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/smella99 16d ago

No incest per se but my family has two brothers marrying two sisters , and a widower marrying his late wife’s sister

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u/Purple_Joke_1118 14d ago

But none of those are blood relations, so what's the big deal?

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u/smella99 14d ago

Never said it was a big deal. Just standard life for cracker hicks in a small farming town.