Good buddy who was adopted did one, next thing you know he's contacted by an aunt, brother, cousins he never knew he had. Both his biological parents were dead though.
We did it. It was interesting. I was supposed to have a lot of American Indian...not. I’m half English, half Scandinavian with 6% Italian. Wifey about the same with 3% Middle Eastern in her.
Its a scam. Real genealogy requires research and verification of documents. I guarantee anyone who first does true genealogical research and then spits on a card and mails it in will also uncover the scam.
"I didn't realize we had so many snipers in this country." by J23
Stupid azz mother of mine demanded I do it. Easier to keep the peace even though I've told her how damn stupid she is as she ages. What a PITA.
We have our family traced back to the 1600s. And she believes her DNA more than what our records show.
And really, WTF difference does it make? Won't change a thing. I don't really get this DNA craze.
We did contemplate sending in the dogs saliva.
But there are mitigating circumstances due to what she still owns vs what we have invested daily in maintenance and how stupid she could get... I swear, age and a woman that thinks she is the only one and the only right one.. Ugh.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
KYHillChick got me to do the Ancestry.com spit test.
So far, I've gotten email from two possible previously unknown cousins. Both were illegitimate issue of my Dad's relatives. One by an older brother and another was by one of his first cousins.
The good news is that Dad may have given me a tall story regarding what he did during the Korean Conflict. The part about him being the real-life Sparky (from M.A.S.H.) is undoubtedly correct. However, he may have overblown his "patriotic duty." According to Dad, he and a buddy were in charge of delivering nurses out to the M.A.S.H. units from Kimpo. They'd show up at the plane in an ambulance. The buddy drove while Dad entertained the nurses with Screwdrivers made from frozen OJ concentrate and 100 proof medicinal alcohol.
"I did my patriotic duty. Every nurse we delivered arrived drunk and pregnant," declared Dad.
We did it. It was interesting. I was supposed to have a lot of American Indian...not. I’m half English, half Scandinavian with 6% Italian. Wifey about the same with 3% Middle Eastern in her.
When I moved to the South, most everyone I met, black & white, claimed Amerindian ancestry. "I'm 1/128th Choctaw on my mother's side..." Did not see this in the part of the North from which I hail.
The reality is blacks average 20% white across the black population and 0% amerindian. And whites in the South average about 0% amerindian and 0% black.
FTR, I have enjoyed my sojourn south of the M-D. 1. Made lots of good friends and learned how the bicoastal rat bastidges lie about folks down here. 2. Developed a taste for greens, truly a wonderful food. Best eaten with corn bread (no sugar in the mix, please) and fried catfish. 3. Y'all. The plural of you, informal. I resisted it for years, but it surely is handy.
Regards,
deadlift_dude “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.” ----Fred Rogers
