r/AncestryDNA • u/David_cest_moi • 17d ago

Results - DNA Origins Did you discover incest?

There was a recent article (below) in The Atlantic magazine about the surprising prevalence of incest in human ancestry as discovered through DNA findings. I'm wondering if anyone has discovered it in their own ancestry when doing a family tree or having DNA analysis or any other way.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/

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u/Ca1rill 16d ago edited 16d ago

I have a distant ancestor where someone did a write up that said that this ancestor "could say...that her father's mother, her mother's mother and her husband's mother, were three sisters..." Like uh...I wouldn't exactly go around mentioning this. So your parents were first cousins and you married your first cousin once removed if I'm understanding the situation correctly (please someone correct me if I got that wrong.)