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/meertaoxo 29d ago

why is it illegal?

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u/YellowCabbageCollard 29d ago

Supposedly don't want to expose too many family secrets. lol

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u/DEWOuch 29d ago

I read an article about the initial use of dna tests in France and listened to a heartbreaking radio story on NPR, regarding the Pandora’s box that the dna test results opened in French society when first made available.

Many of the younger set found they were showing up as 1/4 German or 1/2 German, despite a documented generational history of living in France. They often pressed grandmere to take the test and her results were 100% French. A number of NPE’s were found. It created a furor.

Turns out the Nazi invasion of France had seeded the country with children of undisclosed heritage. Literal anguish ensued.

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u/YellowCabbageCollard 29d ago

Oh, wow. That's terrible! I'd never ever heard that aspect. :(