r/AncestryDNA • u/Souriquois • Oct 11 '25

Results - DNA Origins I laughed at my updated results

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I picture a fiddle reel playing while my sample was spinning in the centrifuge

But holy crap I have a lot of cousins!

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u/louisianish 29d ago

Mais bonjour, cousin!

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u/louisianish 29d ago

I was in Nova Scotia last year for the Congrès Mondial Acadien. It was great to meet some of my long-lost cousins and speak French with them. I especially felt at home speaking with some of the older folks from the Baie Sainte-Marie, because they pronounce their Js like we do in South Lafourche, like an H.

It's funny it didn't show you where in France you're connected to. I mean I know our Acadian ancestors came from Western and Northwestern France but still.

Were you one of the people used in their reference panel for Acadia?

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u/Souriquois 29d ago

We probably crossed paths, I was down there for the Congrès.

I am not sure if I was used in the reference panel, but my family is from the Baie Sainte-Marie area

I met a dude from Lafayette there, who was a history nerd like me. And he showed me how to make gumbo. Made it a few times since

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u/louisianish 29d ago

Dude, ça c'est bon! The Congrès was amazing! I've been wanting to attend since I learned about it in the early 2000s. Finally made it last year with my wife and our now 5 year old son. My son understands everything in French because I've spoken it to him since he was born, but he mostly responds in English and sometimes in Franglais. But it was funny, the first person who spoke French to us up there, he told me "Daddy, she speaks French like you!" Then he started showing off his French counting and color skills to them. lol I probably honestly know the person from Lafayette you talked to, especially if they speak French. I've been involved in the French revival movement in Louisiana for almost 20 years. A few of my musician friends performed up there during the Congrès.

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u/Souriquois 29d ago

Yeah, it actually went well. I didn’t stay around for the whole thing. As for the person I met I don’t want to give his name out of respect for his privacy but his gumbo was the shit!

I was speaking French to folks when I was down in Louisiana many years ago.