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We adopted a puppy last Halloween. She's could pass for purebred Black lab, but we're told there's Rottweiler and Great Dane in the mix, as well. With the size of her paws, I believe it! I'd love to get her DNA'd :-)

Thank you for the tip about Victoria's blog! I'm writing crime fiction, and love to read it, so this is a perfect complement to my obsession!! <3 <3 Julie

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My friend did for her dog, as you did yours. If I had my DNA done I expect I'd get the result of a high percentage of supermutt. My sister is an excellent genealogist though and has traced both sides of our family back many, many (+many more manys) generations. This was fun. Thanks for another fine mailing.

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Apr 23, 2022Liked by Elizabeth Marro

I had my DNA tested through Ancestry. I decided to do it mainly out of curiosity about relatives on my dad's side of the family. The test confirmed for certain the identiy of my paternal grandfather. My ethnicity is pretty much as expected. I'm glad I had it done!

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Apr 23, 2022Liked by Elizabeth Marro

My daughter bought me the 23andme DNA test several years ago for Christmas. It wasn't nearly as specific as yours as you put in the newsletter. I'm 41% Irish, 49% Great Britain (Scottish and English), 3% European Jewish. What was expected was some Native American, but it didn't show on this test. My grandfather's grandmother was Native American supposedly. If so, it didn't show up. She said she was, the family believed it, I don't know why the test didn't show.

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My wife Susan and I had a DNA test when Ancestry dropped the price to £68 each three years ago and mine confirmed what family gossip told me. I was half Irish (58%), southern English (42%). There have been small changes since as Ancestry collect more data, but that’s how I think of myself. My mother was unmarried when I was born and told me nothing about my father and I didn’t ask because I didn’t trust her to tell me the truth. Three months after the DNA test, Ancestry posted a link to ‘a second cousin’, who turned out to be the grand-daughter of my paternal half-brother nine years older than me. This is how I found my father, long dead of course. I was 75 when the test was done. From here on it’s another tale to be told elsewhere, save to say we share a birth name, both have wives called Susan and an eldest grand-daughter named Laura. So to answer your question: ‘to DNA’ worked for me. Susan’s unknown close relative still eludes her. Robert.

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I am what I thought I was; half Eastern European and half British/Scottish. My mother’s parents were both pure Czech and my Dad’s were British/Scottish. No surprises. My brother was the exact same.

We just returned from a week in San Diego and Coronado. So lovely there. We go each spring (my husband attends and speaks at the Drug Discovery Conference) We stayed on the Bayside and it was so nice seeing the sea. I miss it. Living in the mountains is not my favorite. Today, it is snowing.

Thanks for the great links. Always a pleasure reading your blog.

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Very interesting. I’ve often toyed with the idea of getting a DNA test just out of curiosity. There is something intrinsically humbling and liberating about tracing ones roots and cultural connections. Perhaps it will yield a story to tell my kids some day.

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Apr 23, 2022Liked by Elizabeth Marro

This is a timely article. I’m doing research on dna testing and finding biological links for a short story thriller that I’m writing. Do identical twins always have the same matches? I have twin sons, and have twin sisters in the story that I’m writing.

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I took a DNA test hoping to track down some siblings on my bio father's side. So far it has not happened. I've kind of shoved the idea aside now.

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