These People’s Families Were Upended by DNA Websites, and Here Are Their Stories

I know a lot of people who have done DNA tests and gotten some fascinating results. Personally, I’m still wary of handing over my DNA to some corporation, who could easily decide to sell their database of information to, say, a pharmaceutical company.

Judging by these responses from AskReddit users, I think I might have the right idea.

1. Holier than thou

“Spouse found out his dad wasn’t his dad. His judgmental holier than thou Catholic mom had some explaining to do. He lost an immense amount of respect for her, especially when the bio dad tried to reach out to him. She is still in contact with the married man she had an affair with over 4 decades ago. He refuses to speak to him and has limited contact with her.”

2. Neanderthal

“I discovered that I have some of the highest known Neanderthal DNA, more than 99% users and over 4% of my total DNA. 3 tests submitted and a flight provided to a university in Australia for a testing. Was cool at first, and then not.

It bothered my wife a bit at first thanks to watching a couple documentaries.”

3. No one ever told them

“Not me, but one of my bar regulars did the test with her older sister. Turns out not only are they not related to each other, but both of them are adopted. And, their adoptive parents are both dead. And, their entire extended family knew the whole time but no one ever told them.”

4. I feel like this probably happens a lot

“I found out I’m not Irish after taking one….I have an Irish tattoo. My mom’s family always bragged about how Irish we were. My life obviously wasn’t destroyed but funny anyways.

It was over twenty years ago, I was 18 and stupid. The tattoo is a nautical compass with a Celtic knot in the middle on my shoulder.”

5. A happy ending

“My story has a rough beginning, but a happy ending. I apologize, this will be a bit lengthy.

I ordered 23andme to try to figure out “what” I was, not to track down any long lost family members. I had known since I was a teenager that my dad who raised me wasn’t my biological father. I used to ask my mom if I was adopted because I don’t look like anyone in my family.

My mom is almost 100% Irish and my dad (who raised me, he is and always will be my dad) is also Caucasian and I look a bit ethnically ambiguous. Olive (but fair) skin, dark hair, and green eyes; no one else in my family looked like me. My mom finally told me the truth when i was 16.

When I got my report back, I was mostly European by my breakdown, I was still confused. I had several cousins show up, but contacting them didn’t interest me at all. One day I got a notification that I had new relatives and a half sister popped up. This caught me completely off guard and I didn’t know what to do…because I wanted to contact her.

For the first time ever, I wanted to know more. I messaged her, not telling anything about myself, just that if she’d like to know more about me, I would be open with all that I knew. I never got a reply, this kind of broke my heart if I’m being honest, but I accepted that she probably knew nothing of me and that the revelation of my existence may have hurt their family horribly.

A few months later a second cousin popped up and she was shown to be the first cousin of my “half sister,” this confused me even more. Why was she my second cousin and my half sisters first cousin?She contacted me because she thought I may have answers for her, I told her that I had tried to contact my half sister but heard nothing and apologized for not being able to help her. (Her story is oddly similar to mine.) She also told me that she had communicated briefly with her first cousin, but after bringing me up, she cut off contact with her.

That made me feel horrible. But through our brief interaction, i realized that the three of us were connected through my “half sisters” maternal blood line. I know my mom is my mom, there’s no question there, so I started thinking, how could this be?..then I realized that my “half sister” was actually my aunt, my biological father’s sister. Half-siblings, aunts and uncles, and grandparents all share 25% of their DNA, all the connections on these websites are based on probability.

I messaged her again and told her that I thought she may be my aunt and I told her more about myself…my birthdate and where I was conceived, and that if she had a brother who was in that area at that time, he was my biological father. She messaged me back in no time. It turns out that my paternal grandfather had passed away years ago and when she got the first message and saw the half sister connection, she assumed her father had a child that none of them knew about. I’m younger than her and her siblings, obviously, so I would have come along after them.

She didn’t contact me because she didn’t want to hurt her mother, and I’m sure she was hurt by this too. I understood, completely. She then went on to tell me that they all knew about me but didn’t want to disrupt my life. She said my biological father never forgot about me…I had always thought I was his dirty little secret. (He and my mother were both married to other people when I was conceived..that’s another long story.)

Anyways, my husband, children, and I have since met them all. I actually have three half siblings that also knew about me. It was so strange to finally meet people who I resemble. I’m a spitting image of my paternal grandmother when she was young, they were all blown away by that. We stay in contact and I couldn’t be happier that I bought the 23andme kit.”

6. Scandalous

“My 75-year-old grandmother just found out her dad was not her real dad. Turns out her mom had an affair with the family doctor and never told a single soul. Not only did she find out her family doctor was her real dad (the one who birthed not only her but also all of her own children) but turns out this family doctor was sleeping with a lot his patients.

She now has a bunch of new half sisters and brothers, some of them knew who their real dad was and some of them didn’t. My great grandmother was quite the secret keeper.”

7. White mystery

“My dad turned out not to be my dad. So the basic 23andMe family surprise I guess? Also found out that my heritage can best be described as white mystery.”

8. Pissed

“When my birth mom was pregnant with me she was too ashamed to admit who my father was. She was too young to be a mom and so she gave me to my current parents when I was born.(they were 10 years older than her and already had a kid) I love my parents and couldn’t care who my birth father was but I wanted to see what I was made of.

Everyone was pretty pissed when we found out my dad was my birth dad.”

9. At least three

“Not destroyed, it just confirmed what we already knew that there was more than one Father between 5 siblings. At least three as it turned out.”

10. Dreading the future

“My grandpa passed away from Alzheimer’s, so my family uploaded our raw DNA to another site to see if any of us have the same genes that make it likely for any of the rest of us to have it as well. Luckily most of us didn’t have the gene my grandpa had, but my uncles have it. So while my immediate family knows we’ve got average chances, my poor uncles are probably dreading the future.”

11. Finding family

“I’ve been searching for my father my whole life and through 23andme I just found a half-brother, finally answering the question. Our father is unfortunately passed, but we’re meeting in person in April.

A couple weeks after we found each other we were also contacted by another half-sister.”

12. Inconclusive

“My brother got our whole family 23andMe kits for Christmas last year. Everyone did the swab and got their results back which showed how we’re all related and yada yada yada, but my results came back inconclusive. 23andMe sent me a new kit to do it again and THAT one also came back inconclusive. So the company sent me an email basically saying I can never do it again probably because I’m using a bunch of resources with no results.

Anyway now my family says I don’t have any human DNA and that I must be a lizard. They make lizard sounds when I’m around and I am ashamed.”

13. What are the chances?

“Kind of the opposite. I found out I have an older sister, apparently my dad was being a little promiscuous lol. RIP old man. And she also shares my birthday, what are the chances?!”

14. He didn’t know

“I just got off the phone with my newly found bio dad. My mom died in 1980, my dad in 2012. I logged Friday in to AncestryDNA to get my results from their Black Friday sale. It said that this person in NC was my father, no doubt. Turns out it was my moms boyfriend before my dad came along. I have no idea if anyone knew. My newly found father certainly didn’t.”

15. Oh, Papa

“Ours was backwards. A French lady messaged my mom and said she thought they shared a father. Very believable because Papa was a proven whore. Sure enough she did a 23andMe and sure enough papa is a great big slut. Rest in peace.”

 

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If You’re a Nurse, These Memes Were Made For You

Nurses are some of the hardest working people in the world, and absolutely among the unsung heroes of our society. I’ve been fortunate enough to only ever have had one extended stay in a hospital (as a visitor, thankfully), and I can’t imagine how awful it would have been without the care and hard work that the nursing staff put in.

That’s why it’s so important for nurses to get a  good laugh once in a while, which is where these memes come in.

1. Good night and good luck

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2. Tell me all about it

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3. And you look great!

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4. Now or never

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5. Uh huh…

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6. Hang on, I’m gonna puke

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7. Top of your game

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8. Does this work?

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9. Trust issues

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10. Avoid the sun

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11. Makes sense

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12. You sure about that?

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13. And now?

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14. Just like that

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15. You’re done

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16. You’re still alive, shut up

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17. And…done!

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18. Please never come back

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19. You got the touch

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20. The boss

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Let’s all give the nurses in our lives a high-five for all the hard work they do!

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Lotto Winner Shows Up to Collect His Winnings Wearing a ‘Scream’ Mask

A lot of people may not know this, but every state has different laws about whether or not a lottery winner is allowed to remain anonymous. I’m not really sure why that is, because I know I certainly wouldn’t want the whole world knowing who I am and what I look like if I’d just won a fat stack of cash.

This lottery winner from Jamaica had the right idea when he showed up to claim a prize worth $1.17 million (U.S.) wearing the famous Ghostface mask from the Scream movies.

Legendary.

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The man’s name was released, but A. Campbell was determined to keep his face hidden from the public…probably a good idea. Campbell said the win has caused some issues: “My head hurt me for three days because I was thinking so much. [Wondering] if what I’ve been longing for really come true. I had a belly ache for two weeks, sometimes I feel so much pain I forgot that I had won.”

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The big winner said he’s now on the hunt for a new house.

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Congrats Mr. Campbell! Spend it wisely…

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15 Hilarious Tweets About Random Sounds

The world is full of sounds – some pleasant like the singing of a bird on a summer’s day, and others less pleasant like the screeching of a mother-in-law on a winter’s eve.

These tweets are all about random sounds we hear. And they’re all funny.

1. I love the last one

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2. Not a smart idea

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3. Who am I?

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4. Silent treatment

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5. Sounds great!

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6. The whole shebang

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7. WTF?

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8. That does not sound pleasant

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9. Background music

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10. It’ll go away

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11. I’m gonna puke

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12. UGH

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13. That flute, tho

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14. OH F*CK

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15. The worst sound ever

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Wait a second…did you just hear that…?

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10+ Child Stars After They Hit Puberty: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The life of a child star isn’t easy. People often get so fixated on the child version that they lose sight of the fact that this is still a real person who is going to get older, go through puberty, and probably not be as cute anymore as they were as a kid. A lot of child stars have been negatively affected by these unrealistic expectations, with several notable examples turning to a life of substance abuse when they just couldn’t grow beyond the persona that first made them famous.

Below are 13 actors and actresses you loved when they were kids and since then…well, you’ve probably wondered, “What the heck happened to them?” at least once.

Answer? Puberty. Puberty happened to them, as it does to everyone, but the average guy or gal doesn’t have to go through it and still land roles in Hollywood.

#1. Daryl Sabara (Spy Kids)

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#2. Kel Mitchell (Kenan and Kel)

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#3. Christy Carlson Romano (Even Stevens)

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#4. Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)

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#5. Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire)

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#6. Dylan and Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody)

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#7. Daveigh Chase (The Ring)

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#8. Jamie Lynn Spears (Zoey 101)

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#9. Dakota Fanning (Charlotte’s Web)

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#10. Tia and Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister)

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#11. Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park)

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#12. Elden Henson (The Mighty Ducks)

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#13. Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids)

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Now you know!

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The Medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Made Entirely from Recycled Metal

Are you a fan of the Olympics? The long wait is almost over, because the Olympic games are coming back in 2020! The games, which will be held in Japan, are made even more special by a new sustainability initiative, thanks to which every single medal at the Tokyo Olympics will be made from recycled metal.

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The plan has been in place since 2017, when organizers in Japan began collecting electronic waste for the project. People donated old smartphones, laptops, and other items. Businesses and industry organizations also contributed.

Now, Olympic organizers say they expect to reach their targets in March. As of November, they’d collected 47,488 tons of discarded electronic devices.

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“It is estimated that the remaining amounts of metal required to manufacture all Olympic and Paralympic medals can be extracted from the devices already donated,” the organizers said in a statement.

In total, they’ll collect 30.3 kilograms of gold, 4100 kilograms of silver, and 2700 kilograms of bronze.

It’s a major move towards sustainability for the Olympics. In 2016, only 30% of the silver and bronze in medals came from recycled materials.

Later this year, Tokyo 2020 will release the official designs for the medals.

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10+ Dog Tweets That’ll Definitely Brighten Your Day

I’m gonna go on record and say it: I will NEVER get tired of tweets and posts about dogs!

That’s right, I said it, and I know most of you have been thinking it. If you still need convincing, these 15 tweets featuring good boys and girls are guaranteed to put you in a very, very good mood.

1. Awwwwwww

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2. Martini dog

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3. Close enough

4. Where’d it go?

5. Don’t see that very often

6. Just like a drunk sorority girl

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7. The worst thing a parent can say

8. I love this!

9. Nice to meet you

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10. Dog wizard

11. My dream

12. Jam session

13. Part of the family

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14. Breaking the rules

15. I am a human

It doesn’t get much better than that!

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This Chart Shows the Fastest Growing Jobs in Every State

A friendly word of advice: if you live in California or Hawaii, you may want to consider a career in installing solar panels. Alternatively, if your home state is Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, or Iowa, a job servicing wind turbines might be your best bet.

Yahoo! Finance put together this handy infographic, using statistics compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to show what is the fastest growing job in each state in the country.

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The results are pretty interesting and represent a shift in how many Americans work. As mentioned earlier, solar panel installer jobs are the fastest growing in California and Hawaii, but that’s also the case in several other states in different parts of the country, including Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Minnesota. Here is how the western United States and Alaska and Hawaii shapes up.

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Another rising occupation is statistician. The median annual salary for a statistician in the U.S. is $84,060 and these number crunchers are the fastest growing occupation in Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and Connecticut.

As we move east through the Midwest and towards the Atlantic, here are the fastest growing occupations.

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The East Coast is a unique mix of positions, including the aforementioned solar panel installer in two states, biomedical engineer in Maine, costume attendant in Georgia (because of the thriving film/TV industry), and  gambling industry worker in New York.

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Let’s hope the economy keeps on revving along and people in all industries in America continue to move up the ladder.

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15+ Memes That’ll Make Any Pregnant Woman Laugh or Cry (Depending on Her Hormones)

Hey fellas: while we may go around thinking that we maybe have some idea of what it’s like to be pregnant, the truth is that we haven’t got a single damn clue.

The ladies in our lives go through weird body hell while they’re carrying a bun in the oven, and though it’s impossible for us to really get it, these tweets might at least give us a hint about what they’re going through.

And ladies – these tweets are by you and for you.

1. LOL

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2. Killer

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3. No longer needed

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4. You’re definitely pregnant

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5. Hahaha

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6. Not funny at all

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7. Not how it works, sorry

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8. Uh oh

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9. It’s real, y’all

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10. That’s lame

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11. Must be it

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12. Pregnancy boobs

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13. F^%$*&!

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14. Cut him out

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15. Lazy babies

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16. She knows all about it

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17. Never again

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18. Social media, pregnancy style

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19. Let’s go!

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20. Yeah, not a good idea

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Let’s all give the pregnant ladies in our lives a little break, okay?

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In 2017, a dog named Odin refused…

In 2017, a dog named Odin refused to leave his flock of goats behind during the California Tubbs Fire as his owners fled to safety. Days later, the owners came back to their property to find Odin survived and managed to keep all the goats alive.