Family member orders ancestry kit as a gift for the family, leads Irish mom to discover her dad isn't her biological father: ‘Turns out she has no Irish DNA’

When all those ancestry kits started becoming popular, we all thought they were this cute thing that could help you discover a bit more about your history. Find out that you are actually 6% Italian, even though none of your grandparents even set foot in Italy, or find out that your unexplained green-colored eyes are a little genetic piece you inherited from your great-great aunt.

Most people go about these tests as inconspicuously as they can, simply wanting to find out more about their family. But every once in a while, someone's entire life changes by this one test, learning things they never even imagined about their family. One guy finds out they have a twin brother they never knew about, and a woman discovers her mother had an affair, and the man she thought was her father is actually a complete (biological) stranger.

That is exactly what happened to the woman in the story below, after her kid decided to get this ancestry kit as a fun gift for the family.

The family member who bought this kit didn't think much of it, just that it would be a fun activity to do as a family. When the discovery was made, their mom took it really personally and blamed them for ruining her entire identity. So if you even considered buying an ancestry kit yourself, maybe first read the story below and think about it a bit more.
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"I ordered a DNA test as a fun gift for my family and ended up destroying 40 years of family history"

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