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[Big Bad Dad]

I read that the results from one of these DNA sites helped the Police track down the guy arrested for the murder of the 4 college students in Idaho.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

Sister is a Doctor. Brother incarcerated. Who knows. No significance IMO.

Yeah, I have cousins. One retired as a Police Chief. His sister is a repeat offender doing time many times in the same city jail. Awkward, I'm sure....

 

[cr8crshr]

Our lineage is of interest to our Family and has been traced back numerous generations. I personally like the idea and interest. My Family has discovered countless interesting tid bits about who and what we became from. So to know that for example, I am related to one of the Founding Fathers directly, definitely adds to that story of my Family Tree. Those that have taken and stated a dim view on this, I get it. Though it might be of benefit to understand what makes them tick in their current existence inside of dismissing it as has been shown...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[GetX'd]

It seems it’s something only you can answer as to going for it or not. None of us raised by our own parents could ever fully understand and appreciate your desire to find out what it is you want to find out.

I myself initially thought it a cool idea to to do dna testing for our family of 11 but as the years passed and you started hearing all the traumatizing stories by people who had done so it became much less desirable. Once it’s out there it’s out there forever and you can’t take it back nor what comes of it. There’s also plenty of cool stories as well so it’s a choice And especially for an adopted child not an insignificant one.

I hope you make the right choice for you and it fulfills all of what you’re looking for in really great ways.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Parents are the people who raise you. Period. I think the whole ancestry thing is over rated.

I was adopted, but now have my family tree on both sides. I think you'll find it interesting. My sister was also adopted, same nurture. Results differed.

 

[Black_Sheep]

My brother in law thought it would be a good idea to give a spit kit to his siblings. The results created a huge **** storm when they showed my wife and her sister had a different father than the two brothers. Apparently their mom had a long term extramarital affair and had two kids by another married man. It tarnished her deceased mom’s memory and was devastating to my wife and her sister, as far as I know their other brother doesn’t know. To make matters worse, my wife’s sister contacted her new found half siblings and turned their world upside down as well. If that’s not enough, she wants to tell the nieces and nephews too. My wife and I are dead set against it, because it tarnish their memories of their grandma.

What started as simple genealogy research ended up causing pain and heartbreak for several families.

Some things are better off left alone…

 

[Kern Dog]

I did the Ancestry and 23 and Me tests.
I was surprised to learn that I was nearly 100% White.

 

[Dennis H]

I’m having second thoughts. Maybe there is some Reparation $$$ back there that could come to light. There is a Target nearby too.

 

[68BabyBlue]

My brother in law thought it would be a good idea to give a spit kit to his siblings. The results created a huge **** storm when they showed my wife and sister had a different father than the two brothers. Apparently their mom had a long term extramarital affair and had two kids by another married man. It tarnished her deceased mom’s memory and was devastating to my wife and her sister, as far as I know their other brother doesn’t know. To make matters worse, my wife’s sister contacted her new found half siblings and turned their world upside down as well. If that’s not enough, she wants to tell the nieces and nephews too. My wife and I are dead set against it, because it tarnish their memories of their grandma.

What started as simple genealogy research ended up causing pain and heartbreak for several families.

Some things are better off left alone…

Everything you stated here can easily happen. I am speaking from personal experience, my younger sister and I were both adopted. She showed up on doorsteps unannounced, and it did not go well. I was discreet, and had a lot of information long before Ancestry became available. No harm done, and now I know everything, and it explains a lot of what makes me tick. My sister is a train wreck , and came from such. My history was on the other end of the spectrum, and was reflected in how we traveled through life.

 

[Matt B.]

Learning about the history of your family and you can be a good or bad thing. Depends on what your intentions are about the information you get in return.

 

[69a100]

Parents are the people who raise you. Period. I think the whole ancestry thing is over rated.

I like knowing from where I came from, it makes me feel proud of who I am and who came before me!!!! And yes, my ancestors massacred Indians to forge this Nation! So I should get reparations too right?

My Descendants who served in the military:

• Jacob Boogher (1756 – 1804)
• January 30th, 1776 enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Smith's Company of Artillery as a Montross; Lieutenants William Woolsey, Alexander Fornivale and George Keepott, which Company was raised in obedience to the Resolves of the Maryland Commission under date of December, 25ht, 1775 (7). June 29th, 1776 was present on duty (8); September 27th, 1776, on duty at White Stone Point, near Ft. Henry, Baltimore (9), and on January 26th, 1777, was on duty. Full particulars of his service cannot be found, owing to the partial destruction of some of the war records of the State. That he served to the end of the War, there can be no doubt, as his last record is found with the list who did (7), when he returned to Frederick County, Maryland and purchased his first lands. (10)
• (7) Maryland Archives, Vol. 18, page 563 -565
• (8) Maryland Archives, Vol. 18, page 567
• (9) Lib. W.R. No. 13, Folio 267, Frederick County Maryland records.
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• Note: All persons interested must note the various spelling of the name in connection with his Military Record: Boager, Boger, and Boogher. He, Jacob Boogher, was the first to change his name from "Bucher" to "Boogher", "Bucher" being the correct spelling from AD 1300 to 1755.
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• Richard Richardson Jr. (1742 – 1802)
• Patriot during the Revolutionary War – Disowned by the Society of Friends (08/06/1778) - "on the 6th day of ye 8th month, 1778, Richard Richardson, Jr. was disowned by the Society of Friends at Indian Springs, for taking his affirmations and solemn declaration as required by a late Act of Assembly, which engages him to support the Revolutionary War"
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• Edward Nicholas Boogher (1831 – 1923)
• Co. H, 27th Infantry Regiment Virginia - Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865
• Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Southside Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Hare's Hill, Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA.
• Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
• Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Burkesville, VA.
• Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
• Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Cumberland Church, VA.
• Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
• Fought on 12 Apr 1865 at Salisbury, NC.
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• James French (1818 – 1893)
• U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, consolidated list of all persons of Class I, subject to military duty in the Fifth Congressional district of the Counties of …., Lapeer…. State of Michigan enumerated during the month of June 1863, under the direction of Capt. Chas. M. Walker, Provost Marshall.
• 44 years of age.
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• Gilbert Ruggles Tucker Jr. (1841 – 1924)
• Enlisted in Company B, Minnesota Hatch's Cavalry Battalion on 06 Aug 1863.Mustered out on 01 Mar 1866. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-65
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• Hendrick Deacon Snyder (1705 – 1782)
• Enlisted in the Orange County (NY) Militia – Second Regiment in The Revolutionary War. Served under Col. Ann (name is correct) Hawk Hay, Lieut. Col. Gilbert Cooper, Major John Smith & John L. Smith. Dates unknown but confirmed by the New York in The Revolution as COLONY AND STATE, Vol. I, A Compilation of Documents and Records from The Office of the State Comptroller, J.B. Lyon Company. Printers, 1904.
• George Adam Moler Sr (1714 – 1783)
• Furnished food for the army while living in Berkeley Co., VA
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• George Adam Moler Jr (1758 – 1830)
• Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War most likely through t state of Virginia.
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• Benjamin F. Fuller (1720 – 1762)
• His Widow, Sarah Ballard Fuller filed for a Civil War pension in 1909, Feb 20 in the state of PA and it was granted – application # 914.017, certification # 679.804.
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• William Frederick Halsey Jr. (1882 – 1959)
• U.S. Navy – World War II, United States Navy Fleet Admiral. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz.
• Graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Great White Fleet and, during World War I, commanded the destroyer USS Shaw. He took command of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in 1935 after completing a course in naval aviation and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1938. At the start of the War in the Pacific (1941–1945), Halsey commanded the task force centered on the carrier USS Enterprise in a series of raids against Japanese-held targets.
• Halsey was made commander, South Pacific Area, and led the Allied forces over the course of the Battle for Guadalcanal (1942–1943) and the fighting up the Solomon chain (1942–1945).[2] In 1943 he was made commander of the Third Fleet, the post he held through the rest of the war.[3] He took part in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of the Second World War and, by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history. He was promoted to fleet admiral in December 1945 and retired from active service in March 1947.
• Buried - Arlington National Cemetery
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• William Cole Jr. (1667 – 1715)
• Colonial Officer
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• Lt. Philip Thomas (1620 – 1675)
• Lt. of Maryland Provincial forces, High Commissioner of Maryland (1656-59)
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• Elijah Owen (1720–1813)
• 1759 - French and Indian War
• Regiment: Second
• Regt. Command: Whiting, Nathan Colonel & Captain
• Company: Fifth
• Co. Command: Phelps, Ichabod Captain
• Source List: Muster Roll
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• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
• Military Date - 21 Oct 1781
• Military Place - Vermont, USA
• State or Army Served - Vermont
• Regiment – Alarm

 

[Dakar Timm]

What some of you may not realize ,is that quite often there are medical issues that may well be best served by family members .
I have a number of friends in the medical field . Quite often only a family member end up being a complete match for tissue or organ donors. My brother with whom I share both parents has a very rare blood type . We have been told that if he needed a transplant he would most likely die waiting for a match .

 

[GetX'd]

I did the Ancestry and 23 and Me tests.
I was surprised to learn that I was nearly 100% White.

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That “nearly“ part can reap you a **** ton of govt. bennies. Just remember Pocahontas…….Lol

 

[padam]

 

[Nevada dan]

You might find some kids you didn’t know you had

 

[chargervert]

That “nearly“ part can reap you a **** ton of govt. bennies. Just remember Pocahontas…….Lol

Trump called her Focahontas meaning fake Indian! Lol

 

[Cranky]

I can agree with your first assessment, while offering a "not so much" on the 2nd part.
Allow me to try to explain:
(Ed Story Time!)
In my own corner of the world here, I'm pretty much down to a brother and sister left from
the entire immediate family - a rather sizeable one in its' time, I might add.
I am my fathers' namesake and no doubt was closest to him when he was alive.

My sister started up on ancestry.com several years ago - she being the self-appointed historian
of the bunch (she has spent her life removing herself as much as she could from our upbringing
and heritage - guess their humble roots are embarassing to her).
She's always liked to passively rub her success at both money and "status" in my face, since I
chose to return to "roots" about 25 years ago (she's failed at that every time - but she still tries,
all the while telling me how much she loves me).
She granted me access to this ancestry.com thing recently, so I figured I'd take a look...
and mostly, all I saw was her years of work on her husbands' family tree and not so much on our
own.
Always trying to impress others, that's her....

She thought my checking into the site would impress me no end at her work; well, not so much...
Instead, it has only amplified the desire in me to want to know more about where I came from than
I already know - especially documentation and such in support of what I can remember.

You see, as I get closer to my own accelerated demise and most who have known me that are
still above dirt continue to either consciously or naturally fade away from me and I find myself alone
more and more each day, it's become a bit of unfinished business to complete my moms' and dads'
"stories" - and thanks to my sister, there's enough motivation to get done what she should have
been doing all along.

Will the results matter to much of anyone in the future? For most, probably not - but my goal since
this whole rapid degradation process began with me has always been "not to leave a mess",
which includes "don't leave anything unfinished".
God willing, I'll have the time to see this one last task through...

It matters to me, if to no one else.

Is your sister's name Donna?? Man, she sounds a lot like sister! Before the internet was readily available, 'Donna' decided to start in with the ancestry stuff and when she found how much work it was she asked me to help. At the time, my kids were young plus I was working 3 jobs and she knew that but she said "can't you quit one of them". Yeah right and she got pissed at me and told me she wouldn't make any of the findings available to me. Oh geez, hurt my feelings will ya. She's always been a witch to me.

Just about the time Covid started my middle daughter was wanting me to present a sample for testing. Don't know why because the witch was done with the all the searching and actually passed it around to everyone about who our ancestors were. Maybe my kid wanted to prove I was actually her dad and probably at the suggestion of the witch. Told my daughter sure but didn't really the money to spend on that right since since my X (her step mom) took all of that. Anyways, that's as far as that went......

I would like to know who’s DNA they compared it to.

We all came from a comet, mine happens to be Halley's Comet.

Mars

 

[DeltaV]

No. That kind of data is much too important to be entrusted to anyone.

I know my parent's, grandparent's, aunt's, and uncle's medical histories...what were their ailments and what was their natural cause of death.

 

[68BabyBlue]

No. That kind of data is much too important to be entrusted to anyone.

I know my parent's, grandparent's, aunt's, and uncle's medical histories...what were their ailments and what was their natural cause of death.

It's a big decision. I did three decades of research, and still didn't take the plunge, my daughter did. It can go really south, as I said earlier, I have personal experience. I sat through a presentation on the issues in a legal seminar chaired by a PA supreme court justice, who had no simple answers, just a lot of questions.

 

[moparedtn]

Is your sister's name Donna?? Man, she sounds a lot like sister! Before the internet was readily available, 'Donna' decided to start in with the ancestry stuff and when she found how much work it was she asked me to help. At the time, my kids were young plus I was working 3 jobs and she knew that but she said "can't you quit one of them". Yeah right and she got pissed at me and told me she wouldn't make any of the findings available to me. Oh geez, hurt my feelings will ya. She's always been a witch to me.

Just about the time Covid started my middle daughter was wanting me to present a sample for testing. Don't know why because the witch was done with the all the searching and actually passed it around to everyone about who our ancestors were. Maybe my kid wanted to prove I was actually her dad and probably at the suggestion of the witch. Told my daughter sure but didn't really the money to spend on that right since since my X (her step mom) took all of that. Anyways, that's as far as that went......



Mars

No, not Donna.
For the record, I have not been asked - nor would I offer if asked - to do any DNA testing in order to
use the site. It's not a requirement to do so.