20 Inconvenient Mysteries Revealed Using Genetic Tests (21 Photos)

A DNA test is a very cool and useful thing. But it may open eyes to truths that people were not ready to know.





Here are some amazing first-hand stories from people who took a genetic test just for fun and learned a lot about themselves and their families...

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“My cousin tried to deceive the state by claiming that he was some percentage of Native American and took a DNA test. As a result, he was recognized as the father of four children from four women who were never even his wives.”

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“What have we found out? My grandfather did not die when my father was 4 years old, as we always thought. Instead, he faked his death, walked 1,500 km to the other side of the country, married a sixteen-year-old girl and had 7 more children. At the same time, he left my grandmother to raise their 6 children together and his two children from a previous marriage. The worst thing was that for the second batch of children he used the same names as for the first.”

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“My wife and I both took a genealogical DNA test. She turned out to have an incredible background. First peoples of North America. South America. Portugal and all of Europe. It was so cool! When I got my result it said, 'You're Scottish, mate.'

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“My child took the test and 8 years later introduced me to a half-sister I didn’t even know I had. My father remarried and had a son that I knew about, but this little sister took us both by surprise. And my father has already passed away, so... Now I have a sister.”

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“Thanks to one of these tests, I found out that I have a cancer gene (BRCA1), and my whole family was tested too - my sister, brother and father also have it. Now we are undergoing preventive testing for cancer, but who knows, maybe this will save one of our lives in the future. So, it's not exactly a horror story, but when I first found out about it, it was very scary - I was expecting some kind of entertaining report, but instead I found out that I had a serious illness.”

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“A few years ago I took a genetic DNA test. It turned out that my father sexually assaulted more than 50 women."

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“I found out that I’m married to my cousin.”

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“One of my best friends called me one day in a panic. She did her and her father's test for fun. It turned out that he is not her father. It turned out that mom had a lot of skeletons in her closet. Bio-Dad never knew she existed and was so happy to find her. Now we doubt that her sister's father is her father. It's just a giant domino effect that doesn't bode well."

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“I found out that my father is not my biological father. My father's sister gave me a DNA test. I went through it and discovered that I was not related to my aunt, which meant I was not related to my father. But I have 10+ half-siblings, no matter who my sperm donor father was. At home I was led by the nose for six months, convinced that the results were inaccurate, called a liar and all that. And finally they admitted that it was true. Now we have a terrible relationship."

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“Not me, but my colleague found out that his biological father was not who he thought he was. It turned out that he is one of the many, many children of fertility doctor Donald Cline (there is a film about him, Our Common Father, released in 2022).”

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“One of my great-uncles was contacted by a woman who claimed he was her father after she took a test on one of these sites. He vehemently denied this, and this caused discord in the family until it was discovered that his older brother was in fact the father. It turned out that in his youth he behaved, to put it mildly, imperfectly.”

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“My mother was one of seven children of an abusive mother and a loving father. Twenty grandchildren (my cousins, my brother and myself). Through testing, some cousins ​​determined that at least three of the seven children were not the biological offspring of my grandmother's husband. We decided not to tell the rest of our cousins ​​about it until our last uncle (he’s 93) dies.”

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“We always knew that my grandmother had a child (my father) before she got married, but thanks to Ancestry we found out that she actually had another child, after my father, but before she got married (the children’s fathers are different).”

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“My sister found out that half of our mother’s family are children of incest. Down to several great aunts and uncles.”

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“Not a horror story, but certainly unexpected... My sister took a 23andme test and matched her niece. It turned out that my brother, who is 40 years old, has a daughter. From her age we can judge that she was born when my brother was in school. Her birth mother must have given her up for adoption without telling my brother. No bad feelings, they would be so young (about 15 years old) so it was for the best.”

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“My best friend's father is my father. We were 40 years old when we found out about this. We were born seven months apart, meaning her mom (my mom's best friend) was very pregnant when I was conceived."

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“I thought I was French... It turned out that I was ENGLISH!!!”

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“It turned out that the test data (ancestry, dates of birth, place of residence and profile photos) was used for hacking.”

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“My parents and I had DNA testing done and I manage their profiles - their profiles were created before mine came along. Both mother and father received a panicked message from a woman on the other side of the world: a test showed that she was their daughter. She was confused, thinking that her parents had lied to her all her life. When I logged into my account, it showed that I had no DNA match to my parents, which I knew was not true, and the fact that my mother was a small child when this woman was born made it clear that that the company changed our results. The support team simply said “oh well” and suggested a new test. My family thought it was funny. But imagine what it was like for this poor woman who spent several days going crazy with the idea that her whole life was a lie until I received her messages and responded to her.”

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“My maiden name is very similar to a German one, but not a drop of German blood was found in me. I match the test results with people with my maiden name, so the origin is not in doubt, but something is wrong somewhere. "I have a family tree documented all the way back to the 1500s in Germany, so it's possible someone was adopted or illegitimate and it's just not documented."