her it was.
Her husband did it and found out the man that raised him was not his biological father. It was quite a shock. The SIL did the test and his ancestry was not what he thought. Then he gets an email..."Hi! I'm your Dad".
His biological father had also done the test and they ended up connecting. His bio dad had no other children and now he has grandchildren to boot.
The SIL is totally pissed at his mom as it's clear she knew, and his adopted dad passed away before this mess was all found out. Don't think adopted dad knew as the timeline was fuzzy and SIL thinks what he believes to be his birthday is made up.
Quite the mess, and too much drama.
Her husband did it and found out the man that raised him was not his biological father. It was quite a shock. The SIL did the test and his ancestry was not what he thought. Then he gets an email..."Hi! I'm your Dad".
His biological father had also done the test and they ended up connecting. His bio dad had no other children and now he has grandchildren to boot.
The SIL is totally pissed at his mom as it's clear she knew, and his adopted dad passed away before this mess was all found out. Don't think adopted dad knew as the timeline was fuzzy and SIL thinks what he believes to be his birthday is made up.
Quite the mess, and too much drama.
Two brothers have done the DNA tests. Both show English, Irish and Danish ancestors along with a variance. I shows 2% Native American which we knew came from the Pilgrim descendants. The other shows 2% Jewish.
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About 20 years ago a woman came forward claiming that she had been adopted. As a teenager she found out the woman that she thought was her much older sister was actually her mother. But her mother would never tell her who her father was. Until her mother made a deathbed confession and named my father.
Needless to say it raised quite a commotion among my siblings and I. My father was long dead and I sure wasn't about to ask my mother about it. The only thing we knew for sure was that her mother and my dad had worked together in 1960.
Well, fast forward to about two years ago. She did a DNA test. And not only found out who her real father was, but discovered a half brother with the same father, and another half brother with her mom and some other guy. None of which were my dad, thankfully. Her mom never said a word about her half brothers.
Why her mom put the finger on my dad will never be known and there are a lot of possibilities. But I sure wish the common DNA tests were available 20 years ago so myself and my siblings didn't have to go through the whole thing.
Needless to say it raised quite a commotion among my siblings and I. My father was long dead and I sure wasn't about to ask my mother about it. The only thing we knew for sure was that her mother and my dad had worked together in 1960.
Well, fast forward to about two years ago. She did a DNA test. And not only found out who her real father was, but discovered a half brother with the same father, and another half brother with her mom and some other guy. None of which were my dad, thankfully. Her mom never said a word about her half brothers.
Why her mom put the finger on my dad will never be known and there are a lot of possibilities. But I sure wish the common DNA tests were available 20 years ago so myself and my siblings didn't have to go through the whole thing.
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I did one a few years back. Didn't show much I wasn't aware of. Scots, English, German, Dutch.
But then, there is the high percentage of Neanderthal and a touch of Ashkenazi Jew, which must have come from waaaay back on the German side. Shocked and proud to see the Ashkenazis were descended from the original 12 tribes.
Regards,
Bruce
But then, there is the high percentage of Neanderthal and a touch of Ashkenazi Jew, which must have come from waaaay back on the German side. Shocked and proud to see the Ashkenazis were descended from the original 12 tribes.
Regards,
Bruce
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I was surprised at my results. 3 sides of my family are from the Canadian east coast.
I always thought I was French.
Europe West 40%
Greek/Italy 20%
Ireland 17%
Iberian Peninsula 11%
Great Britain 5%
American 3%
All of this is interesting but. It doesn't even add up to 100%!
Why is Greek and Italian put together?
I always thought I was French.
Europe West 40%
Greek/Italy 20%
Ireland 17%
Iberian Peninsula 11%
Great Britain 5%
American 3%
All of this is interesting but. It doesn't even add up to 100%!
Why is Greek and Italian put together?
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I worked with a man who could trace his family back to one of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock. His father was the black sheep of the family because he married a Native American woman. The man I worked with was in his early 70s when I knew him back in the 1970s, so his parent likely married around the turn of the 20th Century.
I mention that only the context of your post as I found it interesting.
I mention that only the context of your post as I found it interesting.
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There was this thing called the Roman Empire waaaay back when. They owned Greece early.
Interestingly 2 siblings will nor have exactly the same DNA. Each of you gets half from each parent, but not the same half.
My DNA shows a lot of cousins and My family was know for having lots of kids. First I have a lot of actual 1st cousins, But, my grandmother on my moms side and 2 of her sisters married 3 brothers. So all my moms cousins have the grandparents. All my second cousins on that side are the same as cousins genetically. My great grandma on my moms side had over 120 great grans kids. She had 8 kids and all of them had a bunch. One of my moms cousins had 21 kids. There is a photo around of her, my grandma, my mom, me and my oldest son. 5 generations. She lived to be 101, and was survived by 4 sisters 2 of them older than her, I was over 25 when she past.
I am also a true Mutt. Large groups of people with my DNA exist in the Boston area and the French Canadian area around Quebec. Ancestors showed up in both places early on. English, Scot, Irish, German, French, Native, Scandinavian. My great greats spread their genes everywhere.
My DNA shows a lot of cousins and My family was know for having lots of kids. First I have a lot of actual 1st cousins, But, my grandmother on my moms side and 2 of her sisters married 3 brothers. So all my moms cousins have the grandparents. All my second cousins on that side are the same as cousins genetically. My great grandma on my moms side had over 120 great grans kids. She had 8 kids and all of them had a bunch. One of my moms cousins had 21 kids. There is a photo around of her, my grandma, my mom, me and my oldest son. 5 generations. She lived to be 101, and was survived by 4 sisters 2 of them older than her, I was over 25 when she past.
I am also a true Mutt. Large groups of people with my DNA exist in the Boston area and the French Canadian area around Quebec. Ancestors showed up in both places early on. English, Scot, Irish, German, French, Native, Scandinavian. My great greats spread their genes everywhere.
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Families were huge back in the day. One of my great grandfathers died at 30 leaving a widow with 9 kids,so she married again and had five more kids with a widower who had 10 children. I have a photo of her taken in the '30s (she was in her 70s ) and she looks tired!
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No doubt she was tired. The women of that era were some tough cookies.
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Nothing like putting one's DNA out on the open market....
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