I pretty much went through 655 pages of DNA matches on Ancestry. Seems 99% of my matches are from my dad's side of the family. What a chore. The only matches on my maternal side, are 4th cousins and beyond. I finally decided I would write a snail mail to my only first cousin, alive from my mom's side asking him if he would PLEASE (I do recall begging him, with a PRETTY PLEASE) to take a DNA test for me. It would help me. He wrote back and said he would but to not bug him about it. He also said he is "not impressed with DNA."
OKAY, that tells me a lot. He may, or may not do it. I should know in about 6 weeks. He said he would do it when Ancestry had that special in August. I'm on pins and needles.
My maternal side continues to be a mystery. When I think I am on to something, I hit a wall, or it just doesn't make sense. My dad's side is awesome. I have cousins by the dozens, that keep submitting their DNA and confirming we are cousins! In fact, the more I match with someone from my dad's side, the more discouraged and angry I get when dealing with my mom's side - like why is it so hard to find them?? Why won't their descendants, do family trees or DNA? It's like they are in some witness-protection program.
My mom once told me, that her bio dad was an Irishmen in the IRA and was wanted by the FBI. She later denied telling me that. I think she had one too many glasses of wine with her meds that evening, but now, it does make me wonder...
So this is where I am at. I'm frustrated - confused.
I want to find new stuff on my maternal line - Is that too much to ask for?
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I haven't asked anyone yet to do a test but I'm curious - do you pay for the test or do they?
ReplyDeleteYou can do either. My cousin, just said he would do it without me having to send him one. I do have 2 at home, just in case.
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