Families that have been destroyed by 23andMe and other DNA testing sites, what went down?

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  • @noodles7157
    @noodles7157 Рік тому +287

    My dad found out he had a sister he didn't know about at 47 years old because she took a 23andme test. Apparently my grandpa had a second family no one knew about. He would "travel for work" and stay with his other family for a week at a time. What's up Aunt Kathy.

    • @KAH-7
      @KAH-7 3 місяці тому

      That's on his ass!?

  • @fidgetdestroyer3117
    @fidgetdestroyer3117 Рік тому +372

    We all knew that my sister was an intimacy assault baby but the guy admitted to it on his deathbed and she decided to do a dna test. . . He was a serial rapist and my sister has over 30 half siblings

    • @CakeofRage
      @CakeofRage Рік тому +56

      🤢

    • @graysonoliver2632
      @graysonoliver2632 Рік тому +95

      That makes me so sick. Those poor women.

    • @mshake7056
      @mshake7056 Рік тому

      Imagine raising a rape baby lol must of all been single moms no way a guy would stay

    • @soxpeewee
      @soxpeewee Рік тому +4

      Damn

    • @ireneparkin3360
      @ireneparkin3360 Рік тому +37

      That's going to be awkward for every half sibling involved.

  • @Cerinaya
    @Cerinaya Рік тому +432

    These kits don't destroy families. Lies and omissions are what destroys them. Though I have no idea why that one woman got mad her SO was a sperm donor. He didn't create the kids the natural way, he wasn't in contact with them and he wasn't paying a bunch of money to the mothers. It's possible the man needed money when younger and that is easier than donating plasma.

    • @kmoney1911
      @kmoney1911 11 місяців тому +1

      This right here is why i don't donate mine cuz I'm afraid it will screw me over down the line and I don't want kids anyway but when your veins aren't big enough to donate plasma this fs would've helped during some rough times. Now I'm thinking of donating now more than ever cuz I need the cash and am at a crossroads

    • @oceanbytez847
      @oceanbytez847 11 місяців тому +2

      the issue with sperm donation is you gotta be like the ideal male. I've heard 6 foot is the minimum and they prefer at minimum a degree or working on it with a 3.5 or greater.

    • @garden_creature
      @garden_creature 11 місяців тому

      why TF do you need a degree for that 💀

    • @joncliffmckinley5868
      @joncliffmckinley5868 11 місяців тому

      ​@@garden_creaturedumb sperm not wanted

    • @hakumenx1
      @hakumenx1 11 місяців тому +5

      ​@Its_Garden its a health filter so a bumb cracked out on drugs doesn't come in and donate

  • @Illusion517
    @Illusion517 Рік тому +154

    God can you imagine having an abusive family and learning that they're not your real family due to a mistake. That you could have had a happy, functional family but it was stolen from you. I can't imagine the sheer conflicting thoughts learning that would cause. On one hand your life wouldn't have been the same, you wouldn't be you, and you wouldn't have met your spouse or had your kids... but on the other the thought of having a better, functional family and a happy child hood. Not to mention the conflicting thoughts about the other baby. On one hand you'd resent them for taking what is supposed to be yours, but on the other know they're blameless and you'd be subjecting them to the same trauma you had to go through if it didn't have. I just can't imagine what that one man had to go through

    • @valerief1231
      @valerief1231 Рік тому +7

      My adoptive mother was like Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s mom, Munchowsen By Proxy. My oldest brother was adopted, as an infant in NY, then they moved to Texas. I was adopted as an infant there, then mom had an affair while dad was in Vietnam (they both had affairs and moms was retaliatory when she found out) and my mom conceived my you get brother. THAT is when she fell in love with one of her kids. They split up, and my brothers dad introduced my mom to his friend who became my step dad and I got another little brother out of it. WE. NEVER. TALKED. ABOUT. IT. She died at the age of 52. All those fake illnesses she had, and we “had” are cruel. I don’t till the 9th grade in special ed classes, my younger brother “remembers” me having seizures due to Epilepsy that I never had. There are doctors out there that do not give a rip. My mom could find a quack without a damn duck call. The summer between 9th and 10th grade I finally had enough courage to say I was not taking the anti seizure medication anymore, her reaction was “well if they find you dead in a ditch somewhere don’t come crying to me!” But I hated how the meds made me feel. For the first time in my life I made a couple of friends, and started to feel a little better about myself. Crazy people are out here living amongst us, and I despise all the adults in our lives that just let her be crazy, and left us to deal with her. Step dad left, our dad did the bare minimum, he didn’t even fight paternity back then, he just left us with her. My grand parents, my aunts, they all failed us. My baby brother has fetal alcohol syndrome because it was the 1970’s and they were part of the drinking culture. He has serious health problems and lives with me, all because she was a selfish C•nt.

  • @christopherchabluk4040
    @christopherchabluk4040 Рік тому +153

    The DNA tests did not ruin families...
    People and their actions, once brought to light, are what destroy families...

    • @darkamora5123
      @darkamora5123 Рік тому +13

      Right? I was going to say something similar. The DNA sequencing sites gave people the truth, if that truth about their actions results in divorce or other family issues, that is the result of what they did, not the test.
      It's like a brother taking his sibling's car without permission and wrecking it, and when their sibling reports the car stolen before filing the insurance claim says "You ruined my life!" Rather than accepting that stealing a car ruined their life.

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 Рік тому

      Wait until those testing companies get complacent and start making mistakes with people’s names and test samples.
      There’s a good chance somebody will be put in prison for a crime they didn’t commit because of this “irrefutable” evidence being used to convict them.
      This is why forcing people to get DNA paternity tests after a child’s birth isn’t a good idea because now you and your child’s DNA is on some government registry somewhere just waiting for somebody to abuse it and you or your kids. .

    • @christopherchabluk4040
      @christopherchabluk4040 Рік тому +8

      @ralfie8801
      DNA testing companies shouldn't get complacent. That's why there needs to be strict policies and procedures as well as independent test labs.
      It's the only thing that men have to protect themselves from baby mama's wanting to get money from them. Also, there are more than one DNA testing companies in the states. You can get 2 or 3 DNA tests done from independent companies. If all of them give the same result, then the choice is obvious.
      It's funny... the only people that I've ever met in my life who opposed mandatory DNA tests at birth are women with questionable motives...

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 Рік тому

      @@christopherchabluk4040
      There should be more people against having their names and DNA registered in a corrupt government’s database. Does WW-II Germany ring any bells?

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu 7 місяців тому

      @@christopherchabluk4040 Mandatory DNA at birth is NASTY. You need to meet better people.

  • @NiaJustNia
    @NiaJustNia Рік тому +171

    In story 5, I would've done the test because familial DNA can solve crimes. It's not impossible for a rapist to go on to murder, so the DNA connection could help solve cold cases

    • @KelleysQuiltsandCruises
      @KelleysQuiltsandCruises Рік тому +12

      I read an interesting book about this topic. By the woman who sort of pioneered it. Can’t remember her name. It’s called something like forensic genealogy or similar.

    • @ZomBeeQueeen
      @ZomBeeQueeen 11 місяців тому +10

      That was my push when people say things about my dna being stored and I’m like well I don’t plan to do anything horrible and the types of crime with that immense levels of dna are the ones that have no damn reason or excuse.

  • @karenglenn6707
    @karenglenn6707 Рік тому +83

    I’m an Aussie and did a My Heritage test last year which got lost in the mail on the way back to Texas for testing. So I had another one sent out this year and discovered that we had a half sister from our dad who had been a bit of a womaniser before mum finally kicked his butt out. The sad thing is that he died last December, and he never knew about our sister. She was placed into an orphanage and he would never have allowed that if he had known. He was a crappy husband but a great dad, very financially responsible always for us. If that test wasn’t lost he would have found out about her but it didn’t happen and I think that for some reason he was not supposed to know. It’s sad as she will never meet him and have him in her life. She had a great adopted dad but a narcissist adoptive mother who has done an awful lot of damage to her. Our dad would have arranged for someone in the family to have adopted her so that mum didn’t find out and the thought that she was placed up for adoption would have distressed him terribly. The great thing is that mums entire family have completely accepted her. Our mum said that she didn’t ask to be born and as she is our sister that makes her family. She is spending Christmas this year with us and mums family. My mum is the coolest, 87, and has just accepted our sister as if it was nothing. Love you mum ❤️

    • @adutmabior1510
      @adutmabior1510 9 місяців тому +1

      Awe your mom sounds amazing. I hope all went well over the holidays and your sister is able to still fill that hole in her heart with the love she receives from you guys ❤❤

  • @lance4862
    @lance4862 Рік тому +69

    I did 23andMe principally because my mother had Alzheimer's and I wanted to know if I was predisposed to it. My sister had had hers done and she didn't inherit that Gene either assuming my mother has it. After the test the first thing I did is, walked up to her and said "Well, I told you I wasn't adopted".

  • @kswck
    @kswck Рік тому +38

    Did 23and me. My parents were who they were supposed to be-no surprises. No mistresses, no hidden siblings. Everything normal. Should I be surprised that I come from a Normal Family?

    • @Outlaw7263
      @Outlaw7263 11 місяців тому +5

      Nope, just happy. You got lucky.

    • @JRenee141
      @JRenee141 11 місяців тому +6

      Don't be surprised, you got the expected results. We just don't hear that as often because the atypical stories of affairs and surprise siblings are far more exciting.

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому +1

      1 in 4 will be surprised at the results. 1 in 10 find out their parents are not their parents.

    • @darkstarr984
      @darkstarr984 3 місяці тому

      No, it’s just more common to talk about outliers because normal is exactly that!

  • @SGarrett1979
    @SGarrett1979 Рік тому +187

    23 & Me did not destroy any families at all. The lying, whoring, irresponsible actions of people destroyed the families. They just got caught and are STILL not taking responsibility for their atrocious actions. They just thought they could get away with doing dirt forever. Stop lying and cheating and there won’t be anything to “find out”.

    • @dcg590
      @dcg590 11 місяців тому

      Yup blame the lying cheating woman.

    • @liamevans7661
      @liamevans7661 11 місяців тому +13

      I was with you til you said whoring. Unless someone is cheating, they can sleep with whoever. And then, it can be called an affair. No need to bring misogynistic insults. Their behavior in skipping responsibility is shameful enough lol.

    • @enderbirds3814
      @enderbirds3814 11 місяців тому

      @@liamevans7661men can be whores too you dolt, you’re the true misogynistic person for assuming he only meant women

    • @winchestersons6258
      @winchestersons6258 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@liamevans7661na, that's called adultery and if the person continues to do it its slutty behavior. I agree about you with them not being whores, where's get paid.

    • @darkdest6664
      @darkdest6664 10 місяців тому +5

      you know rape exists right?

  • @CrankyNovelist7335
    @CrankyNovelist7335 Рік тому +27

    My mom found out she has an older half brother.
    Apparently, my mom's dad had a one night stand right before he started dating my mom's mom. My grandpa didn't know until the other woman's parents called his parents saying that they were going to pay for their daughter's hospital bills. My grandpa's parents paid and made everyone promise to never talk about it.
    The baby was adopted and no one knew about him. Recently, he did a dna test and got a first cousin hit. He contacted her, who then put him in contact with my mom. Mom did the test as well, which confirmed this guy is my mom's brother. They ended up meeting in person and it went well.

  • @johnhinson9866
    @johnhinson9866 10 місяців тому +14

    Fortunately, my story has happy outcome.
    At age 73, Ancestry found my birth mother (still alive age 90), a brother, 2 sisters, (well, half) and dozens of cousins (grandma had 14 children).
    They only found out about me in 2006 when mom's husband died and she spilled the beans.
    They had been looking for me ever since and put DNA on Ancestry.
    A very happy ending with several trips there, Thanksgivings and Christmas, and possibly me relocating there later this year! 😊

  • @barbott5941
    @barbott5941 11 місяців тому +12

    I have a story regarding my Dad’s mom and their family.
    Long story short, Dad had an older sister he never knew about. Us kids went to grade school, from 1-6, with our first cousins. One of my teachers told a girl in my class and myself that we could be sisters.
    Found out 50 years later that what she said is true!
    We are first cousins.
    Grandma and Grandpa gave up their first born child.

  • @selay333
    @selay333 11 місяців тому +17

    Grandmother’s sister got pregnant at 15 or 16 and the baby was put up for adoption, my grandmother is the only one still alive that knew about this. I think it was one of these sort of tests that let her meet 60 years later.

  • @christinehancock5995
    @christinehancock5995 Рік тому +48

    It's not that I'm trying to avoid learning unpleasant truths about my family. I just don't need my DNA in the hands of people that are not my doctor. But these stories make me extra glad of the approach I've taken.

    • @juanmanuelmoramontes3883
      @juanmanuelmoramontes3883 11 місяців тому +11

      I get the point, but trust me, unless your someone ultra relevant, no company will care about your DNA.

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому

      ​@@juanmanuelmoramontes3883LOL, yes. That's correct.

    • @darkdest6664
      @darkdest6664 10 місяців тому

      esp bec theyll sell your DNA to insurance companies and go up on your rates if you run the risk of any illnesses. Its a fkn scam

    • @IHeartQuilting2
      @IHeartQuilting2 10 місяців тому

      @@juanmanuelmoramontes3883 Cops are accessing this info. Even if you did nothing wrong, you could end up in the middle of an investigation done by family members or even a suspect yourself.

    • @cloverlucky5977
      @cloverlucky5977 10 місяців тому

      fun fact: your DNA is in your blood, skin cells, teeth, hair, saliva, mucus, perspiration, fingernails, urine, feces, and more. So when you lost your baby teeth as a kid, or when clip your nails, get a haircut, go to the bathroom, sweat at the gym, get a papercut, drink from a cup, sneeze or cough while sick, or even just exist (you're constantly shedding dead skin cells), you're always releasing some of your DNA into the world in one way or another. And you know what? So is everyone else.
      I don't care for the "I don't want other people to have access to my DNA" argument because if someone really wanted to, they could easily get their hands on your DNA. Even a handshake with someone could result in that. If that's what's holding you up, I honestly wouldn't let it since it's such an easily disproven argument.

  • @MysticMydsummerMoon
    @MysticMydsummerMoon Рік тому +31

    Ugh, having similar issues. Knew I was adopted from birth, but only had bio-mom info. My Mom was always super worried about me leaving her behind for my bio-mom despite my instance she was the only Mom I cared to have. Did 23ndMe for genetic health purposes since I didn't have any bio info and wanted some idea of what to watch out for. A year later my half-brother from my bio-dad messaged me after doing a test(his bio-Mom was adopted) and my Dad has been having a huge breakdown since he suddenly feels threatened for the first time in 33 years, and my Mom is angry at him because he never understood/supported her fears and he got upset when she pointed out that this is how she felt my whole life. Now their marriage is strained, and I feel awful because I never once felt that anyone but them were my parents but I know its caused my Mom so much anxiety for years. I almost wish I never took the test, even though I did it for health reasons, and never once expected that the ancestry part would come to anything.

    • @wickedbird1538
      @wickedbird1538 Рік тому +8

      😮I did ancestry but made my results PRIVATE. I did not receive or disclose any relationship information. My father died at 26. He was a Marine who fought in Korea before he met my mom. I don’t know or care about opening up anything.

    • @sarahprice659
      @sarahprice659 Рік тому +8

      Family therapy?? It could really help in this instance, I think.

    • @karenwalkersginglass
      @karenwalkersginglass 10 місяців тому +4

      This is not your fault. It's completely understandable that you would search for your bio-parents.

  • @Comicsluvr
    @Comicsluvr 10 місяців тому +15

    From what I know here in the US, more than 20% of people might be calling the wrong person 'Daddy.' For decades we've punished men for skipping out on child support and only recently has it come to light how many men have been wrongly accused. The fault lies with the people who cheat, not the children.

    • @amberhensley6948
      @amberhensley6948 17 днів тому

      I always hoped! Haha
      But he's my dad, just a bad one

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 3 місяці тому +3

    A lot of trouble would be avoided if DNA test of newborn babies and their presumed fathers were a standard procedure.

  • @DriftingSands
    @DriftingSands Рік тому +38

    I'm surprised there were no "health insurance costs doubled for my entire bloodline" stories

    • @holdonC
      @holdonC Рік тому

      What does that mean?

    • @DriftingSands
      @DriftingSands Рік тому

      @@holdonC A lot of health issues can be genetic, if that data gets leaked or is accidently given out by you or a relative to heath insurence companies, they will probably charge more for anyone that could carry said gene

    • @sarahprice659
      @sarahprice659 Рік тому +8

      That someone discovered they had inherited a nasty genetic tendency that was also going to be affecting existing children and possibly even existing grandchildren.

    • @holdonC
      @holdonC Рік тому +3

      @@sarahprice659 thank you for explaining. I didn’t even think of health insurance and life insurance being part of this mess.

    • @sarahprice659
      @sarahprice659 Рік тому +4

      @@holdonC In the US, health insurance is always part of the mess!

  • @rainshadowgamingart2236
    @rainshadowgamingart2236 Рік тому +14

    I'm the child nobody knows about. My mom is a fruitcake so I don't know how much of what she's said about my father is true, but my DNA is out there now and if it's who she says it is, I should have three younger half-siblings in Florida who likely don't know they have an older sister. Don't know if we'll ever make contact, but I'm here if they ever do.

  • @isabellaquinn7454
    @isabellaquinn7454 11 місяців тому +10

    There was a mistake on my sisters test where it said she was only 2% Irish heritage, my Dad never met his father but was always told he was an Irish man from Dublin. My poor dad starting thinking maybe his mum lied to him etc. Turns out it was just a mistake with the test

  • @TheTee5231976
    @TheTee5231976 11 місяців тому +5

    My biological father was my mother's first husband. He claimed my whole life I wasn't his and his family believed him. I ended up now at 47 with major health issues and decided to do the DNA test to prove to my bio dads family I was his. He died yrs ago so I didn't have to worry about dealing with him. I proved it with a DNA test my uncle did. He wanted to prove his brother right. He failed cuz it shows he's my uncle. He at least was willing to give me my family's medical history on that side. Most of that side of my family doesn't want anything to do with me cuz I guess I'm a reminder of how awful my sperm donor could be

  • @greywolf1
    @greywolf1 Рік тому +11

    Found out after 35 years my daughter wasn't mine.

    • @changedmyname26
      @changedmyname26 Рік тому +5

      Thats sad, I hope your doing well.

    • @greywolf1
      @greywolf1 Рік тому

      Thanks, it's been over a year since she told me, so I'm doing better.@@changedmyname26

    • @YurinanAcquiline
      @YurinanAcquiline 11 місяців тому +1

      Oof. Sorry dude

  • @visceratrocar
    @visceratrocar 11 місяців тому +14

    Seems to me that people's genetics are the fault of their parents. I don't see how the genetic testing service is even remotely responsible.

  • @StoryBird2
    @StoryBird2 Рік тому +8

    Taking one of these always makes me nervous but only for my mom's side, my aunt (on my dad's side) did full blown research into all our family members and their names in the family tree dating very far back (it created 2 giant folders of only names) so we know who we're related to on that end unless someone had a surprise kid

  • @threecards333
    @threecards333 11 місяців тому +4

    I have a mild story on about such tests. When i was in my early 20s my mom got everyone a genetic test. It mostly confirmed what we knew: english, german, swiss and French Canadian. But i, my brother and my father had some germanic jewish ancestry. My father did not know about it. 5 years later i was visiting my great uncle (father's maternal ) and he started talking about how his father was a ethnic Jew who fled northern germany in the interwar period. So we got confirmation of the DNA test.

  • @panagea2007
    @panagea2007 Рік тому +8

    My wife and I bought 23andme kits and haven't used them yet. I think we don't want to risk finding out things we wouldn't be happy knowing.

    • @AlmaVasquezjr
      @AlmaVasquezjr Рік тому

      Everyone has 500 or so malicious genes in their dna.
      I have the genetics for diabetes.
      I have to do a lifestyle change before I get diabetes.
      You might find out what will kill you when you are 80.
      They are learning more and more about combating genetic diseases every day.
      You might be able to change the way you age.
      As for who had sex with whom.
      Its in the past.
      Hopefully no inbreeding though.
      They should have everyone do dna tests at birth.
      Make sure every child knows who the real parents are.
      Every dad should know if a kid is his or not.
      No more deception.

    • @dsdude8441
      @dsdude8441 3 місяці тому

      If you suspect something bad, it's better to find out sooner than later

  • @LadyLunarella
    @LadyLunarella 9 місяців тому +2

    On my 21 or 25th bday I got a 23andme kit I didnt want to know anyone in my birth family im adopted and unlike families who hide things I was informed of the truth at a young age. my mom and possibly dad did drugs and didnt know how to take care of me or my brothers we were all put up for adoption as infants im lucky my adoptive parents took all 3 of us in when they were originally planning to get one. for the longest time I would tell people my story not being embarrassed or ashamed till I got older and started to fear how folks would look at me. but for most of my life I wanted to know my origin where was my family from just the genre was I Swedish or Chinese or German? (cause of school assignments. hated feeling like a blank slate) when I got my results back from the test a few days after my bday I was thrilled to know Im irish british and scottish all three places I loved growing up but never been to them it explained alot. Im thanful to my adoptive parent everyday.

  • @briankeyes268
    @briankeyes268 10 місяців тому +2

    When we see clearly, we do not expect the foundation of our life to be lies. Clarity is better than lies any day.

  • @annageier6394
    @annageier6394 Рік тому +10

    Anyone see the Netflix show Our Father? That is literally a worst nightmare come true about 23&me. The story is pretty similar to number 11.

  • @wickedbird1538
    @wickedbird1538 Рік тому +16

    If tests come back inconclusive or surprising, get another test from a different company but keep that test private so strangers don’t contact you until you are ready. These companies MAKE mistakes.

    • @johndean5036
      @johndean5036 6 місяців тому +1

      These tests aren't perfect, but if the second test says that's not your child, then likely not your child

  • @dennissimo7546
    @dennissimo7546 11 місяців тому +6

    DNA Testing companies do not destroy families. They give results that customers ask for

  • @cyberherbalist
    @cyberherbalist 3 місяці тому +1

    This was twenty years ago... due to DNA tests, a friend of ours was contacted by the bio daughter he didn't know he had, from a short term fling as a young man. This led to him getting back in touch with the mother of that daughter, and he dumped the wife he had been married to for thirty years to get back with the fling lady. The whole family was disgusted with him, including the bio daughter.

  • @leroysgamesandmore2226
    @leroysgamesandmore2226 Рік тому +7

    I completely related to story 3 I did two 23 and me kits and both came back as inconclusive do to lack of DNA 😂

    • @TheOmegaXicor
      @TheOmegaXicor 5 місяців тому

      My Dad will never let me live down getting a brain scan because the doctors didn't find anything 🙄😁

  • @carlfromtheoc1788
    @carlfromtheoc1788 11 місяців тому +5

    23 and Me confirmed something I had long suspected. One parent was of French and Spaninsh ancestry from their mom's side of the family, but I learned to make flour tortillas from scratch by hand from this parent, who learned it from their mom, and so forth back in time. There are two places where both France and Spain held as territory - New Orleans/Louisiana, and Mexico, and only one has a history of tortilla making. I was not surprised when the results showed 8.9% indigeneous American (more than Elizabeth Warren) and the area was shown to be the area in and around what is now Mexico City.
    Interestingly, it showed I am also 1.1% Azkehnazi Jew and 5% North African/Near Middle East ancestry - not surprising given the intermingling of Mediterranean people.

    • @Nobody-11B
      @Nobody-11B 10 місяців тому

      I'm sorry no one deserves to be French.
      But keep your head up and keep pressing tortillas.

  • @michaelcollins8328
    @michaelcollins8328 7 місяців тому +1

    Five years ago, I found out thru 23&me, that my father was not my biological father. I am the oldest of 4, and was very different from everyone else in the family. I discovered two living brothers and several cousins, as well as 2 aunts and an uncle who are still living. One more thing....when I found out the truth, i was 70 years old !!

  • @makeshift_battlefield_music
    @makeshift_battlefield_music 11 місяців тому +11

    I would urge caution to anyone considering trying to connect with relatives they've never known after info revealed by a DNA test. My cousin/best friend was given information about his bio dad that the family never wanted him to know about from a stranger who learned of her relation to him via a DNA test. Upon learning these things he spiraled into severe depression, cut off everyone for hiding the truth from him and ended his life shortly afterwards. There is a very good reason why in light of his mental health struggles the family didnt want him to learn that his bio dad was a serial predator against minors and groomed his mom when she was a teen and preferred he believed his dad was dead.

    • @garden_creature
      @garden_creature 11 місяців тому +3

      I feel sad for him that his family his the truth from him for so long. If they had been gently transparent with him instead throughout his life it may have softened the blow. Heartbreaking, I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @EricLing64
      @EricLing64 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah the assault children are tricky. No idea how they set their system up, but if there are those situations they should have red flag alerts for... hell I don't even know, something to intervene to try to mitigate that kind of information from being dumped on someone like a bomb.

  • @rastus666
    @rastus666 11 місяців тому +2

    A couple of my siblings did 23andMe, and except for finding an unknown nephew, results matched what we were told growing up.

  • @ZomBeeQueeen
    @ZomBeeQueeen 11 місяців тому +7

    The truth can’t destroy what never was.
    Also, you can do these tests and not make it public like in the concern in story 5. I’d be interested to solve crimes in that case.

  • @cannedmusic
    @cannedmusic Рік тому +6

    I would sooner get my cat 23 and Meow, or Friskers, or whatever the newest animal DNA test is called.

  • @dark_star2497
    @dark_star2497 Рік тому +6

    i almost said first but then i remembered i had a brain with at least one wrinkle. also loving the videos been watching everyone on both channels.

  • @Lily_of_the_Forest
    @Lily_of_the_Forest Рік тому +5

    Look at how hurtful cheating is so DO NOT CHEAT!

  • @leechamlee1347
    @leechamlee1347 11 місяців тому +3

    Sin always matters and always has a way of telling on us

  • @Donkeyearsa
    @Donkeyearsa 10 місяців тому +1

    I have no interest in taking a DNA test as I don't have all that much contact with anyone other than my siblings by my own choice and I really don't care if there are other family members out there and I don't want any family that I don't know contacting me. In the last two decades I can count on one hand how many times I have had contact with any extended family.

  • @TheMagicianOfGaming
    @TheMagicianOfGaming 10 місяців тому +1

    The last one I wouldve just told her the truth. She deserves to know what a monster her son is.

  • @ericbest9562
    @ericbest9562 11 місяців тому +3

    My niece recently found out she isn't my niece, her stripper mother was also going home with random guys that visited the club she danced at, turns out her father was down here in Atlanta doing construction work and took her back to the room. The messed up part is my parents raised her because my brother isn't any better of a person than the mother so ..
    I want to do one of these, my middle daughter has done one but of the four of my kids she doesn't quite fit in physically and personality, she was also born when my ex wife and I were going through stuff. I don't know what i would do, it may be relieving but upsetting at the same time, i raised her and love her but we don't get along or really even talk anymore. I wonder if i could sue my ex wife and get the child support back i paid her all those years?

    • @ktg3811
      @ktg3811 3 місяці тому

      If it turns out she medically wasn't your child and you guys weren't married you could probably get it back

  • @danielpalecek4090
    @danielpalecek4090 10 місяців тому +6

    dna tests are accurate 95% of the time, other 5% is very weird results, for example that me and my grandma are identical twins.

    • @dulcilass
      @dulcilass 10 місяців тому

      I don't have such a weird result on my DNA test, but I do have a shared match who is various levels of cousin to me as we share DNA from 7 different family lines. The DNA test says we are closer cousins than we actually are due to the large amount of DNA we share.

    • @alluriusmusic
      @alluriusmusic 10 місяців тому

      In the video, the one with the no DNA test result, aka... Lizard one, made me chuckle... But I'm guessing if the man retook it now... that error likely wouldn't happen again

    • @yYSilverFoxYy
      @yYSilverFoxYy 3 місяці тому

      What the… Though I wonder if you can actually have such similar genetics with your grandma, or it was just a mistake. I do look like an identical twin of my mom, just 30 years younger.

  • @viroxzyn1267
    @viroxzyn1267 Рік тому +6

    Me and my dad are the exact same as 3rd story, cannot get conclusive results

  • @brett76544
    @brett76544 10 місяців тому +1

    23 and me, opening women's closets and showing off the skeletons racked up through the years.

  • @domehammer
    @domehammer 11 місяців тому +4

    The user error one could be a chimera, where one twin absorbs the other in the womb. So you have two sets of dna.

  • @mshake7056
    @mshake7056 Рік тому +19

    Couple years ago my cousin was in high school and told me about a brother and sister who were very popular both were very attractive. They were often teased about how hot their sibling was well one day they took a 23andme they found out they werent siblings. They figured 1 of them must of been adopted so they started having a sexual relationship lol they werent shy about it either. They were showing their friends in school videos and pictures of themselves doing it but since they told everyone they were siblings it was ok nobody freaked out. Well one day while they were getting it on mom walked in and caught them turns out 23andme made a mistake they were bio siblings. It spread like wild fire in the school lol mom and dad separated and each took a kid to keep them away from each other. According to my cousin the sister was horrified and needed a lot of therapy but the brother lol bragged to him how he didnt care and wished he could keep having sex with her.

    • @cameron_0496
      @cameron_0496 Рік тому +6

      That was VERY messy

    • @darkamora5123
      @darkamora5123 Рік тому +17

      Now THIS is a case of one of the DNA sequencing services ruining someone's life.
      Not "My cheating wrecked our family, but I am incapable of accepting responsibility so I shall blame a test that exposed my cheating." that this video details.

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah that doesn’t true at all.

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому +3

      Meh, I don't know man....sounds kinda sketch.

  • @writer8706
    @writer8706 Рік тому +17

    for story number 2 its very likely that her saliva dosent have enough DNA in it for her to be tested that way. its not un heard of.

    • @carlosc8329
      @carlosc8329 11 місяців тому +3

      What is more likely is that the father is the CEO of 23andme and he doesn't want to share his riches.

  • @sweetcherry7759
    @sweetcherry7759 Рік тому +22

    Some women rly be out there saying “only men cheat” then you use a DNA kit on their kids and they get super mad af as tho _you’re_ the reason they’re hypocritical b-words 👀

  • @coneyandfriends3618
    @coneyandfriends3618 7 місяців тому +1

    It's so sad that that last woman wishes she had never been born. She should seek some counseling before it overwhelms her.

  • @T3n50r
    @T3n50r 11 місяців тому +3

    Questions on AskReddit is usually just an opener, if the story is good people don't mind if it deviates a little. It's not a big deal...

  • @sweetcherry7759
    @sweetcherry7759 Рік тому +8

    8:15 This is how people grow up and have kids with half-siblings and pass on avoidable birth defects-
    Also you’re supposed to DISCUSS things like that w your partner!

  • @Todd_Swank
    @Todd_Swank 8 місяців тому +1

    Yeah, I will never take one of those tests. Not because of the family implications type stuff, but because those companies share your info with the government.

    • @princebuster93
      @princebuster93 2 місяці тому

      @ Todd, yes, it’s interest that the fake churches, Mormon and Salvation Army, hold worldwide records of people. My old Manager found her Father in Australia after contacting the Salvation Army

  • @ghoullovinbutch
    @ghoullovinbutch 11 місяців тому +2

    That third one was messed up in an entirely unexpected way.

  • @nickwarner8158
    @nickwarner8158 11 місяців тому +3

    I have known my whole life that a sperm donor is what made me. I'm interested in seeing the results of a test but it occurs to me that this man who donated in 1981 has a right to his privacy. He gave me life, but owes me nothing. So if I took the test and found the guy, it seems likely I would also find a lot of half-siblings including whatever kids he went and had intentionally. So I don't have a right to involve myself in his life or family, despite my curiosity. I'm wondering how many former donors who by now likely are near retirement or maybe in their 40's like myself. I don't think they ever thought that we would have things like this test and the internet. I also think this puts off potential donors today because they know they might later on have their wife answer the door to 20 kids they never knew about. I think the right to privacy of the donors is one that needs to be taken into account. They jacked off in a cup and they owe us nothing.

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому +1

      LOL. That's messed up dawg

    • @ValleyOakPaper
      @ValleyOakPaper 7 місяців тому

      You can find out about their views after you've found them. No need to make up stories about perfect strangers in advance.

    • @nickwarner8158
      @nickwarner8158 7 місяців тому

      @@ValleyOakPaper I believe you didn't bother to see the point I was trying to make in the post. I don't have a right to find someone who was promised anonymity in the first place to see what their views may be. Its not my right to intrude into their life. My curiosity doesn't trump their right to privacy.

  • @panelvixen
    @panelvixen Рік тому +2

    For years Asians would ask me of I was Asian. Then Iraqis and Afghans would ask if I was from their countries. Even a few Native Americans ask about my heritage. Took the test and at best I was point zero zero one percent Asian and Native American. Though they still call me Walking Eagle for some reason.

  • @dr0g_Oakblood
    @dr0g_Oakblood 11 місяців тому +3

    First story starting off strong with the most typical example of a redditor that decides to just not answer the main question

  • @TheNightWatcher1385
    @TheNightWatcher1385 8 місяців тому

    23 and me revealed my aunt wasn’t my grandpa’s daughter. My grandparents came clean and admitted they had been swingers during the hippie “free love” era and that she was likely conceived at one of their parties. They had always suspected it as my aunt didn’t look like my grandpa but they had decided not to confirm it because they wanted the plausible deniability. Caused a lot of drama that Christmas.

  • @FunAfter52
    @FunAfter52 8 місяців тому

    I am 59. Just found out in December that my dad who died last year isn't my father. Explains a lot. The family I grew up in was abusive and I always wished growing up that I would get adopted. Funny how things turn out. I don't know who my father is yet but know the family. I would like to know the name of my father but don't care to ruin anyone's life. Mine has been bad enough.

  • @CC-if2sc
    @CC-if2sc 10 місяців тому

    ayy found your channel today, nice voice!
    subscribed and your videos are my new working background noise.

  • @Foxie444
    @Foxie444 11 місяців тому +2

    Lately I’ve been thinking of doing one of these test and hearing some of these stories makes me want to do it even more! Is that weird guys?? 🤣

  • @roypiltdown5083
    @roypiltdown5083 9 місяців тому +1

    i've always known that i'm adopted - the story mom & dad told me was that my bio father seduced & abandoned my bio mother and went back to the states where his wife & kids were (military overseas deployment) - took the DNA test and within a few weeks got an email - "hey, this must be from one of father's 'real' kids", i thought - no, it's one of his other b@stards (am i allowed to use that word?) - come to find out, father was career air force, and wherever he was stationed he had a girlfriend & got her pregnant, and OH YEAH he always had his 'real' family AT THE BASE WITH HIM - i've got half-siblings all over the US from this irresponsible s-whole.
    i did a tour in the military and was stationed overseas, and yes, it's lonely enough to endure without family nearby that you might start a relationship with one of the locals, BUT he had his wife and kids WITH HIM.
    worst part? the scumbag died about 3 months before i found all this out. couldnt confront him or get an explanation.

  • @Cthulhululu
    @Cthulhululu 10 місяців тому +1

    Not my family exactly but my dad's family was thrown into disarray when my cousin discovered her secret uncle(my dad) no one knew about
    And now i gave 6 aunts instead of 5

  • @KoramNRdz
    @KoramNRdz 5 місяців тому +2

    The DNA test didn’t destroy them lies did.

  • @dianecheney4141
    @dianecheney4141 11 місяців тому +1

    A friend got proof that her mother cheated on her father with her step son. So her uncle became her father. They have a lot in common

  • @r.b.johnson5269
    @r.b.johnson5269 3 місяці тому

    My (presumed) paternal grandfather was a dark Native American. My paternal grandmother was also Native, though not as dark as he was.
    My father was a medium completed person…with green eyes. Both of his (presumed) parents had brown eyes.
    So, I knew the probability of my assumed grandfather not being my dad’s was high.
    Sure enough, the results showed that was impossible. Now I know why I’m lighter than my cousins, but will probably never know who my biological paternal grandfather was.
    I’m sad.

  • @Live-Life-Freely
    @Live-Life-Freely 10 місяців тому

    Story 5: There are a lot on black men sitting in jail because a liar accused of rape. You need to hear from both sides before you pass judgement. If you don't believe this then it'll happen to you. I hope not.

  • @luv2sail66
    @luv2sail66 11 місяців тому +1

    Yeah I’m never doing one of those tests. I don’t want my DNA profile to be part of a public record.

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 11 місяців тому +1

      You can keep the results private.

    • @IHeartQuilting2
      @IHeartQuilting2 10 місяців тому

      @@nicolad8822 Cops still have access and there is no control over what happens in the future. It's a business. Another business buys it and they are no longer obligated to retain the 'rules' set by the original business.

  • @twilight_noir_
    @twilight_noir_ 11 місяців тому +2

    As an adopted child, I am quite curious about my ancestry; though I don't think it'll be much helpful. I'm chinese, but living in Spain

    • @adarcus4053
      @adarcus4053 11 місяців тому +1

      You can be surprised those genetics are worldwide. What you really have to decide is if you want to open the past. I did and I met my past and what would have been my reality and decided that I did not need to indulge in that road and closed the door. I know the door exists and know where it is and I know what i'll find on the other side of it and it doesn't interest me.

    • @twilight_noir_
      @twilight_noir_ 11 місяців тому

      @@adarcus4053 that's true. Though I'm still unsure: it's a decision that feels unreal (even if it showed any connections or not) and in the case of finding anyone, I have the impression that it would be like opening a can of worms.

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому

      Yeah, but there's nothing more sad than a sad Japanese man.

  • @dcg590
    @dcg590 11 місяців тому +1

    To the North Carolina guy- your mother knew, she just lied. I’m sorry

  • @shezza66
    @shezza66 10 місяців тому +1

    My DNA results don’t match my adoption records. The mothers listed are different. On the adoption records it says I have 4 half siblings but by my DNA mother I’m an only child. It is weird but I look like a couple of the half siblings.

  • @yairehy
    @yairehy 11 місяців тому +3

    These cheaters destroyed their own families with their dirty secrets. It's just that advancements in science is helping us see their bs.

  • @LisaApril
    @LisaApril 11 місяців тому +1

    I have no idea what they're doing with my DNA after that test and, you cannot get your DNA back or have ownership of it afterwards.

    • @ringinn7880
      @ringinn7880 11 місяців тому

      They probably throw your spit out after it goes through the centrifuge. As for the DNA sequence it's probably stored in the system. You may want to worry about that.

  • @tnr2217
    @tnr2217 11 місяців тому +1

    My cousin still cant accept hes not the oldest. Grow up you 60 year old baby

  • @adarcus4053
    @adarcus4053 11 місяців тому +1

    Just a reminder to everybody if you use ancestry you don't have to share your genetic results with the larger community. I shared at first and my biological father came knocking. I decided that that was not a relationship I wanted to explore so I privated everything and deconsented to any sharing of my data.

  • @txaggievet
    @txaggievet 11 місяців тому +1

    Story 3... Well 23 and me does not use a swab, you have to fill a vial with saliva.. so if he was using a swab, he was clearly doing something wrong

  • @alexwyler4570
    @alexwyler4570 10 місяців тому

    Story 2.23 and Me did not destroy the relationship. The adult son did that on his own. He should have been grateful he was born and taken care of until his adulthood.

  • @ericbest9562
    @ericbest9562 11 місяців тому +1

    My dad was in Germany, Thailand, literally all over the u.s as a truck driver all before I was born, i may find all kinds of siblings 🤣

    • @380stroker
      @380stroker 11 місяців тому +1

      Haha, yeah baby. Party time.

  • @schutzenhaus
    @schutzenhaus Місяць тому +1

    23 And me etc. didn’t destroy these people’s lives; the parents did. Don’t shoot the messenger.

  • @CurlyKirsty1999
    @CurlyKirsty1999 8 місяців тому

    My daughter did a dna test and we were surprised that she had a lot of Italian ancestry but i pointed out my family are Scottish and there was a large influx of Italians 140 to 100 years ago. Im curious to do a test myself to see if it shows up on my results too. Strangely though i was probably conceived in Italy where my parents were on honeymoon. 😂

  • @Gshkent
    @Gshkent 10 місяців тому

    CRI genetics doesn’t have any input about family members, at least not mine. I regret using them instead of 23&me.

  • @fakshen1973
    @fakshen1973 Рік тому +1

    23 and Me... just proving how ick people can be.

  • @llbigwave
    @llbigwave Рік тому

    Las Vegas resident here with a nit to pick. Our state is pronounced ne-VAD-uh; not ne-VAH-duh.

    • @random3263827
      @random3263827 Рік тому +4

      Literally everyone outside of Nevada calls it nuh-vah-dah.😆

  • @cybertoe1221
    @cybertoe1221 10 місяців тому

    I would LOVE to find out that I'm not related to my "family." It would explain a lot.

  • @egyphon
    @egyphon 11 місяців тому

    If the second sample fails, you can ask for a refund. Also, lots of HOW TO instructions to follow (hint if you want to fail the test on purpose): Do not eat, drink, smoke, chew gum, brush your teeth, or use mouthwash for at least 30 minutes prior to providing your sample.

  • @harryallenpearce89
    @harryallenpearce89 11 місяців тому +1

    The last story really has me scratching my head, because if he contacted a grandmother, and the grandmother is confused on why he would want no contact with her son/his father, did the possibility of the whole rape thing being a lie cross his mind?
    I mean, his side of the family didn’t know he exists, and evidently his father isn’t in prison over it, and his mother wants him to know nothing, yea, there’s too much cover up going on.

    • @SuzanneU
      @SuzanneU 11 місяців тому +5

      Very few rapists are ever reported or convicted. Many women carry the rape to their graves because we're so traumatized. It's also very common for women to be disbelieved, accused of lying or having remorse for sex. We face being shamed, shunned, even cast out of the family.

    • @daisy9910
      @daisy9910 11 місяців тому

      You should read up about trauma from SA and how many victims have been treated and are treated.

  • @WyvernJelly
    @WyvernJelly 6 місяців тому

    My husband had an interesting result that we can only explained by making some serious assumptions. Husband is 15% Italian. Maternal side is known. Paternal grandfather was western European mix. Paternal grandmother was supposed to be 100% French. We think that's where the Italian comes from but without his dad doing the test he can't confirm it's from the paternal side.

  • @LaChocolatScorpio
    @LaChocolatScorpio 8 місяців тому

    Yeah I did ancestry dna and got linked to a family I didn’t know then got a private message from a girl saying her dad is my dads brother…come to find out my married grandmother had a side piece who was also married and 2 of her 4 children are his! She took that secret to her grave! Wish I never took that test!

  • @gargutz
    @gargutz 10 місяців тому

    story 10 is tragic. her uncle destroyed her entire life and her family just let it happen

  • @winchestersons6258
    @winchestersons6258 11 місяців тому

    My wife and i did 23 and me. My family is fine and it matched to what our family told us over the years. No drame. This is like saying if youbget a speeding ticket its the cars fault

  • @nightsoul395
    @nightsoul395 Рік тому

    I am never doing dna test!
    Honestly I have no interest in my family
    Too big as is!

  • @m2goofy760
    @m2goofy760 10 місяців тому

    These posters who are "product of assault"...never questioning the mother just had a bender and didnt want to face the shame and guilt.
    You only meed to watch the news today to see it false accusations happening at a frequency that is disturbing.

  • @nasty9305
    @nasty9305 7 місяців тому

    So i know this story second hand but i gotta share.
    So, my friend, has very swiss heritage.
    On one side are people from the central lowlands and the other side is from one of the beautiful and well known mountain regions. They're assumed to be 100% pure bread bünzli (national joke, dont mind it).
    Well... they did the test. 25% english.
    Sure is a weird coincidence that grandma worked in hospitality in above mentioned mountain region,
    that was overrun by english tourists at the time. Wonder how that could've played into this.

  • @ineedhoez
    @ineedhoez 11 місяців тому

    Families have been destroyed by liars and cheaters.

  • @rayshelld791
    @rayshelld791 Рік тому +4

    Sperm donors although having no knowledge of their offspring...nothing will keep those donor kids from deciding they want to know about their biological sperm donor father. No one is going to be happy when a biological child of your spouse pops up out of nowhere...sperm donated kid or not.

    • @alan62036
      @alan62036 11 місяців тому

      And?

    • @rayshelld791
      @rayshelld791 11 місяців тому

      @@alan62036 they don't 'donate' sperm to have a bunch of kids coming back on them.

  • @tatkkyo9911
    @tatkkyo9911 Рік тому +3

    Theres tons of reasons that a mail in test can fail