23andme Results - My Genealogy - Genetic Testing and Family Search Win!

[@bigrayinba]

I am excited to see y'alls comments! I do hope that if you're looking for lost family or a better understanding of your genetic history, your 23 and me or ancestry.com results help out! Have a great day everybody! #BeBiggest

[@bigrayinba]

@Max Paine I am pretty fruity!! I wouldn't be surprised!!

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@BiggestRayRay My maternal uncle and I did 23andMe in 2014 and found fairly distant cousins. In 2018 I did AncestryDNA and found the adopted-out 1st cousin I'd been wondering about since I was 4 years old! Do Ancestry right away! Good luck! :-D

[@AlbertTorcaso]

Keep us updated on this.

[@Tisme1956]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RhandomPhreak]

I and some family did 23 and I did ancestry. Some really close matches and big break down in everyone's genetic mix. Working on a friend's for them - doing a tree. Enjoyable to learn so much unknowns.

[@Korea4Me]

Yeah, I did my DNA test with Ancestry. I found a third cousin, twice removed who had already done a lot of family research. When I wrote to him, he already knew who my parents were and how we were related. We then started writing via e-mail and he was intrigued with my e-mail address because it sounded very similar to a distant relation. So, I found out my 11 times great-grandfather was a Barbary Pirate with the given name of Jan Janszoon. He was a Dutchman who was caught by pirates and basically became a Muslim and was given the name of Murad Reis the Younger or simply the Blonde Pirate. His most famous deed was when he went to Ireland and captured a lot of people and sold them into slavery in Algiers! And then one of his sons (my 10 time great grandfather) made his way to the New World and basically set up home in what is now New York City with his crazy Dutch wife. Knowing this has gone a long way to help me understand why my mother's side is a bit crazy. Haaaa!

[@bigrayinba]

WoooooooooooW! What a wild piece of history! That's incredible you were able to get this discovery through one of these services! I'm glad you were able to learn about that and thanks for sharing!

[@MelieneGardner]

I was adopted as an infant - it was a full mostly sealed adoption (the agency gave me first names only). Before DNA tests were widely done in this manner, I hired a private investigator to find my birthmother. She wasn't hiding - she wanted me to find her. And it turned out well for me, for the most part. But, she was a little bit cagey about my birthfather & I'd grown up with such a wonderful dad that I was hesitant to look for him. So, I waited. Then, the DNA testing started taking off & I really wanted to know my heritage. I knew that there was a chance that I could end up finding my birthfather this way, but my main focus was heritage & as much of the medical predisposition stuff I could find out (mostly for my children). I did find a half brother & half sister on my birthfather's side this way, which did eventually lead me to him as well. He also was glad I found him. So, I got a pretty happy ending from my results. :) My heritage, by the way, is not quite so complicated as yours. I'm mostly Irish & British (over 50%), with some German & Native American. That's pretty much it - LOL.

[@bigrayinba]

This is a fantastic story you shared with us! I'm glad you were able to have a happy ending and find BOTH of your birth parents! That's just too cool!

[@tonewilhelmsen2425]

How exciting! 😀 Now, I wonder what You found out!!! Hope it will come something fantastic out of this!😍

[@bigrayinba]

I certainly hope so! It's super exciting.

[@withoutadoubt9091]

Awesome! Hope you get to meet some of your family.

[@bigrayinba]

I do too! Thank you!

[@The-T-Spot]

That's so awesome to be able to connect with long lost family that you never knew you had! Going to be an amazing journey!!

[@freedomcat]

Time to get Dawn hooked on Miraculous Ladybug a French superhero cgi kids show.

[@bigrayinba]

I'll have to look that up!

[@freedomcat]

@@bigrayinba it has a KZbin channel.

[@Calthrow]

I am thinking about trying it. You made me think more about it

[@bigrayinba]

I think it's worth it! I'm not a salesman for 23andme or ancestry but they are on sale right now!

[@Calthrow]

@@bigrayinba thanks I know next to nothing of my family (I don't have many child hood memories) what i do know may not be true

[@bigrayinba]

@@Calthrow DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! Don't let me peer pressure you! But I would encourage it for those who really want to. I know Imma be getting some more quiche and dunkel now knowing what I know!

[@OwnedByACatNamedC.C.]

My mother’s side of our family kept a partial family tree, done in the 60’s, without the benefit of the Internet. My maternal grandmother was mostly English (Denham) & my maternal grandfather was mainly French (Peinteur). On my father’s side I can go back only to my grandmother who was born in Sweden (Elfstrom) ; & my paternal grandfather (Novak) had Bohemian relatives (which is Czechoslovakia today). Unfortunately I don’t have the financial resources to explore DNA at this time, but it is fascinating!

[@bigrayinba]

It's still cool that you know what you do know! The DNA stuff is super cool! One day I bet you'll get it done!

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@OwnedByACatNamefC.C. There's no Czechoslovakia now. Czech Republic broke off and recently changed its name to Czechia. One of my lines was smack on the border where Bohemia met Moravia. www.familysearch.org has a lot of info, but it's hard to navigate. Good luck! (Cute kitty!)

[@pumpkinqueen21]

Super cool! I just sent in kits for my Grandfather, Sister, & I and are currently waiting on the results. By chance do you recall how long it took to receive your results? & which of the kits did you like better? 🙂

[@lunkis3233]

It must be very interesting and kind of overwelming to find out that. I have not done this but maybe I should 🙂

[@bigrayinba]

It is for sure. It's exciting and frightening all at the same time. I'm over the shock of it now, but that day, WOW!

[@lunkis3233]

@@bigrayinba i can understand that. I have a very small family and Im starting to play with the idea of doing that test and se both where you come from and maybe find some new family. But haven't desided yet. Im in a very low place and that maybe is to much..❤️

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@Lunkis Don't do it if you're feeling low. I found a 1/2 uncle on one test and another 1/2 uncle on a different one. Turns out one of my grandfathers was a pedophile rapist. I was SHOOK for over 3 months. If he were alive now I'd turn him in. At least the families got their questions answered. (sigh!)

[@bigrayinba]

@@lunkis3233 I'm sorry you're in a low place. That's no fun! Given the uncertainty of it all, it can be tough if you find out something crazy. At the end of the day, you are who you are because of YOUR choices, not the choices of those who came before us. I know things about my biological father that aren't pretty, good or anything positive. I am the man I am today despite the DNA he passed down to me. I certainly can't tell you what to do, but I hope you find the answers and peace you are looking for. :)

[@JEBavido]

Last names make us feel like we have more of that ancestry than others. My last name came from a family thrown out of Flanders by the Romans who then settled in Scotland, but it turns out I’m only 1% from Flanders, and I’m far more Scandinavian and far more British. Ha! So fun!

[@bluefirekin-aria]

How fascinating! I bought a similar kit (Ancestry DNA kit) for my husband and myself for Christmas. I can't wait to see what our results are. Isn't it incredible that we have these kits available? I loved seeing your reaction to your results.

[@bigrayinba]

YAY! I am happy y'all are getting to use one of the services to learn your DNA history. I am excited to see what comes from our ancestry.com results when we get them sent in as well. It certainly IS incredible we have these available! So exciting!

[@LevraiMerovingien]

the pronunciation for occitanie is correct, good day, a french cousin from the occitanie region

[@LevraiMerovingien]

merci

[@christoffellner84]

Well....never did this. I pretty much know what can be known. Since my family stayed over the entire time in Europe i doubt that there would be huge surprises. But it could be interresting to find out, if i have relatives over the pond i don't know anything about.

[@winonamiller1833]

I'm adopted and was interested in finding My birth father's side 23 and Me finally just put in a tree and was able to see My Fathers side . I'm excited that I might have a sister or a first Cousin.She took a 23 and me test and We should know before Christmas.

[@bigrayinba]

WOO HOO! I hope you find the answers you're looking for!

[@winonamiller1833]

@@bigrayinba yes It's a positive I have an awesome Sister..I just found out yesterday!

[@bigrayinba]

@@winonamiller1833 WoaH! I am so happy for you! That is just fantastic!

[@waywardpelican]

One big surprise is that I turned out to be only 12.5% from a particular country whereas I had always thought I was 25% from this particular country. This prompted me to start doing some genealogical research on the two great grandparents in question. This is proving to be difficult. So maybe I will just have to learn to live with a mystery.

[@bigrayinba]

Oh gosh! Running up against a wall like that must be frustrating! I hope you find the answers you're looking for!

[@christoffellner84]

I wish you luck. Genealogical research can be tricky, since in many, especially American cases, the traces in the US are just a few generations old, and than you would have to go back to europe, where theres no guarantee or whatsoever that the language necessary to read the documents is spoken or someone speaks English over there. If the documents still exist and have not been destroyed in the wars of the last centuries.

[@kitzcat]

I did an Ancestry DNA kit and found out I'm over 30% Irish, but there really weren't any surprises. I was contacted by an 8th cousin in Australia, but we can't figure out where the connection is because we both have gaps in our family history. Back in my father's family the name was changed due to some scandal. It could be related to a relative being shipped off to a penal colony in Australia and/or Georgia. We have no idea what the family name used to be.

[@kathleenl4387]

I’ve been thinking about doing the 23 and me for a while. I know about my natural father, but not my natural mother. My only child has been interested in finding out for a very long time also. I think it would make a great Christmas present 🎁. Thank you for sharing your experience 😸.

[@bigrayinba]

What a great gift idea! I bet you'd both totally get something out of it!

[@crcrystals1]

Upload DNA to Ged Mach

[@terrynqueen9494]

Lol, your so cute lol.

[@bigrayinba]

aawwwww. thank you!

[@terrynqueen9494]

Your welcome ☺️☺️

[@connieansinger6490]

Never did the DNA rout but do know that I am primarily German on both sides..Bavarian on mom's hessian on dad's 2 of my great grandpas are only second generation as I learned on ancestry. On my mom's side my uncle learned that his father (my grandfather) had a second family no one knew about. I have recently friended some of those cousins on fb. My grandfather was a bigamist wow. This made my mom one of 15 kids as my grandma remarried after grandpa died and had 4 more kids.

[@xelahooper2176]

Just found out my mom's dad is not her biological father! My mom is 75 and shocked😲 Her biological father is Polish. We had no idea!! Not sure who her biological father is yet. Crazy.

[@bigrayinba]

OMG! What a crazy discovery! Did you find out with 23andMe or Ancestry.com or a different vendor?

[@xelahooper2176]

@@bigrayinba Ancestry. Her brother tested. He only matched me as a half uncle. 😱 We didn't know of any Eastern European. Now looks like my mom is half Polish! Ancestry showed me as 12%, but MyHeritage showed me at 30%. My mom just submitted her Ancestry kit day after Thanksgiving. I think I've identified family, but can't distinguish between several brothers who is the mystery man.

[@bigrayinba]

@@xelahooper2176 Wow. What an incredible story. I'm glad you know the truth now!

[@taherfathy9173]

4.4 north africian or midilest mean original capsian in tunisia and phenisian from lebanon and syrian

[@pamelavl2523]

Many of the French married native American people along the Canadian America boarder they are called Metis. Look into this with your French and native heritage you could be from this group. It would be cool.

[@litogor]

PamelaVL You are right! It is common to find French DNA in that of the native Americans of Canada and the USA ...

[@Cassandra20208]

Without giving out your health info how was the health report?

[@bigrayinba]

It came back super positive! I'm not genetically inclined to be at a high risk for anything it tested! YAY!

[@johnsonfamilyvidsvlogs3745]

Pretty cool bud. Hope you're able to make those connections. I'm hoping to do this in a few months.

[@fridab1952]

I watched few 23 and Me videos and you are the first person that gets 8 close relatives.. Are you going to film the other DNA test?? Also you have some Icelandic in your DNA (light blue)..

[@r.ridderbusch7303]

@Frida B Everyone with Scandinavian in them gets Iceland lit up on their maps because Iceland is overwhelmingly Scandinavian (Vikings!)

[@freedomcat]

Don't be too surprised if ancestry.com shows any royal ancestors, that is actually very common.

[@iknowthetruthcommonsense3643]

whats your haplogroups dude ?

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

you want more , then you can upload your results to gedmatch , its free and its university dna computers , there is also mytrueancestry you can upload your dna to that for free too , you can upload your dna on to a lot of sights for free now , but ancestry is a good one to have they offer things others do not

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

facebook.com/Jitaamesuluma, this is me , if you add ato those sights , you never know you just might find my real name there , coz i have greek , italian , spanish , portughese and french and german , lol i have others too, but , and this was my shock , i have more royal ancestry than the queen , and got the dna to prove it

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

i posted some proofs today

[@crcrystals1]

I am Looking for better Understanding of my family tree .Ged Mach can add to a better Understanding of this.

[@cindyjohnson9754]

I did the ancestry DNA and discovered what I was told wasn't all correct. I did discover a dark secret that, at this time, can't follow, out of respect. I love being able to follow my history all the way back to the 1700's. Do the membership on Ancestry, it is worth it. But be careful, you will lose track of time while following your leads

[@bigrayinba]

Oh wow! Definitely understand you not sharing. I totally get it! It is addicting too! I recently signed up on ancestry.com and started looking at the little green leaves and what comes with them. Thanks for sharing your story with us!

[@brightbite]

I'M not surprised you are Native American at all. You have a natural affinity with animals. It was always obvious to me. :)

[@bigrayinba]

I suppose that makes sense! I was just surprised to see it in the results. I'd have never heard anything about it before!

[@KB-tg7pf]

My dad had the same surprise when we looked into his ancestry. His whole family is very dark, and they all identified as Italian/Cherokee, but the ancestry shows that their family came over from France in the 1700s. Whether they married any Cherokee after they came here, I don't know, but for sure no Italian. Lol

[@bigrayinba]

Oh gosh1 . Isn't it crazy how that works out! I'm sure information is passed down from generation to generation with the best of intent and knowledge from the time. It's just crazy how science is able to give us data the way it can now!

[@litogor]

K B Waowww your ancestry comes from the first crossbreeding between Europeans and Amerindians in North America. The first French settlers arrived in North America 300 years before the first Italians. Many Ameridians have a French ancestor in their DNA because French trappers married Amerindian women and they stayed in the tribe ...

[@litogor]

Many people do not know the old story! The majority of northern Italy (Turin region, Milan, Genoa, Florence, Venice ...) have French ancestors. Explanations: Before the Roman invasion (2200 BC), the whole northern half of Italy was the Gallia Cisalpina -----> The Gallic are the Celtic ancestors of today's French ...

[@colleenbeamer6403]

You might want to have answered the questions to see if that narrowed down your results.

[@bigrayinba]

I spent hours on that! Eventually I got through ALL of them! Yikes what a chore!

[@lintess3087]

Congrats, your new name is now Pepe Le Pew! 😆😆😆

[@dianadobson2154]

That's ok my husband thought he was French and native American. There is no French or Indian in him. My brother in law wife thought she half American Indian, no Indian blood at all, she is Italian so funny

[@bigrayinba]

WoooooW! Isn't that nuts! I love how so many of us think something of our past to find out it's bad information! Gotta love science and technology right?!

[@sheebathefunnyrescuedog692]

Ancestry. com has a better reputation than 23 and me.