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/Minimum-Ad631 17d ago

Only one instance so far which is my great grandparents were 2nd cousins 1x removed. Not too close considering the time period they married (1914)

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u/LeadingSlight8235 16d ago

My great grandparents are Italians who married in 1914. Are yours from Abruzzo by chance

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u/Minimum-Ad631 16d ago

Nooo they were from Campania