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[farmaholic]

Neighbors were german/russians belonging to the old believers who didnt wash or shave, i quess explains the avatar.

I am the closest living relative of the Neanderthal, and everyone thought they were extinct.

[samhill]

So my father was married to his cousin and I’m married to my cousin,
Don’t like where this is going

[samhill]

I'm My Own Grandpa
Ray Stevens
Many, many years ago when I was 23
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life
For now my daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife
And to complicate the matter even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so he became my uncle though it mad me very sad
For if he were my uncle that would also made him brother
Of the widows grown-up daughter who was of course my stepmother
Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife she's my grandmother two
Now if my wife is my grandmother then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, nearly drives me wild
'Cause now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpaw
Oh I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw
It sounds funny I know but it really is so
I'm my own grandpaw
(Listen to this now)
I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw

[fjlip]

Wife and I used Ancestry and feel it is 100% accurate. They narrowed my DNA at 96% chance to a 100 mile radius in south Poland. Less chances in some parts of Ukraine, Germany and Baltic states. This agrees with grandparents histories on both sides. Paternal grandmother was born in Chicago in 1898, and they suggest shared DNA in that region too. Father's cousins are living there today. Cousin in Victoria on mother's side was linked correctly to my DNA also. We feel they are right on. Try it for fun if nothing else. As time goes o and more submit samples the greater chance of linking with relatives.

[malleefarmer]

Being adopted guess its of little use to me?

But found birth mother and new siblings but nothing on biological fathers side all know he was hungarian 5ft 11 heavy build approx 190lbs plus blonde haired blue eyed carpenter and first name was "beelah" not sure of spelling.

[sumdumguy]

OK, you guys. You give me a hunerd bucks, your name, your mother’s maiden name, your address. I can find enough information on you and the origins of your names to give you your familial information - very cheap. Furthermore, I wouldn’t give anybody on the internet my personal information. Just saying!

[poorboy]

Are they doing this all from your DNA or from your name and many years of people posting geneology info.

Not sure if it was true or not, but told that someone had collected dna from their dog and sent it in with their own name and info and it came back saying that it was from region x, which is the correct region based on history and last names.

[makar]

I am the closest living relative of the Neanderthal, and everyone thought they were extinct.

Forgot to mention never cut his hair either. You may need the six hundred dollar test and watch out for black helicopters.

[farmaholic]

Forgot to mention never cut his hair either. You may need the six hundred dollar test and watch out for black helicopters.

Black helicopters....schmelicopters....come and get me! They can read my cellphone GPS co-ordinates but not my thoughts through the steel plate in my head shielded by a tin foil hat.

Back on topic....

What a bunch of dead ends and forks in the geneology highway. Records can throw you off when surname spelling errors were made. When did VitalStats start recording info? Church records can be a good source of info. Early newspapers too. But like I said spelling errors can be tough. Interesting none the less.

[makar]

I got my church records from 150 years ago, now what do i do with 600 pages of handwritten ukrainian in greek alpha.