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Ancestry/Genealogy

LeftInTX

(31,204 posts) Sat Nov 24, 2018, 12:11 AM Nov 2018

Family surprise! [View all]

A few weeks ago, someone called my husband at work. He claimed to be my great grandfather's son. He is only 10 years older than me.

(My husband is a public figure so that is how he got my husband's work #. He got my husband's name from my dad's obituary)

So, my grandmother had a 1/2 brother with her father's second wife. Our parents never told us about this, but this guy knew my parents. This guy was 14 years younger than my mother.

My grandmother was born in 1911 and her brother was born in 1946.

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Family surprise! [View all] LeftInTX Nov 2018 OP

I found out late in my life.... chillfactor Nov 2018 #1

We found out in 2014, that one of my parternal great greatmothers survived the Armenian Genocide LeftInTX Nov 2018 #2

Ancestry.com ---- I got results of 242 second and third cousins. Count continues to rise. 3Hotdogs Nov 2018 #3

I'm assuming that is from the DNA test? LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #4

Yuppers. 3Hotdogs Nov 2018 #6

Wow! The Genealogist Nov 2018 #5

That's only an estimated relationship based on amount of shared DNA Spider Jerusalem Dec 2018 #7

I got cannabis_flower May 2021 #8

I got a new second cousin last week. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #9