So I ordered one of those DNA/Genetic tests... - Page 2

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

@Laura14 ROFL! Sorry to tell you there's no way you're not related to that woman! Now I finaly know where you got that very entertaining sense of humor! P.S. I confess, I am your older sister......but don't hold that against me.

Laura loves cats!

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@2blonde wrote:
@Laura14 ROFL! Sorry to tell you there's no way you're not related to that woman! Now I finaly know where you got that very entertaining sense of humor! P.S. I confess, I am your older sister......but don't hold that against me.

@2blonde Oh thank God! I have always wanted to be a younger something. Woohoo!!

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

After my sis & I each decided or thought we wanted to do this testing with ancestry.com we each chose not to send in our spit in a tube. Yes we wated $75.00 on each kit we also didn't really care.

We would love to know who we may be dna related to out there in this big bad world. There is so much more though putting our dna out there not that either of us are bad people with unknown crimes under our belts but these testing centers do put your dna out there for government departments to learn of us as well.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@PINKdogWOOD wrote:
After my sis & I each decided or thought we wanted to do this testing with ancestry.com we each chose not to send in our spit in a tube. Yes we wated $75.00 on each kit we also didn't really care.

We would love to know who we may be dna related to out there in this big bad world. There is so much more though putting our dna out there not that either of us are bad people with unknown crimes under our belts but these testing centers do put your dna out there for government departments to learn of us as well.

@PINKdogWOOD As far as I've been told, I am Sicilian so I live with the threat of the federal peniteniary becoming my new home every day. LOL

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@2blonde wrote:
@Laura14 ROFL! Sorry to tell you there's no way you're not related to that woman! Now I finaly know where you got that very entertaining sense of humor! P.S. I confess, I am your older sister......but don't hold that against me.
@2blonde Oh thank God! I have always wanted to be a younger something. Woohoo!!

@Laura14 Enjoy it while you can. At this stage of life I'm everybody's older "something!"

Laura loves cats!

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@2blonde wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@2blonde wrote:
@Laura14 ROFL! Sorry to tell you there's no way you're not related to that woman! Now I finaly know where you got that very entertaining sense of humor! P.S. I confess, I am your older sister......but don't hold that against me.
@2blonde Oh thank God! I have always wanted to be a younger something. Woohoo!!
@Laura14 Enjoy it while you can. At this stage of life I'm everybody's older "something!"

@2blonde I'm getting there too. But I have already put in my reincarnation order that I am NOT to be a big sister anymore. Time for someone to take care of me. All done!

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

@Laura14 Be careful what you wish for........we both may end up having someone (or some people) taking care of us one day! I'm really trying to avoid that!

Laura loves cats!

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@CinNC wrote:
I have several relatives in my family who do geneology but my brother decided to take a test when his wife did...figured no surprises.

Found out that either my maternal grandfather or great-grandfather had an "illegitimate" daughter that we never knew about. My brother was contacted by one of the her grandchildren.

My sister's family was stunned by the fact that they were significantly Irish. They are long-time members of the DAR, and many of their known ancestors are German and Mennonite/Amish. Apparently the older members of the family were horrified by this news....my adult neice's comment was "Weird, archaic racisms die super hard apparently"

I had a similar experience - my grandmother was a member of the DAR and her mother's family had for many generations belonged to the mennonite church. On her father's side his family was from Coburg, Germany and was only in the US 2 generations above my Grandmother. They were also Mennonite. However, when I got my DNA tested I was only 8% german. My grandfather was 100% Italian and had immigrated to the US as a child from northern Italy - but I'm only 5% Italian. Now my Dad is 100% Irish - his parents immigrated to the US from Galway, and, yes, on my DNA I am 75% Celtic - Irish and/or Welsh.

I wonder how accurate these tests are. I have small % of dna from all over Europe but I bet - in all the generations my family was in the USA - esp the Germans who were here since something like 1720 - they mixed it up with some non germans.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@2blonde wrote:
@Laura14 Be careful what you wish for........we both may end up having someone (or some people) taking care of us one day! I'm really trying to avoid that!

@2blonde Me too!

esmeraldagooch · ‎03-10-2010

As a adopted person I have wondered about talking these tests, but decided against it. If they show others that you are related, perhaps I am either not wanted to be found or will hurt others that I exist. Staying in the shadows for the time being.