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Scott "Rufio" Feather
If you don't mind sharing, what kind of information did you learn about your ancestry - similar stuff to what others have posted? How did you find the half-brother?
My father was adopted, and I know literally nothing about his biological ancestry (aside from him visibly being a white guy). I'm interested in these tests because I just don't know anything.
Shoot me a pm with your email address and I'll share more - but here's a quick summary. My mom was adopted during WWII. Never knew her parents. Died young, at 47. Never wished to learn anything about her background. My paternal grandmother (still not sure how she did this) somehow got a hold of what she said was my mom's original birth certificate. We never believed it was real, but what was purported to be her birth mom had a very Scandinavian name. Did my ancestry test, which came back nearly 50% Viking. OK. I opted into the shared info, and had one "first cousin" (which means that it's a direct relative, such as brother, parent, grandparent, etc...). I had a number of seconds. The first cousin didn't respond to my inquiry, but a second cousin, who also matched the first, did. My mom's birth mother was born in a small town in the Finger Lakes of NY. The woman wrote me and said "let me guess, your mom's birth certificate show's her mom's being born in ________." Boom. Then she shares with me her great uncle's info...which includes my grandmother, with the same name as what's on my mom's birth certificate.
We're pretty sure that my grandmother got pregnant during the war (my birth grandfather was in the US Army) and was sent to the big city - Buffalo - to have my mom and give her up for adoption. Afterward, she returned to the Finger Lakes and led a normal life. Got married, had a child - the first cousin, who happens to be my mom's half brother - and died in 1997.
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