Family histories tend to be messier than they appear on the surface. While Rupert will probably never learn the true story (apparently his grandparents are deceased), his scenario is far from unusual. (Rupert Baines, August 28, 2018, responding to “ Has anyone ever taken a DNA test and found something completely shocking?”) She was very snobbish and class-conscious, so if it was an affair it would have been with someone “posh”. When I got the ancestry report back it was 75% Northern European (specifically English) and 25% middle east …ĭid Grandma have a fling? If so, with whom? I’m somewhat dark-skinned for a native Englishman: mediterranean light brown & tan easily…My father was similar complexion…BUT his father was different: short, round, very, very pale – as a kid I remember him as almost highlighter pink because he got sunburn so easily… Maybe it wasn’t your mom who got frisky maybe the hidden paternity occurred further down the family tree.Īs one respondent wrote on Quora, you may discover that one of your grandparents has no genetic relationship to you. Instead, you may learn that some other man, a total stranger, is your biological father. When DNA Tests Reveal Unexpected PaternityĪs we recently wrote in “ My DNA Doesn’t Match My Father? When Your Dad is Not Your Dad,” the man you’ve always known as Dad may not be genetically related to you. Instead, they’re just another flawed human.
Just remember: your mother, father, or other family member (whoever has chosen to keep the secret) is not the villain here. Desperation.įamily discoveries wrought by DNA testing results can open doors that some family members would have preferred to keep tightly locked.ĭNA tests can bring to light episodes in our parents’ (or their parents’, or their parents’ parents’, etc) lives that they’d prefer remained under wraps. But setting to private still allows matches to view the tree found through search function and kit holders name will be shown within their tree under their place in tree.Unexpected DNA Matches Almost Always Unearth Family SecretsĪdoption. It still privatizes name to matches when set to Private.
Post #3 still need to be applied if you want to show tree holders name to matches, even when searching directly while logged into kit. Admins only "appear" to be logged into kit, but they are only viewing results, search function does not work for them in individual kits when "viewing" from GAP Again it will display private tree when in GAP due to admins do not have DNA match lists.
Setting to "match" will show trees to matches without the Private Family Tree being displayed if one is logged into kit account directly with kit number and password.ĭoes not need to be set to Public. In regards to above in my post, I need to revise as I was logged into my GAP page. "Private Family Tree - You need to be a DNA match to see this result.īuy a Family Finder test now to see if you’re a DNA match." Selecting the "Match" option still brings up the following Everything is private even to matches in regards to searching trees unless on your Family Tree Privacy Settings page has at least the following set to Public. Also I don't think they have got the bugs out of privacy settings yet.
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