Mon Apr 29, 2019, 05:58 PM
Got some very interesting family DNA results: UpdatedLast edited Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:46 AM - Edit history (1)
My little sister bought a DNA kit for my grandmother recently.
She has always told us that her grandmother was full blooded Cherokee. All of her siblings have believed the same. Turns out there is no trace of native american. There is however...2% middle eastern. This is awesome because my grandma is the Fox-aholic who sits on the couch and repeats all the racist crap that she hears. Her reaction was complete and total shock. She got on her iPad and started looking at maps of the region. Her whole demeanor has changed! It's amazing to witness this transformation. There's still hope for hearts that carry hate. I swear it feels like a ton of weight has been lifted from my family now. Completely different environment in her house! 
......... Update: Some of my grandmother's siblings say there used to be rumors that their grandmother was a Syrian immigrant who pretended to be Cherokee. (Possibily to hide from racism) I know the test could be wrong but the coincidence is just amazing and almost poetic in irony. New life adventures are freaking awesome! Thank you all for going down the rabbit hole with me this past year. I hope I'm not driving everyone nuts with my obsessive posting lately.
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Author | Time | Post |
 Got some very interesting family DNA results: Updated (Original post) |
backtoblue | Apr 2019 | OP |
| femmedem | Apr 2019 | #1 | |
| chia | Apr 2019 | #2 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #3 | |
| Kurt V. | Apr 2019 | #50 | |
| Apollo Zeus | Apr 2019 | #4 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #6 | |
| Apollo Zeus | Apr 2019 | #16 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #18 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #15 | |
| Merlot | Apr 2019 | #20 | |
| Apollo Zeus | Apr 2019 | #24 | |
| Merlot | Apr 2019 | #33 | |
| rusty fender | May 2019 | #58 | |
| eShirl | Apr 2019 | #42 | |
| gopiscrap | Apr 2019 | #46 | |
| Brainstormy | Apr 2019 | #5 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #9 | |
| Brainstormy | Apr 2019 | #44 | |
| barbtries | Apr 2019 | #30 | |
| nocoincidences | Apr 2019 | #7 | |
| MosheFeingold | Apr 2019 | #11 | |
| csziggy | Apr 2019 | #34 | |
| PoindexterOglethorpe | Apr 2019 | #8 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #12 | |
| skamaria | Apr 2019 | #48 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #49 | |
| catrose | Apr 2019 | #25 | |
| MosheFeingold | Apr 2019 | #10 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #13 | |
| Mollyann | Apr 2019 | #14 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #17 | |
| GeoWilliam750 | Apr 2019 | #21 | |
| chowder66 | Apr 2019 | #19 | |
| DonaldsRump | Apr 2019 | #29 | |
| chowder66 | Apr 2019 | #35 | |
| QED | Apr 2019 | #22 | |
| vlyons | Apr 2019 | #23 | |
| blm | Apr 2019 | #26 | |
| MaryMagdaline | Apr 2019 | #31 | |
| samnsara | Apr 2019 | #27 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #43 | |
| SilasSouleII | Apr 2019 | #28 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #32 | |
| WePurrsevere | Apr 2019 | #36 | |
| Boomer | Apr 2019 | #47 | |
| WePurrsevere | Apr 2019 | #55 | |
| JustABozoOnThisBus | Apr 2019 | #37 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #41 | |
| progressoid | Apr 2019 | #38 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #40 | |
| Cicada | Apr 2019 | #39 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #45 | |
| nolabear | Apr 2019 | #57 | |
| Honeycombe8 | Apr 2019 | #51 | |
| onlyadream | Apr 2019 | #52 | |
| Fla Dem | Apr 2019 | #53 | |
| backtoblue | Apr 2019 | #54 | |
| Fla Dem | Apr 2019 | #56 | |
| PatrickforO | May 2019 | #59 |
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:01 PM
femmedem (7,821 posts)
1. If she's been judging Elizabeth Warren, this might change how she feels about her, too.
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:22 PM
4. Is this her grandmother on her father's side?
Response to backtoblue (Reply #6)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 07:38 PM
16. one of my relatives just did 23andMe
Response to Apollo Zeus (Reply #4)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 07:55 PM
20. Does this mean that your DNA results are only from the maternal side?
Response to Merlot (Reply #20)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:24 PM
24. No this is women don't get anything at all from a large section of their father's Y chromosome
Response to Apollo Zeus (Reply #24)
Thu May 2, 2019, 06:57 PM
58. I'm female
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and my brother and I have very close dna pairings, not identical, but very close. So Did we get roughly equal parts dna from both parents
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Response to Apollo Zeus (Reply #4)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 10:49 AM
eShirl (18,121 posts)
42. she gets an X chromosome from dad tho
Response to Apollo Zeus (Reply #4)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:47 PM
gopiscrap (22,932 posts)
46. welcome to DU
Response to Brainstormy (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:38 PM
9. I'm thinking about doing one myself
Response to backtoblue (Reply #9)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:25 AM
44. You pays your money and you takes your chances
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there's a risk, as was my case, of turning up some complicated and not entirely happy stuff in the family tree. But I don't worry about the DNA any more than I worry about blood type or fingerprints. I don't intend to do anything that will hold up under appeal.
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Response to Brainstormy (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:51 PM
barbtries (27,241 posts)
30. We've believed for some time
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:28 PM
nocoincidences (1,725 posts)
7. An Osage friend of mine
Response to nocoincidences (Reply #7)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:48 PM
11. I live literally on the edge of the Mescalero Apache reservation
Response to nocoincidences (Reply #7)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 09:44 PM
csziggy (33,804 posts)
34. Especially Southerners seem to claim some Cherokee
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:30 PM
PoindexterOglethorpe (24,216 posts)
8. Similar story with my sister's kids.
Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:51 PM
12. My sister's results showed 1% Papuan...
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That didn't show up in Grandma's.
My sister is so white she glows in the dark and her hair is ridiculously light blond. The remainder of both their DNA is Irish and English. That was interesting too because Papua is a small tribal island. From what we read, Irish criminals were shipped Australia. Papua is right there so we think thats the link between the two. I like to imagine that my Irish ancestor fell in love with a Papuan and had some kids. My gut believes that it was probably a forced relationship... 
Edit to add:. Holy moly my sister is an alien. https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-26/dna-of-extinct-human-species-pacific-islanders-analysis-suggests/7968950 |
Response to backtoblue (Reply #12)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 02:30 PM
skamaria (312 posts)
48. There's alot of redheaded Paupauans!(per google images)
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Those Irish lads must have been very busy boys!
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Response to skamaria (Reply #48)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 02:47 PM
49. Lol
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I learned about the sent-Irish-troublemakers-to-Australia from a wine bottle. LMAO
19 Crimes My family tree didn't throw it's apples very far 
It sounded better to just say "we read it somewhere". Better than "I thought the wine bottle instructions all said...Drink me" who knew? |
Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:26 PM
catrose (4,788 posts)
25. I won't swear my math skills are great, but I remember figuring out that 3% NA
Response to MosheFeingold (Reply #10)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:54 PM
13. Probably
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Im just so happy at her reaction.
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Response to Mollyann (Reply #14)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 07:41 PM
17. Ive wondered if the reaction is common
Response to backtoblue (Reply #17)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:00 PM
21. "Be careful of who you hate, because it might be somebody you love"
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 07:49 PM
chowder66 (7,921 posts)
19. Mine showed 1% ashkenazi jewish, then they updated it and it no longer showed that. nt
Response to chowder66 (Reply #19)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:48 PM
DonaldsRump (7,681 posts)
29. Ditto for me
Response to DonaldsRump (Reply #29)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 10:00 PM
chowder66 (7,921 posts)
35. I've waffled a bit about doing it but it actually became extremely important that I did take it.
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:01 PM
QED (2,453 posts)
22. Mine, via my sister, was no surprise but I have a "new" cousin!
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:07 PM
vlyons (9,489 posts)
23. The truth is that we are all basically cousins
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:33 PM
blm (111,051 posts)
26. Families believe the family legends. More people are realizing that
Response to blm (Reply #26)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:53 PM
MaryMagdaline (6,667 posts)
31. Yes. We were told fables by our parents, who believed them as much as we did
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:34 PM
samnsara (16,882 posts)
27. we had the same results about the Cherokee Heritage..it made sense tho...my moms family is from
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:41 PM
SilasSouleII (302 posts)
28. Does this mean
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 05:41 AM
36. That's great that she's accepting of the results & changing. As for the NA missing...
Response to WePurrsevere (Reply #36)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 02:08 PM
Boomer (4,046 posts)
47. This, exactly this
Response to Boomer (Reply #47)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:15 PM
55. That's great that you did that! Please don't give up hope...
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Even if you don't find any half sibs your DNA being out there might very well help others find their missing puzzle pieces.
It was only because some of my natural family members tested that I found them (sadly my parents are both deceased but I knew at my age, late 50s, the odds weren't great that I'd find them alive still). Now my daughter and I try to use what we've learned to help others occasionally find their missing puzzle pieces. So far my tree on Ancestry doesn't reflect my ethnicity results (on any of the DNA testing sites I'm on) but it's close and some of the areas that don't mesh ATM might just be beyond one of my darn genealogical 'walls'. As I learn even more about genetic genealogy hopefully I'll be able to break those down eventually. Meanwhile I'm just enjoying the learning and journey.  |
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 06:40 AM
JustABozoOnThisBus (22,777 posts)
37. Weren't some Native American groups thought to descend from a lost tribe of Israel?
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There are alternative theories to the "Siberian-Alaska land bridge" nonsense.
Your grandmother: living proof. 
Doesn't our DNA show that we are all "out of Africa"? Howdy, cuz! |
Response to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #37)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:12 AM
41. Wassup cuz!
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Man, our family is CRAZY.
This is us......  |
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:06 AM
38. Well, if it matters, she'll probably get a different result from a different DNA testing company.
Response to progressoid (Reply #38)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:09 AM
40. Do they send it automatically?
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If so I'm going to have to hack her iPad and delete it....
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Response to Cicada (Reply #39)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:28 AM
45. You're not gonna believe this coincidence...
Response to Cicada (Reply #39)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:13 PM
nolabear (40,914 posts)
57. We could be cousins.
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 05:39 PM
51. Oh, that's too funny! But why does someone have to BE something, to know...
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 05:55 PM
onlyadream (2,132 posts)
52. Lucky you!
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 06:03 PM
Fla Dem (20,858 posts)
53. I understand your enthusiam. I first started tracing my ancestry before there were many on-line
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Response to Fla Dem (Reply #53)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 07:56 PM
54. I'm not so sure about these tests' reliability
Response to backtoblue (Reply #54)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:42 PM
Fla Dem (20,858 posts)
56. I'm sure they aren't 100% accurate, but pretty close.
Response to backtoblue (Original post)
Thu May 2, 2019, 10:40 PM
PatrickforO (13,953 posts)
59. That's really something.
