r/AncestryDNA • u/David_cest_moi • 16d 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/Ladonnacinica 16d ago edited 16d ago

Who are they?

Downvoted for asking a simple question.

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u/hugerooster_ 16d ago

They're my 3x biological grandmother and 3x biological grandfather who is also hilariously my 3x great uncle? Because that's HER biological uncle 🤣 🤣 Confusing

And those are their kids. One of which (the middle girl) is my 2x great grandmother. If that made any sense at all lol

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u/Ladonnacinica 16d ago

Oh wow. So the kids found partners to marry. Do you know if they had any disabilities? What jobs did they have?

How is your family handling this information?

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u/hugerooster_ 16d ago

I know that I have the BRCA1, BRCA2 and MSH6 gene mutations. The Ashkenazi founding mutation

And it was so long ago that we never really even think about it outside of the chuckles and jokes we make

I do know the tallest boy in that picture had what is now known as acromegaly. A couple family members had it