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DNA tests can raise more questions than answeres.

I was looking back at info I have on my family during the time that my relative's grandfather was born
I think I can see a possible explanation as to why his grand parents registered his birth, stating he was their own child.

They were in receipt of Poor Relief and would be entitled to a tiny bit more if the child was theirs.
The child's birth mother may not have been considered for PR util questions about the father and his ability to pay alimony were answered.
It's a guess but, I think they were also evading the wrath of the RC church.
It was easier all round, financially and morally if the grand parents claimed the boy was their own and their daughter went back to work..

The boy was fully raised by his grandparents, even after his birth mother married the biological father.

Of course, there is no paper trail to prove any of this.
Simply an anomaly with DNA matches!

We have a family member now in his 70s who moved to live with his aunt after his parents died.

He discovered in his 20s that she was actually his half-sister, born before his parents married.

He never married, lived happily with her until she died about 4 years ago about 90 years old.

....and they've always gone before you can ask them!

Absolutely!
My head reels.
Did he know that his sister was his mother? Or that her husband was his biological father?
Did he know that his cousins were his full siblings?

Did my great grandmother know that her little brother was actually her nephew?

DNA results can cause havoc!

Ooh! 'Scandal' :-D :-D :-D

I chose Ancestry for similar reasons but, I'm hoping my results will also clarify an anomaly which appeared in the DNA of a relative.


According to his BM&D, her grandfather was the youngest sibling of my great grandmother.
That was, until she found other DNA matches which almost proves otherwise.

Her GF was the youngest in a very large family, and born when his "mother" was in her mid 40's.... Not impossible.
This connection : Rellie should be my 1st cousin, once removed

What DNA showed...
We believe that the parents listed were his grandparents who registered his birth and raised him as their own.
My rellie's GF and my G.GM had an older sister who married when her GF was 2yrs old.

I accept that it can be a hit or a miss, and do expect, like my rellie, to have some DNA matches with the descendants of this older sister and her husband.

What my rellie did not expect, was to share DNA with the descendants of siblings born to.... That husband!

The only logical explanation is that, contrary to his BD&M, her GF was not the son of the parents listed on all docs but, the son of their older daughter AND the man that she later married.
My Rellie now becomes my 2nd cousin

My DNA results may confirm this, as, unlike my rellie, mine should not match to any descendants, of this man's siblings.

There is another possible explanation but, that would imply that my 45yr old gg grandmother ( who was in poor health) bore a child to a 20yr old man who later married her daughter?
I doubt that very much. LOL

EDIT: The son in law's father was long since deceased
The son in law did have brothers but, they were all younger than himself !

I did mine through 'My Heritage' - mainly because my nephew and sister had already had theirs tested through the site.
Mine cost £40 plus £20 P&P.

It will be interesting to see the similarities/differences in results between the sites :-D

My family offered to buy me a DNA kit from Ancestry for Christmas.

By the time they got around to to ordering, the reduced price offer had expired, and
they asked me to complete the order myself

To purchase a kit direct from my Ancestry acct automatically inputs costs £79 + £20 shipping Total £99

I googled for deals and found one at £69+£20 Total £89
This deal expires on 28 Feb 2018

I clicked on the link and it took me straight back to my own acct and automatically entered the reduced price.

Lets see if it's honoured