Serious said:

Lammastide said:

Would you ever do the DNA tracing thing?

If it was cheaper I'd love my boyfriend to have it done.

I'd love it, but I'm skeptical. I wonder if tests from, say, two different labs would turn up consistent results.

Lammastide said:

Serious said:

My dad was born when Austria was still the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He was 52 when I was born. My sister and all my cousins from my dad's side are way older than I am.

That sounds so impressive.

Amazing the stamina they had, eh? And my dad was 67 when my brother was born!

I'm 38 and already I feel like an old man.

It sounds crazy . I always loved it when he was telling me stories about his childhood .

You are younger than I am so don't tell me you feel old !

Wow 67 is really old for having another child!

Serious said:

Lammastide said:

That sounds so impressive.

Amazing the stamina they had, eh? And my dad was 67 when my brother was born!

I'm 38 and already I feel like an old man.

It sounds crazy . I always loved it when he was telling me stories about his childhood .

You are younger than I am so don't tell me you feel old !

Wow 67 is really old for having another child!

Not to worry. You're not getting old; you're just getting better.

Lammastide said:

Serious said:

If it was cheaper I'd love my boyfriend to have it done.

I'd love it, but I'm skeptical. I wonder if tests from, say, two different labs would turn up consistent results.

So you doubt it is accurate . I don't know much about it, who knows maybe it's a good thing then that he probably wil never do it .

Lammastide said:

Serious said:

It sounds crazy . I always loved it when he was telling me stories about his childhood .

You are younger than I am so don't tell me you feel old !

Wow 67 is really old for having another child!

Not to worry. You're not getting old; you're just getting better.

Thank you, that's sweet . If only it was true . I feel so much older than I did 5 years ago .

Lammastide said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I'm a 5th generation Black woman, living in the US. So I honestly don't know the answer to that question.

Would you ever do the DNA tracing thing?

I've considered it but I want an extensive one like they do for the celebrities, not the one where they just give you a map and say this is area your people were from.

Lammastide said:

Serious said:

My dad was born when Austria was still the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He was 52 when I was born. My sister and all my cousins from my dad's side are way older than I am.

That sounds so impressive.

Amazing the stamina they had, eh? And my dad was 67 when my brother was born!

I'm 38 and already I feel like an old man.

Too bad women do not have the ability to reproduce like men can. Usuallly, Men can father children even when they are or close to 100 years old. They have to be in good health, of course. Men, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I am adopted but from a bit of research of my birth family, I am Mexican American & German.

Although I am African-American, I have Carribean, Native American, White heritage. My father once mentioned the possibility of Black Arab lineage. I am sure an DNA testing would determine it all. My daughter has a strong Native American heritage on her father's side, and recently she did an ancestry search in school. It traces back to Asia in Tibet. Come to think of it, the natives of North and South American did travel here from the Bering Strait, so it is possible. She also came up with what I've stated, but including a small country in Africa. I'm kinda surprised it wasn't Egypt because of my strong interest. That's all

I'm 1st generation Canadian on my father's side, 2nd on my mothers. My mother's parents were from England. My father is from Scotland, as is his father and his mother is from India. We've also traced family back to Ireland. Half of my family is pale as snow and light eyed and the other half is dark skinned with dark eyes (even between siblings).

We are from The First Line Of BAD

We were born King from a Royal Bloodline

We were the Second and Last to be born as such.

We commiserate with the naysayers, your

ignorence is not only expected, it is accepted.

after all, look how long it took

for the chistians to come about.

No, there will be no religion in My Name.

We are who We are.

There will Not be Another, after Us...

My Children, and Their Children's Children

will be Free to roam where they will

WITHOUT persicution of Being Of Us.

I Am King Bad

you eighther wanna be Me

or be just like Me...

"and a m(b)illion muthafukkas wanna be in my shoes."

JustErin said:

I'm 1st generation Canadian on my father's side, 2nd on my mothers. My mother's parents were from England. My father is from Scotland, as is his father and his mother is from India. We've also traced family back to Ireland. Half of my family is pale as snow and light eyed and the other half is dark skinned with dark eyes (even between siblings).

I am pale as snow with light eyes like my dad's mother was and my sister has nearly black eyes and tans totally easily. Her daughter is pale with light eyes and her son is tanned all year long and has black hair. My dad and all his siblings were very, very dark skinned for white Europeans . I got the nearly black hair that both my parents had though which is pretty unusual for really pale people .

Scottish mother, English father.

Dalia11 said:

What is the origin/lineage of your family?

My Maternal side of the family were born in Poland and Brazil. My Paternal side of the family originate from Lithuania. Ater World War Two, my grandparents went to live in Brazil for some years. Several of my aunts and uncles, and my half sister and brother were born in Brazil. My siblings have Polish, Brazilian and African genes. I was born in Brooklyn , New York(Shout out to Brooklyn!). I still have to find out more about my family tree. I have some questions about my father's side of the family that need to be answered.

Thanks for your posts. Extremely interesting!

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German,German, Lakota/ my genetic testing showed me as H1

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Serious said:

Lammastide said:

I think the appeal has mostly to do with Julie Andrews.

OMG inspired by this thread and our conversation I did some reading on the internet about Hitler's family and found out that his only sister lived pretty close to my house in the 1930s .

Hitler's sister was a mean bitch. SERIOUSLY AND HONESTLY. I had an old freind who knew her when they were young.

African American, Cherokee, Sioux, Scottish

30peacessilver said:

Serious said:

OMG inspired by this thread and our conversation I did some reading on the internet about Hitler's family and found out that his only sister lived pretty close to my house in the 1930s .

Hitler's sister was a mean bitch. SERIOUSLY AND HONESTLY. I had an old freind who knew her when they were young.

Where are you from?

Lammastide said:

Serious said:

If it was cheaper I'd love my boyfriend to have it done.

I'd love it, but I'm skeptical. I wonder if tests from, say, two different labs would turn up consistent results.

Nope, not in my case.

Jamaican, African American, Italian, Ethiopian.

uPtoWnNY said:

Lammastide said:

I'd love it, but I'm skeptical. I wonder if tests from, say, two different labs would turn up consistent results.

Nope, not in my case.

Were they very different?

Serious said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Nope, not in my case.

Were they very different?

Sorry, my bad, they were consistent. I took tests from African Ancestry & Ancestry by DNA. My paternal & maternal lineage were the same from both.

The shocker was finding out I had more European ancestry than Indigenous American. Many black Americans have that mistaken belief.

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uPtoWnNY said:

Serious said:

Were they very different?

Sorry, my bad, they were consistent. I took tests from African Ancestry & Ancestry by DNA. My paternal & maternal lineage were the same from both.

The shocker was finding out I had more European ancestry than Indigenous American.

Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up. So do you regret you did it?

Serious said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Sorry, my bad, they were consistent. I took tests from African Ancestry & Ancestry by DNA. My paternal & maternal lineage were the same from both.

The shocker was finding out I had more European ancestry than Indigenous American.

Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up. So do you regret you did it?

No, not at all. Now I have an idea of where I came from. And I'm curious to find out more about my family history.

uPtoWnNY said:

Serious said:

Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up. So do you regret you did it?

No, not at all. Now I have an idea of where I came from. And I'm curious to find out more about my family history.

Serious said:

30peacessilver said:

Hitler's sister was a mean bitch. SERIOUSLY AND HONESTLY. I had an old freind who knew her when they were young.

Where are you from?

German,German,sioux, dna test shows H1. i heard many stories from my family in germany ww2

30peacessilver said:

Serious said:

Where are you from?

German,German,sioux, dna test shows H1. i heard many stories from my family in germany ww2

Ah I see!

mom's side is italian and polish. dad's side is irish,english and dutch

Serious said:

JustErin said:

I'm 1st generation Canadian on my father's side, 2nd on my mothers. My mother's parents were from England. My father is from Scotland, as is his father and his mother is from India. We've also traced family back to Ireland. Half of my family is pale as snow and light eyed and the other half is dark skinned with dark eyes (even between siblings).

I am pale as snow with light eyes like my dad's mother was and my sister has nearly black eyes and tans totally easily. Her daughter is pale with light eyes and her son is tanned all year long and has black hair. My dad and all his siblings were very, very dark skinned for white Europeans . I got the nearly black hair that both my parents had though which is pretty unusual for really pale people .

My brothers are all fair skin with dark hair and light eyes. I have what I call light-dark eyes, skin that can be pale if I avoid the sun or very dark if I tan. I have 2 sets of cousins where one sibling is fair and the other sibling looks East Indian. My oldest brother has 4 kids, 2 are fair and 2 are dark eyes and dark skin. It's so weird how certain genes show up in some and not in others.

vainandy said:

I have no idea and don't care. The only thing I'm proud of is when my grandmother used to get mad at me and say..."You little devil you, you don't wanna mess with me, my grandmother was a full blooded Indian (Native American)". At least it lets me know there's something in me other than just white.

I think anyone that's read a single post of yours coulda told you that.

uPtoWnNY said:

Serious said:

Were they very different?

Sorry, my bad, they were consistent. I took tests from African Ancestry & Ancestry by DNA. My paternal & maternal lineage were the same from both.

The shocker was finding out I had more European ancestry than Indigenous American. Many black Americans have that mistaken belief.

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So they were consistent. That's heartening.

If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pay?

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