No one could have predicted this. /s

  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I did the thing because I wanted to learn more about my ancestry and not only was it ridiculously expensive I didn’t even learn anything about my ancestry.

    My grandmother did one through Ancestry a few years back and found out her father wasn’t actually her father

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      Such applications – trying to find and connect with a population you are related to – require that participants give up a certain amount of privacy. It’s the nature of the thing.

      Wanted to find out about my matriarchal line like 15 years ago. To this day, not a single hit, but dozens and dozens of relatives on my patriarchal line. So weird.

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      That’s assuming they were telling the truth and not pulling it all out of their ass. You can’t trust companies.