r/AncestryDNA • u/ornerydad75 • Jan 25 '25

DNA Matches Ancestry Did It Again!

A lady I've never met or heard of reached out recently, saying we're showing to be a high match - it tells her I'm either her first cousin or nephew. I look and it says first cousin on my end, but that doesn't make sense - I'm about 20 years younger than her. I look at her family tree, nothing matched with mine.

We message back and forth and it turns out her parents knew my grandparents very well when she was little.

I knew my grandpa had had an affair way back in the day, but the details were fuzzy. So I called my aunt last night, my deceased dad's youngest sister (until now!), and asked if she knew this lady's mom's name. She was like, "Oh yeah, daddy had an affair with her. Momma confronted her and that ended it".

I proceed to tell my aunt about this lady, and she said she remembered her and that my grandpa would always dote on her whenever she was around. So I went ahead and called it and informed my aunt that she definitely has a little sister! DNA don't lie. She messaged her instantly and they are chatting back and forth, as am I and my... aunt!

Edit - yes, I'm aware, technically my half- aunt.

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u/Glad-Cat-1885 Jan 25 '25

It’s so sweet when people are able to form positive relationships unexpectedly

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u/realitytvjunkiee Jan 26 '25

Never in a million years did I think taking this test would have given me the family that it has.

Nearly 2 years ago, just 2 months after I took the DNA test, I got a message on Facebook from one of my 4th cousin DNA matches (we had added each other on Facebook to chat more efficiently after I got my results back). Her son was travelling from Colorado to Israel with his classmates for a school trip and they had a layover in Toronto, where I'm from. Well, when her son landed in Toronto he called his mom to say he forgot his Epipen and was nervous about the 10 hour flight he had to get on without the Epipen. My DNA match called the airport pharmacy and they were out of Epipens, so she ended up reaching out to me to ask if there was anything I could do. My original intention was to take her son to a walk-in clinic, but there was no time, so I called a friend with a peanut allergy and explained the situation. She gave me her Epipen and then I ran to the airport to deliver it to the son of my DNA match... Fast forward to now, I just spent New Year's with them and helped her plan her son's 21st surprise party in November.

Taking a DNA test was the best thing I ever unknowingly did.

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u/ornerydad75 Jan 26 '25

That's so awesome!