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One thing was in there that was unexpected: I’m 3% Ashkenazi Jewish. I’ve never heard that from any relatives, and some have done extensive genealogy.

Additionally, something was missing that I expected to see: Native American ancestry. My family on my dad’s side had always talked about our Native American ancestry - only a few generations back from my grandmother - but the DNA showed absolutely none. I’ve since learned that this is actually quite common - many people believe they have it but few actually do.

I’ve read that in certain parts of the country it was standard practice to claim Native American ancestry to explain non-white features. At that time it was perfectly fine to be part Native American, but being part African would have been cause to lose your land, right to vote, etc. Interestingly, while I have a small amount of African ancestry, it’s not on that side of the family, so I’m at a loss to explain why so many of my relatives thought they were descended from a Native American.



I've seen anonymous "confessions" (who knows, take this with a grain of salt, just messenger, etc) that the employees will sometimes throw in odd results like that just to throw off/troll otherwise white Europeans.


Holy Hell, if true, that is incredibly unethical. Lying to people about something as personal as family crosses so so many lines.


> so I’m at a loss to explain why so many of my relatives thought they were descended from a Native American.

Because it's cool




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