My Dad Was Adopted So I Took a DNA Test to Fill in the Gaps

[@qroo]

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[@Planet820Claire]

Most everyone has a percentage of African, because we all are said to come from that little woman in Africa, who some how connect us all... unless you're in that one guy in UK, that is over 99% Irish !😂❤😮

[@animalsareourangels93]

At one time, I would have loved to of done this. However, many of these companies are sharing our personal data to the government and to the LLMP. It’s all malicious in my opinion and allegedly. Therefore, even if you have done nothing wrong, these companies are and ethically using and going into her personal data like this when it is against the law allegedly. I am very happy that you found out your genetic/DNA information. Interestingly though, they say that if you were to send in your DNA to another company, it would be altogether different. Be careful who you share your personal data with. Take care, Susan

[@bonitahobbs2374]

Consider GOOGLING the new evidence about THE VIKINGS from 500 graves examined in the past 2 years.

[@davidayers5173]

How many generations does it go back?

[@Pixelpanscher]

The myheritage DNA result is mutch different to the one from ancestry. I really wonder how they work or which data they use.

[@kathycoutinho5665]

My husband never new his dad and finally a year ago he did a DNA test. I was able to find who his dad was and his grandparents. His dad had 5 additional children. 2 are deceased, 1 isn't interested, and1 has dementia but we have met a sister that is around the same age. Super nice lady.

[@bethstaar333]

My biggest Sister that we knew nothing about, and she didn't know that the man she thought was her Father wasn't her Father. She was 80 years old and she was very surprised that she, an only child, had 4 Brothers and 6 Sisters. 3 Brothers and 6 Sisters alive and well and had grown up very close to us.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Wow!!! That must have blown your minds!!!

[@christineortmann359]

We found my husband’s 1/2 sister 2 years ago. It’s so awesome to have her in our lives.

[@gloriagehring8676]

We had a Sister find us…

[@vegasvisitor-o3e]

Everyone is forgetting that Vikings invaded England for hundreds of years, built settlements, and eventually became part of the future DNA of England.

[@susanford2388]

I thought Vikings only came in 1016 rather than for hundreds of years. King Canute came, then William the Conqueror in 1066. I thought King Eltelred who was before the 1000's was English!! Interesting. I will have read up.

[@roadwayrona]

They were almost all over Europe down to Ukraine. As a "regular" German with no known Scandinavian ancestors I have 40% Scandinavian DNA.

[@susanford2388]

@@roadwayrona Wow. Strangely enough the tallest men in the world are Dutch / Nederlandish & the tallest women are Lithuanian / Litauisch.

[@cooksmary]

Yes, I always think this when I see these programs.

[@Magpie-1111]

@@susanford2388 First documented attack 793.

[@SandiTerps]

I’m an adoptee Paul. You posted your video the day before Adoptee Remembrance Day. (October 30). A special day of remembrance for all the adoptees who were lost. We have a 25% higher rate of suicide than non-adoptees. I’m so happy your dad was there for you and you now get some answers. Secrets were necessary in his time. No longer!

[@sallyoakes7709]

Me, too, Sandi. I am mournful for the scared teenage college girl who was sent to a home for unwed girls who were pregnant and coerced into signing over their rights. It took my birth mother 7 months. Legally changed my first and last name, the parents listed on my birth certificate and sealed the records. Like we were puppies.

[@sanetvanart]

Its so sad. I grew up always wanting to adopt one day, but then the fiance changed his mind about that agreement and it became the deal breaker and had to leave him.

[@BlueFairyRose]

Absolutely. Secrets no more. Knowing who you are, where you came from, and finding those that have been searching is a beautiful thing.

[@BlueFairyRose]

⁠@@sallyoakes7709same here Sally. Locked away during the Baby Scoop Era. When I found my firstborn through dna testing it brought me to my knees. We have a wonderful relationship.

[@dnorcal1]

Thats very true...there were secrets around my Moms adoption too

[@markshrimpton3138]

Through taking a DNA test about 8 years ago a lady in Tasmania was able to contact me and discover her paternal grandfather was my paternal grandmother’s brother, ie my great uncle. Her father had been born in Devon (England) in 1920 out of wedlock and adopted shortly after birth. The lady in Tasmania has now been able to piece together her paternal ancestors with my help all initially made possible through a DNA test.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

That's awesome ❤❤❤

[@nikkigrey2737]

A grandparent’s sibling is technically a grand uncle or grand aunt.

[@markshrimpton3138]

@@nikkigrey2737 yep, he or she can be called that too. Both terms are used.

[@nikkigrey2737]

@ I thought so too but a professional genealogist corrected me. The great aunt/ uncle is actually the sibling of your great grandparent. She said it’s easy to remember because the grands are the same generation and the greats are the next and then the 2nd greats and so on.

[@boysrus61]

Paul, your parent's first cousin is a most excellent clue to find out who your grandfather is. I am a hobby genealogist with most of my experience coming from the Ancestry side. My Heritage is great for European ancestors who are still there, but Ancestry has the largest data base in the world. Good luck finding your family. Look into that first cousin. Seriously excellent clue!

[@nicolad8822]

Or grandmother.

[@patriciashears25]

Wow thanks for the tip. I teach family trees but DNA results are new to DNA

[@loislewis5229]

I have a very small immediate family, so I know all my first cousins. But through DNA testing I have greatly expanded my family through second cousins 😃

[@AMAnderson-p1k]

Hey boysrus61 you know more than I do about this … can you tell me what it means when a dna test comes back with there is a “1/2 sibling or very close cousin”? Appreciate all your help❤️

[@TheSapphireSprit]

I was adopted and. I was able to find my birth mother early on ( not using DNA) but she told me who my birth father was so I thought I had all the answers. I did all the DNA services because I still have a half sister out there. None of my family dna matches on my father’s side matched the area or surname of my supposed father. I had second cousins but no first cousins so the mystery remained. I hired a company with DNA detectives and sent them the agreed upon fee in the morning. By noon I had a complete family tree for my father’s side. I was able to find a half sister who shares my personality almost completely, despite the fact that I look mostly like my mother’s side of the family. My father was dead and 2 out of 3 sibling from his side were dead but my relationship with my sister is still growing strong. We met shortly after the information came in and yearly get together ( she lives in Minnesota and I live in Texas) and we talk on the phone, sometimes for hours, multiple times per week. She’s not only my sister, but my best friend❤.

[@terryjackson8773]

My dad was born to a single mother (in the UK) who fell pregnant to a man she didn't know was married. He promised to take her to Australia, bought her a steamer trunk to pack her belongings in, but never came to collect her (I do know his name and he DID emigrate to Australia with his wife). I'd LOVE to find out my paternal heritage.

[@jillhumphrys9349]

Oh how sad....

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Similar to my dad. He was born out of wedlock in Ireland in 1942 and his Dad denied paternity. My dad died in 2001, but I may have just found his half siblings, their kids and grandkids! Just need to confirm it.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Have you had a DNA test done?

[@terryjackson8773]

@@lookingupwithwonder No but I think I might try it. Can't hurt. My Mum and Dad have both passed away so it can't hurt them

[@SusanMeagher-l7y]

Go for it, grt to find people you are related to.

[@sallyschrader9036]

My Heritage has opened up so many ancestors for me!!

[@olivecoleman3814]

A first cousin is a very close match. you should contact them. It means your grandparents were the same. good result.

[@suebolden]

A first cousin according to a DNA test could actually be a half sibling. My half sister showed up as a probable first cousin to me when I received my Ancestry DNA results.

[@mr.e212]

I'm not surprised by the Nigerian ancestry because Colombia has one of the largest populations of African people outside of Africa due to the slave trade. It ranges in the top 10 countries with people from the African continent that don't get talked about.

[@gillettrandy]

Yes. 38% of African slaves to the Americas ended up in Brazil. Only 5% to the United States.

[@dahby2724]

They blew that off...but claimed North Africa

[@barbram8001]

@mr.e212...I wonder, why?

[@amiquigonzales7917]

@@barbram8001 I guess because she may look a bit kabyle or moor but definitely not Sub Saharan African. Of course being Colombian, there were very high chances she had some Black African blood. And she did.

[@kellyname5733]

@@dahby2724 I noticed that too. Disregarded Nigeria.

[@yvonnerolley9676]

The popularity of this testing has provided ability to trace criminals and solve unsolved crimes

[@recoveringsoul755]

I don't want to become part of a public database for that reason. It's your DNA!!

[@recoveringsoul755]

Which is why people shouldn't be giving up their privacy by letting their results be part of some public database that anyone has access to

[@elainebradley8213]

​@recoveringsoul755 I think it's wonderful!

[@The_Cali_Dude_88]

If your worried about your DNA is somehow going to get you in trouble then you already know you shouldn’t take this😂

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@The_Cali_Dude_88 it's not that I may have done anything, but any relative I may not even know about. It's not MY right to mess with another person's privacy

[@deborahsearle2339]

I reached out to 3rd cousin. Our grandfathers were brothers. It has been very nice. He shared photos and lots of good info. Do it!

[@CindyBrown-ci2rj]

Wouldn’t that he a second cousin? My grandmother had a sister and sisters grandkids were my second cousins

[@sindyln2005]

@@CindyBrown-ci2rjsame grandfather is 1st cousins, same great grandfather is 2nd cousins and same g g grandfather is 3rds

[@deborahsearle2339]

@ that’s what I thought too but he came up as 3rd on my ancestry account.

[@dandowe1985]

@@deborahsearle2339 Ancestry estimates relationship by the amount of DNA you share with the other match, but things are not always so equal, so the estimation can be off.

[@dinkster1729]

@@sindyln2005 Thanks! I just call them "distant relatives".

[@wyominghome4857]

My mother always said we were English, Irish, Dutch, Scots, German, Spanish, and French, which is what turned up in the DNA, with one detail, which was a tiny percentage of North African. With the Moors conquering much of Spain that makes sense. Surprising though that family lore, handed down orally, would have it so right.

[@shellyfister106]

Same here 🥰

[@LisaEichler-Johnson]

That is so atypical!

[@kellyname5733]

@@LisaEichler-Johnson It seems that often someone in the family either misunderstands the family tree or blatantly lies about it.

[@torrezno1990]

As a Spaniard I am very surprised that an Anglo-Saxon has some Spanish blood. We are different races.

[@kellyname5733]

@@torrezno1990 LOL. People have been traveling this big world since the beginning of time and...meeting each other and maybe some romance too.

[@poppab389]

Tell Linda, my maternal family on one side is primarily native american (we thought them to be Caddo) but my DNA from My Heritage came back as 15.8 percent Mesoamerican and Andean. It was more of a shock to me because they were in North America. I said that I know where the Aztecs went when they "disappeared" from Central and southern North America.

[@gutsbiker]

I was adopted and learned who my bio father was when I was 30 years old. My daughter gave me a DNA test as a gift. I found that I had no matches to my bio father's family, it turned out my bio father was an illegitimate child. I know the whole story now.

[@kimweidner7351]

My story is nearly exactly the same as yours, although I learned at 50! I’m 55 now and one of my new found half sisters just left yesterday from a week long visit. It was an incredible experience. I wish you luck and hope that you stay connected to whomever you are related to genetically. For me, forgiveness has been instrumental in allowing myself to remain connected them, my birth father has just entered his 97th year and I feel privileged that I was able to meet.

[@gutsbiker]

@@kimweidner7351 I didn't receive my DNA test till I was 63 and I was 64 by the time I learned my bio fathers true bloodline. He's 90 now and has disappeared again. He has always been a rolling stone. I have 13 half siblings

[@sagrammyfour]

@@kimweidner7351 Why was it "incredible"?

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

​@@kimweidner7351What you say about Forgiveness is so True. When we open up these cans of worms, Love has to be the dominant factor in everything that falls out! ❤🫂🦋

[@roseappelhoff9282]

@@kimweidner7351 🥰❤🙏

[@MarleneMeier]

During WW2, German soldiers were tasked to procreate with women who looked Aryan. They even had hospitals to take care of the mothers and babies. Several were in different countries like Denmark and Sweden. Many women abandoned the babies and they were raised in orphanages.

[@xenuburger7924]

Wasn't a member of ABBA one of the Lebensborn?

[@now591]

Typical WW2 lies . They never end.

[@wyominghome4857]

I hadn't read that they were asked to procreate, though certainly they did, but I did read that German women were encouraged to have babies by German soldiers and that there were special homes for them to do so. Korean "comfort" women were put in homes to provide sex for Japanese soldiers. Koreans are still angry about that, understandably. There was fraternizing in German occupied countries certainly. These were the women who were beaten and had their heads shaved during liberation.

[@nicolad8822]

@@xenuburger7924 She was just born in occupied Norway, her mother had a relationship with a German soldier.

[@WillFinch-k4j]

@@now591Why do you say that?

[@2011eprincess]

Paul, I'm glad you did this DNA test. It's so special, to find family members let alone to trace your paternal heritage, I hope you can find more family members. Linda, you guys are a lovely couple. I wanted to point out Iberian refers to the Iberian Peninsula encompassing Spain/Portugal. North African, Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya) admixture is quite common since the Moors ruled Spain for 800 years) The Mesoamerican/ Andean markers is your Native American heritage which will be extremely common in Latin America, same with the Nigerian percentage as the Spanish and Portuguese brought African slaves to the Americas.

[@amiquigonzales7917]

Absolutely!! She doesn't look she has African ancestors at all but science is always accurate, and as South American I can tell that having such a large African originated population settled down in Colombia and in general in the Caribbean area for centuries, it is not surprising at all for us she's got ancestors from Nigeria. Almost all inhabitants in the Caribbean (in her case in the Colombian Caribbean) have some drops of African blood.

[@wythewinchester3236]

Be prepared for surprises. My great-grandfather supposedly died when my grandfather was 10. No; he just left and married a woman in another state and raised her kids.

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

... my super racist Republican father found out he is ~25% Iberian technically a person of color lol I love having Spanish blood my father is embarrassed by it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rachelb2231]

​@@DouglasRichardson-er4ky not sure who's the racist is here but iberians (people from Spain) are pretty white. Not people of color.

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

@@rachelb2231 ... Spanish can be many many shades

[@2011eprincess]

@@DouglasRichardson-er4ky Iberia is a Peninsula (not a country) located in Southwest Europe, it refers to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Andorra and part of France as well. Never heard of a Spanish/Portuguese/ Gibraltarian, Andorran or French person being called a person of color unless they have heritage from elsewhere which is not unusual due to migration and not sure why he would be embarrassed by it either. He just needs to be educated and learn.

[@2011eprincess]

@@rachelb2231 Iberia is a peninsula not a country just like the Italian Peninsula but yes you are correct!

[@marilynrenaud1892]

Hi! I did Ancestry DNA and I am 17% Danish and 23% English and North Eastern European. I would love to try My Heritage and see what they have to say. You definitely look Danish. My grandmother came over from Denmark in the very early 1900s. I remember her well (I am 66). She lived into her '90s. She did not know who her father was. My grandfather's Father walked out on them and then his mother died from tuberculosis and he and his two sisters grew up in an orphanage so we don't know much about that side either. I have a lot of nationalities but I would really like to get more details. Ancestry DNA keeps on changing up my DNA every now and then and I don't understand that. Thank you so much for this video. I will be checking into this. 👍

[@petravandemoosdyk6472]

Hi, I've been with My Heritage for many years. Discovering family members I didn't know I had. Through my father's side we are related to the person who discovered the western side of Australia. What a buzz.

[@oceanbrzzz]

My husband was adopted. Found his half sister and family living just a few miles from my sis in WA state. Lotsa cousins.

[@PFunk-kt9gc]

Well, if we go back far enough we are all family. 😃

[@JuliaSmith-l6j]

Hi Cousin, nice to see you! =)

[@VagoniusThicket]

🤦🏻‍♂️🫵🏼🐒

[@PFunk-kt9gc]

@ Ya. Long time no see. 😃

[@missinginbc]

True

[@IMOO1896]

I’ve never seen a DNA return with only 2 country’s of origin.

[@Sonderborg75]

I’m around 95% Danish with a dash of northern Germany (meaning what used to be Denmark) and the rest is “Scandinavian”. So yeah, I’ve seen it before. 😊 To be fair, I do look the part too, 176 cm tall, green eyes and strawberry blonde hair. So I’ve always joked, that I’m as Viking as they come…

[@richardhinman3046]

"Scandanavia" is not a country. It's 3 countries.

[@Sonderborg75]

@ Are you actually lecturing me, a Dane, on that??? 😂😂😂 When it comes to DNA, they can’t pinpoint it closer than “Scandinavia”, mostly meaning Sweden and Norway, but the Danish DNA is separate. I haven’t found any links to either Sweden or Norway in my lineage yet though, but I’ve managed to follow a line all the way back to the early 1400s and so far they’ve all been Danish.

[@alisong2328]

My mom was 98.7% Irish. The rest was described as "trace."

[@charlesyoung7436]

@@richardhinman3046 Actually, Scandinavia is five countries if you count Finland and Iceland. Denmark is also a bicontinental country because Greenland is part of North America.

[@elainebedson6152]

My late uncle said he wasn't surprised to find out, on his 80th birthday that he was 93% north west england and 7 % Scottish. Hard working people, all of them i guess.

[@Equilibrium29]

Before you do a genealogy test, just understand that all three letter agencies have access to them.

[@trishloughman5998]

That depends which company you test with.

[@dingdong00002]

People are willing paying to give them it... 😂

[@wyosundancer]

23andMe was the one that had the total hack of millions of DNA tests.

[@sandys.1891]

I pulled my DNA off Ancestry because a hedge fund bought Ancestry. I don't know what's worse- the intelligence agencies having access or a hedge fund selling my medical information to make even more profits.

[@missinginbc]

Yup. I won't be doing one😊

[@Pkeats817]

My husband and I are 4th cousins. We don’t actually seem to share any DNA, but still shows with my brother and my husband. We share a set of 3 great grandparents.

[@lynnhauenstein4136]

Really not so different from English Royals. QE2 and Prince Philip both descendants of Queen Victoria.

[@loislewis5229]

Yes, isn’t it interesting that some DNA does not get inherited by all siblings

[@JLZwissRN1950]

Hi Paul. I’d definitely reach out to the first cousin match..you will most likely get good information regarding your immediate family, parents from that match. That would indicate the match is one of your parents siblings child. I did my DNA years ago and have found aunts and uncles I didn’t have about. Even a first cousin that was adopted at birth and she was looking for her birth parents..sadly my cousin, her mother refused to get in touch with her. Best part..I located a sister that was adopted at birth..we have connected..it’s been a grand journey.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Wow!!!❤

[@alexhoward9684]

Do not forget the Moors ruled Spain for nearly 1,000 years.

[@torrezno1990]

It is incredible that we Spaniards have so little African blood after 8 centuries of "coexistence"

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Finally took a DNA test a few years back. My maternal grandfather was a legendary ladies' man, his business taking him on a lot of out-of-town trips to Indiana and Michigan. Before DNA tests became available the family frequently joked that because of those trips we probably had a lot of cousins we never met . No kidding. The test showed I had a slew of unknown cousins of various degrees all across Indiana and Michigan. Gramps really got around.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

My Dad was given up as a baby in Ireland in 1942. Athough he met his mum when he was about 22, he never knew his biological father, all he knew was his name. Dad passed away in 2001. I have just done a MyHeritage DNA test and found a close match who genetically has a pretty high chance of being my 'second cousin' but there is a small chance she may be my 'first half-cousin'. I looked at her family tree and her grandfather has the same name as my Dad's biological father. If she really is my half-cousin, then my Dad has half-siblings! I sent her a message on MyHeritage, only saying that we are a close match and that it would be great to talk. I don't want to freak her out with my theory, as their whole family make not realise that my Dad even exists! I have been waiting a while for her to reply to my message. I hope she responds soon. Wish me luck guys xx

[@davidbroughall3782]

I did a similar test with Ancestry because family lore was that one of my great-grandmothers was Native American. I did the test to confirm. It turns out that she was not Native American but Ashkenazim. After a little research, I discovered that my great-grandfather met and married her while on station with the Royal Navy in Australia. This fact was hidden from their children for their entire lives. I really do wish my grandfather had known. My next goal is to discover where they came from in East Central Europe and how they came to be in Oz. Her anglicized surname was Harris.

[@jantrapnell01able]

What a wonderful heritage!!

[@r6343]

I am curious as to why the family believed a great-grandmother from Australia was native American.

[@ak5659]

My father's family spun similar nonsense. The question in my mind is why Native American was picked as a 'cover' ancestry. Most Ashkenazi I've met look like everyone else from the northern half of eastern European. I only notice because my dad's family claims to mostly Irish with some German, not the anyone was ever able to place said ancestry, lol. As for appearance, let's just say my dad s family puts the 'black' in 'black Irish '.

[@OTseven]

You found YOUR relatives! I had fun watching you see all those relatives for the first time:) YOUR FAMILY. ;)) God bless you. And God bless your wife and the family you'll make together.

[@GazilionPT]

With 68.9% English, it cannot be just from your mom's side. Each parent gives 50% of autosomal DNA to their kids; that means almost 20% of your "English" DNA must come from your father.

[@tweerden]

I’m from Nederland, most people in the north of our country also have a large percentage English and Scandinavian. Due to traffic between these countries and Netherlands since BC. The matches give a better idea of the origin of ancestors.

[@anastasia10017]

The vikings attacked England/Scotland/Ireland for over 300 years. They r@ped and pilaged. They kidnapped British women and took them back to Scandinavia. Any UK person will have a lot of Scandinavian DNA in them.

[@nicolad8822]

My husband and mother in law have tests on MyHeritage. She shows 80% North and Western Europe, he has none of it.

[@violetgypsie]

Very true. My fathers family were all of Irish descent and I have only 36% Irish DNA. My half sister, her father's family were all of Scotish descent and her DNA is only 36% Scottish. We all have Native American and French on our mothers side and it reflects in the DNA with appropriate percentages.

[@GazilionPT]

@@nicolad8822 That should not be the case. If the mother is 80% one ethnicity, her son should be at least 30% that same ethnicity. Small percentages are routinely assigned to different ethnicities, but with a big chunk like 30%+... 🤔 Are their results from the same version of MyHeritage's ethnic breakdown?

[@terris1750]

Iberia isn't just Spain. It's also Portugal and parts of France.

[@2011eprincess]

Yes, that is correct since it's a peninsula .

[@joprocter4573]

And ireland as in today reputed to be because iberian pirates invaded scotti

[@kellyname5733]

Not France. Just the coastal Peninsula, South-West of Europe, Gibraltar.

[@Seniormexico1968]

I did the 23 and Me DNA. My grandmother looks Asian. Many people think I’m Korean or Filipino. I knew my family was German because of my last name. As it turns out, I’m 99% Swiss German. No Asian blood at all!

[@kellyname5733]

Hmmmm, they made a mistake. Being Swiss German does in no way answer your Grandmothers Asian appearance.

[@amiquigonzales7917]

While living in France as a student I saw or or two French individuals, born in France to French parents and grandparents, who had slanted eyes and looked kind of Far East-originated. I thought maybe Vietnam, Cambodge, the French Indochina, could be the answer but have you ever thought of Mongolians and Gengis Khan? They conquered huge portions of Rumania, Russia, Siberia, Ukraine and Belarus. Maybe your answer is there... someone of mongolian ancestors in Rumania, Russia, Ukraine, had children with one of your ancestors and they migrated to Germany, Swiss, etc.

[@Elke_KB]

The match listed as parent's 1st cousin, if that is on your father's side it would be a good clue. Potentially your father and that person share the same grandparents. If your father is still living I recommend he does a test as well. You can also reach out to DNAngels. They do great work at figuring out biological parents.

[@robertmurray8763]

The man I share my home (Australia) with has an interesting ancestry. He is half Timor Leste 🇹🇱 because of his born mother. His paternal grandfather was born in Portugal 🇵🇹 . His paternal grandmother was born in Angola 🇦🇴. He was born in Dili, Timor Leste 🇹🇱. He has ancestry from three continents. He thinks he is half Timorese 🇹🇱, three eights Portuguese and one eights African. It would be interesting to do a DNA test to resolve his ancestry.

[@robertsmith5970]

From my dad's DNA it solved his mother's illegitimacy and missing father issue ,found a cousin who was from a wartime romance in the family and showed a great uncle after much study was accidentally swapped at birth in the hospital.Well worth the money !

[@kellyname5733]

Did your accidentally swapped uncle at birth in the hospital, get swapped back to his real parents??

[@robertsmith5970]

@kellyname5733 No it was in 1921.His grand daughter was a high match to my dad but could see no family connection though he looked like us .Eventually we got a brother of my Grandfathers birth certificate as he was the same age and she got her grand fathers and they were born same day same hospital .A daughter of the uncle took a test and was no match to us at all.They always said the uncle in question was not like rest of the family and even joked as kids he was a changeling ! The two men are both dead now,were both happy in the "wrong" family's and never knew about it.

[@rebeccasunflower]

Paul, your DNA result is very similar to mine. At least according to MyHeritage. I am 70.9% English and 29.1% Scandinavian.

[@jimmiemagee5610]

I’m black, and my skin is waaaay lighter than either of my parents… Can someone tell me how this is possible?? I’m thinking of doing this ancestry test as well

[@ak5659]

According to what I've read, One-eighth is enough to determine appearance. I.e. Skin, hair, eyes, and bone structure and height. You could look nothing like your parents but be nearly carbon copies of their parents or their grandparents. The odds are low of course, but it's possible. you could also look like a combination of your great grandparents which could make you look very different from you parents. Do you have any older relatives that say things like "You look like my (grand)father/mother" ? Gender is totally separate so you could look just like a male version of an older female relative. One off thing: Are you able to drink milk without a problem? If so you likely have ancestry in northern Europe or a cluster of ethnic groups in central Africa. Sorry, I don't remember the names of the African groups that can drink !i'll without a problem. Lactose tolerance is a dominant gene. I had a boyfriend who had one white great grandfather and he and several cousins are able to drink milk by the gallon with no problem. Sorry for being so random but I hope this helps a bit.

[@jimmiemagee5610]

@@ak5659 Some of my family says I look like my dads brother, and I kind’ve see it. He(my dads brother) is a little darker than me though… Also I have thick/full eyebrows(dominant trait), and my parents have very thin eyebrows(recessive trait), I read somewhere that dominant traits can’t skip a generation… So did my mother cheat??

[@ak5659]

@@jimmiemagee5610-- I don't know about eyebrows specifically but brown-eyed people can carry genes for blue eyes or green eyes for several generations then poof! They appear. Oh, blue eyes is a separate gene. Green eyes are from genes to produce less of the brown eye pigments. It's complicated and I don't understand a lot but I do know with each person it's like rolling a bunch of dice from both parents and there's no way to predict what shows up, what yeu carry and can pass on but doesn't show up in you, and what donsn't make it at all. It's really random. I know a woman who is really short and her huspand is as well. But they both have tall siplings. Guess what? All their kids are tall. No, I wooldn't say your eyebrows are a reason to think your mom cheated on you. But there are probably older people in your family who had eyebrows like yourse

[@PhotoKaz]

What ethnicity is Mesoamerican? As a result of a mixture between indigenous peoples and European colonialists, Mesoamerica is one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the world, with a predominance of mixed European and Indigenous American descent.

[@GringosRUs]

I've been working on genealogy for close to 40 years. I thought my dad's Italian immigrant grandfather was the only family in the US. One day, I wrote a letter to a person in the Italian white pages because my surname is very rare (Rugito). It turns out that I have LOTS of family in Italy! They thought no one was left here in the US. One day, I'm going to visit them. I have done DNA tests with Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, and 23 and Me. I have not yet tried My Heritage. It's important to try multiple companies because their information is derived from their own collected pool of DNA samples. It's interesting to see the subtle details between the different databases. Some companies even offer specific databases for African DNA, Native American DNA, etc., where they can get VERY specific. For example, I submitted my DNA results, cross-platform to a company that specialized in British Isles DNA and it broke it right down to specific counties (and even the Orkney Islands). I was also surprised to find Scandinavian in my results, but it makes sense given the proximity to the UK. Great video! I can't help but get excited when people learn more about their ancestry. It's such a passion of mine!. ~Gina

[@dianaj3139]

I love that! My family did a combo of DNA companies, my husband used Ancestry, and I used 23 and Me. We were both told stories growing up about our ancestors, but there were some surprises! the story I was always told to me was that we had Native American down to the tribe! None of that showed up... my husband was always told about his Spanish Grandmother, and that didn't show up either.. LOL we were very surprised that these stories both being so often told were not backed up.

[@GringosRUs]

@@dianaj3139 That is very common. Tell a story long enough, people start to believe it, and when the story is old enough, who is around to refute it? I think we all have some of that. There are some doozies in my family, for sure!

[@TheWhale45]

50% of the People who immigrated from Italy actually went back to Italy and stayed there at some point in their Life. My Family came from Segni Italy and Roma. They never went back.

[@kellyname5733]

@@dianaj3139 I dont get the "Native American" part that sooooo many have been told about growing up, only to find NO Native American in their DNA. Why did people use the 'Native American' card??

[@2GringosOnTheGulf]

Great video guys 😊 thanks for sharing. ✌🏼 Cheers from 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico. 🇲🇽🥰

[@richj120952]

Those Vikings got around! I did a DNA test as well a few years back (on another site) We also did a maternal DNA and a standard DNA for my Wife. Her family had the verbal family history, like a lot of U.S. people, saying that she had American Indian in her lineage. The DNA tests foiled that family folk tale. Whed diving into her lineage, I found that her Great Grandfather worked as an Indian Agent, and her Grandmother was on the reservation when he was working there. Hence the mistaken family rumor. For my lineage, my Sister had done a pretty detailed family tree (long before any online services). It went back 5 generations on my father's side, and about 3 on my mother's side, except for my actual Great Grandfather on her father's side. That was a total blank. Nowhere in our lineage was Irish. When my DNA came back, it said 22% Irish (County Cork). In my DNA matches, I found a close relative that was Irish, and not listed in my known family. Looking at his lineage, I found that his Great Grandfather worked in the same NY state mill as my Great Grandmother at the exact same time, and as the exact same time that she got pregnant. Hmmm. Me thinks I found my actual Great Grandfather. Now he was married at the time and had 2 children, when my Grandfather was conceived. My Great Grandmother never married, or had anything to do with men after the conception, and had little to do with my Grandfather as well. So, I think perhaps she was..well, I leave it to you to figure out how the conception happened. In anycase, that is where my 22% Irish came from.

[@BrianLemay-qv3lr]

Something about native American DNA does not seem to survive past more than a couple of generations ; my mother's family had multiple proven American Indian forebears but none of our family shows any American Indian DNA when tested . I suspect the tests or the parameters are lacking .

[@kellyname5733]

@@BrianLemay-qv3lr OR....in the USA being a small % of American Indian avails that person lots of financial benefits. Only reason I know this is had a co-worker friend who was a tiny % American Indian, she got many benefits for free for that tiny bit of American Indian. She got real estate loans for practically nothing and outright $$ assistance towards multiple homes. Yep she was kinda of a real estate tycoon...all on us the tax payers dime for reparations, for a time in which nobody today is alive anymore.

[@claredelamer7940]

I am 69. I was born + adopted in Liverpool, England. I was 1-month old. I found my 2half-siblings 5years ago. Elder [by 9years] insists my father was French + a hairdresser, 132 Lodge Lane. Barber Jim - Smithdown Rd - who knew him insists father was a BARBER + in POLISH Resistance during WW2. My DNA test reveals I am 68% Irish, Scot, Welsh, the rest East European, Baltic, Finn. 0% French, 0% English. Just WHO was my father?

[@mariona3982]

History is Interesting❗️❗️ ❤️. Love reading Comments ❗️❤️

[@jayt3866]

1st cousin, that's very close, so you can find your Dad's siblings, wow!

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I had no drama: 50% Scandinavian, 30% English/Irish, and 20% German/Dutch. That’s pretty much what I expected based on what my grandparents told me. But it was still worth doing. I’d recommend everyone to do this.

[@BoHoff-o6t]

Watching from Copenhagen, Denmark. I have not taken a DNA test yet but I wish you good luck and welcome to Denmark.

[@BORN-to-Run]

MESOAMERICAN and ANDEAN "IS" Indian, or Native American, whichever term you prefer. ALL LATINOS, IMO, are Colored People, which means, "They have Black African blood in them to varying degrees." Thanks for sharing

[@zulynava4059]

Latinos are multiracial mostly three basic races: European,African and Indigenous in different proportions. That’s why you may find some whiter, some darker or some with more indigenous features it all depend on the mixing of the families. Then, other % of other ethnicities depending of the families.

[@jamestucker9524]

What surprised me is that I am 15 percent Scottish. I always knew that part of my family was English and Northern European; but never knew we had Scottish ancestry.

[@wolfiesownx4893]

Apparently they don’t get that meso-American is native…

[@mendesjosr4438]

Your wife's scandinavian DNA can come from Ireland as there was viking settlement but it can also come voa the iberian peninsula. I am from the interior of Portugal and have 20% scandinavian. There is some very small scale viking settlent but there is also the Suevi migration at the end of Rome

[@melissacoelho8413]

Just so you know the family wasn’t telling tails, Mesoamerican Indian, member of any of the indigenous peoples inhabiting Mexico and Central America (roughly between latitudes 14° N and 22° N). Mesoamerican Indian cultures have a common origin in the pre-Columbian civilizations of the area. You are native South American. ❤

[@CATAGUILAR]

Your mother was most likely the one from Denmark . Your father may have been a British soldier .

[@jhonyermo]

Heard of the Dane-geld, lots of British Dane interaction

[@TheWhale45]

First thing I thought.

[@alicedyment4219]

Those vikings were all over the British Isles, this connection could go way back

[@TheWhale45]

@@alicedyment4219 It wouldn't be that strong still. Unless everybody in your family kept mating with other people with heavy viking strains. And there is particular marker for that type of Viking. and he obviously doesn't have it or they would have said. What he does have is the anglo saxon markers. And the Coast of Europe and England consisted of those people. The Normans were Anglo Saxons. He also has come SE England Celtic in him. You can tell by his nose.

[@nicolad8822]

His grandparents, not parents. And Denmark was occupied until 1945. Might have been some stray airmen or Special Ops but that’s it I should think.

[@LAYERSOFLIFE24]

Dad was adopted. Still searching since 2013... Hope it goes faster for you.

[@wandaraney8342]

Hello to you...I was adopted inn1944....Never knew anything until I did my DNA with Ancestry. I also did it with FAmilytree and 23and me....Ancestry dna is the best. Within 1 month I found both parents names and lots of family. I suggest them the best . I also help of people find relatives, no charge...At the age of 80, it is a hobby for me and it makes me happy to help others find closure.

[@jmk1962]

I'm adopted too and worked out who both my birth parents were from talking to cousins, 3 years before I got access to my file, after the laws changed in Ireland giving adoptees the right to access their file. DNA doesn't lie, even when your birth parents do.

[@LAYERSOFLIFE24]

@@jmk1962 Guessing you had some DNA in common with those cousins? Our law just changed to allow adoptees descendants to access original file. Applied in June, one day before new law came to being... waiting patiently!

[@LAYERSOFLIFE24]

@@wandaraney8342 I have enjoyed Ancestry for many years now. Us kids all had our DNA sequenced there. I always think I'm about to get to Dad's people, then I get too tired. Sometimes I think I have ADHD. Focussing is very hard for me.

[@wandaraney8342]

@@LAYERSOFLIFE24 I help people find their family,no charge, a hobby of mine,having been adopted at birth , searched for yrs, and felt such joy and peace,on finding both my parents and wonderful relatives. Let me know if I can help.

[@yellads]

My Dad was also adopted in 1935. I did a DNA test, both Autosomal and Y DNA as well as some others. That was 6 years ago and I am no closer to any information. That said, the Y DNA did confirm that my adopted surname is definitely not my real paternal surname.

[@jhonyermo]

North African. Moors I bet. They sure ruled Spain for hundreds of years

[@JimmyCall]

The problem is many of these DNA test companies mainly service USA. You need to selectively pick one used in the nations you have connection too.

[@summerkatz9911]

My maternal grandparents were immigrants from UK and Netherlands so did one that is more UK focused (living dna).

[@JimmyCall]

@@summerkatz9911 In Australia 23AndMe is near non-existent, so I'm not going to get relative matches if I use them, as an example.

[@wyosundancer]

I used MyHeritage years ago. Family Trees are built off other peoples Family Trees. I had a lot of matches on all Ancestors, except on my Fraternal Grandmothers Maternal side. Other Family Trees had the wrong person, the name was the same, just a different person. When I found the error and corrected it; I had several hundred DNA matches show up.

[@Mikedeela]

If your dad was an orphan during the war, it’s possible that he might have been the product of a Danish woman and a British soldier. That could be why you have so much English DNA.

[@ajrwilde14]

Not necessarily, I don't think British soldiers were stationed in Denmark during the war, it could have been an American with British heritage.

[@Mikedeela]

@ I didn’t say it was necessarily so, I simply said it was possible. There are any number of possibilities.

[@nicolad8822]

His Dad was born BEFORE liberation.

[@winkieblink7625]

If it takes a Heinz 57 to be as beautiful as Linda….bring it on! 👏👏👏 I’m in 23 & Me which is in flux right now. My Heritage might be another venue! Thank you!

[@tweerden]

MyHeritage is best in Europe

[@fishinwidow35]

North American Natives tend to not have their DNA tested so the likelihood of matching is low

[@tedmartin5239]

Mine tells me nothing I did not know, they ask for MORE money if I want more!

[@gothmamasylvia462]

Your wife is 26.1 Native American, but the Meso-American and Andean is her indigenous heritage, or in common terms, her Central and South American Native American heritage.

[@chiusacan18754]

My husband comes from Scandinavian and Irish background as I come from Spaniard background.Similar to your case, it is not conclusived that he is fully from Denmark, as also lead to neighboord countries. Thank you for sharing!

[@Tascountrygirl]

Good work! As an aside in Tasmania, Australia, where I live, to visit someone in a nursing home, we need to do a Covid test involving similar instructions.

[@judierickson7166]

My mother told me I was Scotch irish and German on my fathers side. Well...no.. im German and on my mothers side : Welch, English and African American (Togo and Ghana)., THAT WAS A SURPRISE!

[@ak5659]

Lol, my father's family are by far the darkest Irish people I've ever seen. I was shocked to get zero sub-Saharan African in my DNA results.

[@YaYaPaBla]

My youngest daughter did her dna test. She got a high percentage of Scandinavian.

[@Crusherwoman]

His father side is also English because the mother can only give 50% of her DNA. The father is 31.1 Scandinavian the remainder 19 and changes from the father side too.

[@dinkster1729]

At least, it wasn't German. I've seen a couple of videos about the Nazis creating "a master race" by having German soldiers impregnate Norwegian women during WW2. The father was born in 1944 so he could have been one of those kids, but wasn't. My mother was a natural master race member since her mother was Norwegian-American and her father was German-Canadian. Gee! I never knew my mother was a member of the master race. She didn't either.

[@sheckyfeinstein]

My 61% Neanderthal ethnicity came as a surprise to my family. They were certain that it would be higher.

[@tedmartin5239]

Mine should show more Welsh!

[@idamcneill8005]

Lol!

[@mikeharrington5593]

Impossible

[@unserrano]

😂😂😂

[@lusimyer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaeltaylor8501]

Please Note: Having this "Indigenous Meso-American & Andean" ancestry result is evidence that you have American Indian ancestry (& it doesn't necessarily dis-prove any possible connection that you may have to Native North American Indians).* * = A DNA test results don't exclude the possibility of any distant ancestral ethnic relationship, as not every ethnic marker from each parent is necessarily inherited by a child (& each of any couple's children could inherit some different ethnic markers when compared one to another); so, DNA test results merely present evidence of possible inclusion, & can't be used as evidence of exclusion. BTW: I watched a card-carrying member from a tribe of Cherokee - a North American Indian People - discuss his DNA test results & it showed results like yours (having Amerindian ties south of the U.S. with no specific mention of any Native North American Indian ancestry - though he was clearly connected to a North American Indian tribe).

[@johnlabus7359]

Well, her Indigenous Meso-American map does go into southern North America.

[@nicolad8822]

You can use DNA Search Angels to help you figure out how your matches fit together.

[@MMed2472]

Your wife could have Portuguese too not just Spain. The results said Iberia not Spain. I'm Portuguese so I had to chime in lol.

[@zulynava4059]

Exactly!

[@Bagorra]

My cousin from Califórnia sent me 2 package for DNA test but, francly I don't think necessary to find my ancestor for I alteady know my roots . Started in 1774 in north Portugal and spread all over the world till present days. I still have that 2 package to be use .

[@kellyname5733]

Lots of post on here that say that they were told of their heritage all while growing up only to find out after doing the DNA test that all the stories of their heritage were just made up/lies.

[@marjoriemota6292]

It should be pointed out who Linda is, and why it is worthwhile to compare her DNA with the narrator's DNA

[@nicolad8822]

Eh?

[@Nunurbusynes6051]

This tech is so amazing, the only bad thing is they release your personal results to the Government for what ever use they deem fit.😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢

[@RebeccaLyn1965]

If you haven't found out who your grandparents are, it will be super easy with a 1st cousin match.

[@gsimons213]

Mesoamerican and Andean is indigenous to America.

[@qroo]

They differentiate it on My Heritage. Mesoamerican and Andean ethnicity indicates genetic origins in “Mesoamerica” which is a historical term denoting the geographical region which housed pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations - such as the Aztec Empire - roughly corresponding to modern Central America. Further south, the Andean Mountains, which run along the western edge of South America, encompass most of the territories of the former Inca Empire. The populations of Mesoamerica and the Andes include a number of indigenous groups with pre-Columbian roots, including the Maya peoples of Mesoamerica, and the Quechua, Chibcha, and Aymara peoples of South America. As a result of a mixture between indigenous peoples and European colonialists. They have a separate one for Native Americans. That one was the one she expected as well.

[@consciouspi]

She tends to have Indio nose

[@humptyslick]

Google American Indian DNA. They crossed the Berring Strait from Syberia and East Asia

[@artlovervictoria]

@@humptyslick Indigenous people of the Americas are indigenous to the continents in their own right because they have their own mutations unique to them.. Mutayions which occur after thousands of years of separation from the mother land. Imagine how many mutations separate all of us from our African mother land. Most Europeans originated from the Caucases or Middle East does this not make them European? mT DNA and DNA shows all indigenous peoples are related to each other.

[@michaelgabriel7919]

My sisters and I grew up believing my father, who was adopted as an infant, was born to German American immigrants who had passed away. His adopted parents told him his parents were friends and they agreed to adopt him after they died... but that wasn't entirely true. In 2015/16 we took a DNA sample from my father and sent it off to be tested. By this time my father was in the later stages of Alzheimer's... and didn't understand what was going on. The results were a little stunning... seeing as he wasn't all that German. It turns out (like my mother)... he's mostly Irish... but that's not were it ended. Due to the DNA test we started to get more and more information about our father's genetic family... and It turns out we have a pretty big extended family in Ireland (Sligo). We have my real (genetic birth) grandmother's name... and how and where she died. DNA is AMAZING!

[@kellyname5733]

How did your father end up being adopted? Why did the adoptive parents lie about your father's parents or at least his mother? Why did they lie about his heritage? Im sorry about your father being sick. So sad.

[@michaelgabriel7919]

@@kellyname5733 The story said his mother and father died when he was three. The 'birth certificate' he was given said his parents were Aton and Maria Haden... but his DNA says his mother is Mary Toye... and his father was apparently Irish too.... not German. Why did they change his lineage? That is unknown. It was 1935... Great Depression... and they took on an orphan.

[@petermartin8756]

This was great, I might do this myself!

[@bethparker1500]

Wifey is so mixed, cool, is that where she gets the gorgeous hair?

[@zulynava4059]

Latinos are multiracial. That’s why we keep telling Americans we are not a race but a combination of races in different proportions. That’s why you may see some whiter, some brown/darker and some with indigenous features.

[@gordonmccreadie2008]

One was a ship builder,made a ship a zoo according to legend.saved the whole future of the world.what a hero.

[@jonmeek3879]

Fascinating! Really enjoyed

[@Mexicobeanpole]

I find these so interesting. Thank you both for sharing. I’ve never gotten this done,but my sister did. We were told by family we had German (my mother’s maiden name was clearly German), Irish and Cherokee Indian. The test said she was 98% English. So I didn’t see a need to check mine out. Maybe I will anyway just to see if there’s any milkman blood. **kidding Mom.**

[@janetd5317]

Yours could be quite different. You get half of your DNA from your father. Siblings can be totally different.

[@artlovervictoria]

LOL she's disapointed that she is not "Native American", what does she think Meso-American and Andean peoples are? Indigenous people throughout the Americas are related. Indigenous people in the U.S. called "Native American" by white people are the same great family. They all share mutations that make them uniquely indigenous to the Americas. Most European Americans I observe get disapointed when they learn that their indigenous relatives may be in Latin America not the U.S. When I had my DNA done 23% indigenous and mTdna haplogroup "A" , I shared the results with siblins and cousins. They said "Don't tell grandma" then 103 years old. Why? She thought she was 100% European like so many other people who do not romantisize being Native American she would be upset. The younger generation thought it was cool.

[@carolynlane3439]

💯

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

Fun story: I'd know Rick for a long time, and like so many in Vancouvers' west end, he was raised on a "work farm" in Ontario, given up by his mother, and his family in NB never knew. So one year I was making good coin, and after years of listening I said: "Im flying you to NB, round trip, the expenses once there are yours." to meet at last the Fergusons. he sent me a photo of the local County Fair with fifty of his male relatives: NO DNA TEST NECESSARY. It's cost me 1001. Cdn. dollars but the photos was worth it.

[@roseappelhoff9282]

🥰☺💖

[@JamesBowman-g4k]

Do an Ancestry DNA test and you will get around a 100,000 cousin list plus a good number of cousin family trees that you can learh a lot from.

[@makerspace533]

This is where he finds out his wife is actually his sister.

[@strafrag1]

So happy I did this too. I love my DNA map. It is pretty much the Roman Empire's map, circling the Mediterranean. Great video!

[@californianorma876]

I have that!! I am adopted.

[@strafrag1]

@@californianorma876 Wonderful that you know your heritage now. All the best.

[@jeanninejones8350]

My ex husband didn't know his father. So our daughter did a test and had me do one to compare. She was hoping to find a grandfather, or closure for her dad. The only thing we definitely got back was a ton of aunts uncles and cousins from my family that I had never heard of. I can trace my mom's family's back to the 1490s. I always suspected my daddy wasn't my father. This basically confirmed that, but the man I have suspected passed away in 1984, and was an only child. We have both contacted matches she has chatted with a possible cousin that I don't seem to be connected to. I haven't heard back from anyone I have reached out to.

[@mchapman132]

It is a wonderful tool to learn about our ancestry, but sometimes it can be very hurtful. Five years ago a young woman contacted members of my husband’s family asking questions about my late father-in-law. It turned out he was her real grandfather. He had an affair with her grandmother in 1956 while his wife was pregnant. Her grandmother never let on about the affair to her husband. My father-in-law died several years ago but my mother-in-law was still alive and heartbroken about the news. It sullied his reputation and memory for those that loved him.

[@jmk1962]

What about the young lady who was trying to find out about where she came from. Don't you think she is the innocent one in all of this and has a right to know who created her.

[@mchapman132]

@ - Yes, we felt very badly for the young woman. Her mom had passed away and her dad was an absentee father. She was raised by the grandmother. Her photos of her mom looked nothing like the other siblings and grand mom offered no reason, so she set out to investigate. Sadly, the knowledge she gained did not make her happy, it just added to her frustration and her opinion of her dear grandmother. I have mixed feelings about these genealogy searches. My humble opinion.

[@Snoops510]

I see that the name of your parent's first cousin has a "contact" link. That could lead you down an entire path if that is your choice. Best of luck, whatever you choose.

[@TW-uj6tn]

Nigerian makes more sense than any of it. Many of the Africans taken into slavery were Nigerian, many of whom were Igbo. We could be cousins through or Nigerian or Irish heritage.

[@Curmudgeon2]

One problem ... some years ago someone sent in DNA from twins to several of these companies and each twin had different results. so...

[@kellyname5733]

IDK Curmudgeon...Im not trusting these DNA 'private companies' in ANY way. Are they pumping out legitimate results? Who knows. Are they selling our DNA?? You bet! 23 and me got caught doing it and now they are filing BK. Wanting to sell to the highest bidder... and there goes all the DNA with the sale.

[@waynewallace10]

The only way to really know where your ancestors were born is to trace your actual ancestors. DNA is your best tool to make contact with DNA relatives, by identifying shared ancestry with cousins, you can generally trace back at least 6 generations. It's easier now than ever before as the number of people who have had DNA testing continues to grow. Much easier than the days of having to rely only on paper records and family stories. Good luck, and may your brick walls come down quickly!

[@janina8559]

I tend to think your grandfather was an English Soldier during the War since your father was born in 1944. Your grandmother probably gave birth to him in Denmark alone. Your first cousin may know if she had an Aunt that could be her.

[@kathleenelias0]

Mesoamerican and Andean IS NATIVE AMERICAN