asp3
Senior Member
- Location
- Silicon Valley, CA
It's interesting finding relatives through DNA testing. I myself have found three relatively close "cousins" through 23andMe and MyHeritage.com. I just met one this week who may be a second cousin. We already know what our connection is, but not sure exactly where it is in our trees.
I have another one I met about a year or more ago who is the daughter of my father's cousin. She had been put up for adoption and my father was unaware of her existence even though he and his cousin had been quite close. Unfortunately that cousin had never met her mother because she had died before she started looking. She had however met her grandparents which was nice because they are great people.
The last one was someone I knew about, a child my grandfather had fathered outside of his marriage, but I didn't know who he was or what his name was. I've exchanged email with him and checked to see if my uncle (who is more like a cousin because we're only six months apart) wanted to communicate with him but he chose not to.
I always enjoy seeing the DNA matches that are found for me. I reach out when they're suspected to be 2nd cousins or very strong 3rd cousins. It's interesting to meet folks that way.
I have another one I met about a year or more ago who is the daughter of my father's cousin. She had been put up for adoption and my father was unaware of her existence even though he and his cousin had been quite close. Unfortunately that cousin had never met her mother because she had died before she started looking. She had however met her grandparents which was nice because they are great people.
The last one was someone I knew about, a child my grandfather had fathered outside of his marriage, but I didn't know who he was or what his name was. I've exchanged email with him and checked to see if my uncle (who is more like a cousin because we're only six months apart) wanted to communicate with him but he chose not to.
I always enjoy seeing the DNA matches that are found for me. I reach out when they're suspected to be 2nd cousins or very strong 3rd cousins. It's interesting to meet folks that way.