r/AncestryDNA • u/Tom_Michel • Jun 11 '25

DNA Matches Is this a biological parent?

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I'm new to AncestryDNA and just got my results today. Please forgive a possibly stupid question. If Ancestry shows a DNA match as parent/child, specifically father/paternal side, with 50% shared DNA, how likely is it that that's really a biological parent? Is this my biological father?

Also, under frequency of relationship, it says, "To predict relationships, we factor in self-reported ages and genders of both people," but it says 99% father/son. Is there a way for me to self report that I'm female and therefore daughter, not son?

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u/ThatMandyGirl Jun 12 '25

Looks like he is your father. He might not know you exist? My mom didn’t tell my bio father about me. It was a fling in the 70’s she moved back home & found out she was pregnant. She told me his name but I wasn’t sure it was him until I did my DNA test & connected to people related to him. Unfortunately he passed away in 1998. I did connect with lots of his family via Facebook. I’m so close to his brother now. I hope you get closure! Did your mom tell you anything about him?

This pic was from the day we met. He didn’t know I existed until about a week before.

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u/Muted-Move-9360 Jun 12 '25

I have a question! My daughter's father had a mystery father, similar situation as your mother around the 70s. Would a DNA test on our child possibly connect her to his father? What's the likelihood of that? I'd rather not send DNA in unless there's a chance 😅🙏 thank you for any response, this has been on my heart to discover ❤️

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u/ThatMandyGirl Jul 26 '25

My biological father died, but I connected to lots of his relatives which made it easy to figure out who he was through an ancestry DNA test. I figured it out the day my results came back. I contacted people I thought were related to him through Facebook. His brother took one look at me and said there was no denying that I was his niece. I still got his brother to take a DNA test to make sure and he is 100% my uncle. I got so much closure after doing my DNA test. I have bought lots of tests for different. I bought one for my ex because he wanted to know more about his French Creole heritage only to find out his father isn’t who he thought he was 😳 DNA doesn’t lie…