Dna testing

cena · 05-01-2022 11:29am #1

What would you do If you found out about half-siblings after taking a DNA test?

I probably feel a bit angry, but I would contact them at some point

Baybay · 05-01-2022 11:38am

I think I’d be shocked more than anything but as my family is tiny, I think I’d be pleased.

Anger perhaps if I also discovered my parent(s) had been involved in their lives to any extent without mentioning them.

Trigger Happy · 05-01-2022 11:42am

I have done the ancestry and the 23 and me DNA tests over the past few years and was always a little nervous that there might be a half brother/sister out there but thankfully none surfaced yet.

Nor are there any unknown cousins etc...I must come from a line of good faithful folks.

AckwelFoley · 05-01-2022 12:17pm

I've done the DNA tests and found them interesting. It brought up people I already know are related so at least proves they're accurate

It's better find out this way than find by a knock on the door.

Lad I know, married with young family got a knock on the door of his rather rural house.

This 18 year old young woman came down fro.dublin and said "Yer me da"

Apparently he tapped a skanger from Dublin on a one nighter, he didn't need a DNA test because as his wife at the time said , she's literally him with long hair and earings

She's still living with him years later. Her mother was pretty useless and I think the daughter used Facebook to track him down.

Hoop66 · 05-01-2022 12:24pm

I did the Ancestry one, mainly to annoy people here who call me "English" because of my accent. There was a tricky moment there when one of my great-great grandfathers looked like he was from Yorkshire, but we're all good. 78% Scottish 19% Irish 3% Norwegian.

Some lads for sharing the DNA around those vikings.

Nigel Fairservice · 05-01-2022 4:13pm

My partner's mother got the Ancestry test as a stocking filler one Christmas and it turned up a first cousin nobody knew about.

corner of hells · 05-01-2022 4:17pm

I did one and sent a swab from my dogs mouth , turns out I'm part German Shepherd and Yorkshire terrier.

05-01-2022 4:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118422219#Comment_118422219

like.. why?

i presume you’re talking shite but if this is true why would you pay to swab your dogs mouth?

magicbastarder · 05-01-2022 4:20pm

no interest in taking a test unless i knew there were cast iron guarantees about what would be done with the information.

sekond · 05-01-2022 4:27pm

I was bought one of the Ancestry ones - my husband got us one each. But I only did the ethnicity/background piece, not the matching to others. I'm adopted, and while I'm curious about my background, that was a can of worms I didn't want to open that particular way - and I didn't fancy being the long-lost half sister turning up on someone elses door step. That said, it came back pretty much 100% west of Ireland - down to a relatively narrow area. So I could probably just go down there and wander around looking for someone who looks like me! 😁