Hahaha Oh, yes. It's fun. Especially for those people who say they're 'American'. I usually congratulate them on being Native American. The look on their faces is all I need.
I am fascinated by the picture with the horned lady in a dress. According to the people on Imgur it is probably AI generated using Stable Diffusion. There are other interesting family photos here: https://imgur.com/gallery/l6djNMg . I have not found the original artist.
@ Parnassus (Jim) -- The two main "unintended consequences" I'm aware of that stem from doing ancestry/DNA tests are: (1) insurance companies accessing the data to deny coverage to people due to genetic predispositions to certain medical conditions, and (2) use of that DNA data by police to track down criminals in cold cases like murder and rape for whom they have old DNA samples from the crime scene. I agree that the first scenario is problematic but the second one is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I love it when they catch those bad guys who thought they were safe.
I haven't done any DNA/ancestry research. The stories (lies?) that both sides of the family have told about their forebears are too fun to give up. Who needs facts when you can be something fabulous?!?
We belong to '23 & me' and Ancestry.com. And I've never really sat down and started researching back. That's project #259. '23 & me' has interesting medical information.
My Grammy did a very detailed and well-researched family tree on a huge pull-down window shade. But we always teased her because she started at Adam & Eve and then had some understandable gaps! 🤪🤣
hahahaha! these are great. i'm mostly welsh/english with a bit of scottish and swedish(?), if i remember correctly. it is funny to me that when i first received my results there was russian/south american and native american in it. every time they "update" their system, by dna changes (the little parts anyway). :-) love & magicks ~*~
I almost signed up for 23 and Me, when I thought it was a dating site for cougars. Just a little joke. But I never understood the excitement about finding out who's family.
I have not done any of the DNA testing but members of my family did. I was surprised that my Dad did so before he died in 2019. Turns out, he had more English than my brother-in-law who is from England! (My husband is from England but like me, he didn't do the test!)
My family genetics are well known thanks to generation of genealogists ; there are no lack of Binky the Clowns but they are what makes my line interesting.
The monster of Frankenstein was not created from limbs, that is a common misconception. So he was probably 100% German, from a Swiss "father", but educated by a French family.
Love King Arthur's pedigree. Cleese and co are the funniest. I did my DNA at incestry.com. No surprises. Any links were from my dad's side. No one from my mother's side has done DNA I guess. I want to do Y chromosome and mDNA but that is more expensive.
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I was surprised to learn I have French ancestors. But mostly British and German.
Hahaha
Oh, yes. It's fun.
Especially for those people who say they're 'American'. I usually congratulate them on being Native American. The look on their faces is all I need.
XOXO
We're not nearly as exciting as we think we should be.
But still, better than R2D2!
I am fascinated by the picture with the horned lady in a dress. According to the people on Imgur it is probably AI generated using Stable Diffusion. There are other interesting family photos here: https://imgur.com/gallery/l6djNMg . I have not found the original artist.
@ Old Lurker -- Thanks for the link to those other delightfully creepy "family photos!"
I've always thought I'm better off not knowing. Who knows if there are toasters in my timeline..
Oh yes I've been down the ancestry rabbit hole! You always find the funniest images.
German, Pennsylvania Dutch, some English and, I believe, some Outer Space mixed in there somewhere!
Thanks for all these great memes this morning!!
There's a fairly celebrated comic book illustrator (mainly he paints covers) with the same last name as mine, but alas, we don't seem to be related.
Hello Debra, People should research what happens to the results, including the potential harm, before considering such DNA tests.
--Jim
@ Parnassus (Jim) -- The two main "unintended consequences" I'm aware of that stem from doing ancestry/DNA tests are: (1) insurance companies accessing the data to deny coverage to people due to genetic predispositions to certain medical conditions, and (2) use of that DNA data by police to track down criminals in cold cases like murder and rape for whom they have old DNA samples from the crime scene. I agree that the first scenario is problematic but the second one is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I love it when they catch those bad guys who thought they were safe.
@ Kirk -- Cool! I looked him up on Wikipedia and found some of his best stuff on Blogger images!
I haven't done any DNA/ancestry research. The stories (lies?) that both sides of the family have told about their forebears are too fun to give up. Who needs facts when you can be something fabulous?!?
Cheers!
I have Lady Godiva and the Grand Old Duke of York, not to mention Joseph of Arimathea in my ancestry - if you believe the website.
We belong to '23 & me' and Ancestry.com. And I've never really sat down and started researching back. That's project #259. '23 & me' has interesting medical information.
Oh and '23 & me' is pay once and done for their basic membership. Their plus membership is ?$30? a year. Ancestry wants bigger bucks every 6 months.
All are great; I especially LOVE the Monty Python one!
bobbie
My Grammy did a very detailed and well-researched family tree on a huge pull-down window shade. But we always teased her because she started at Adam & Eve and then had some understandable gaps! 🤪🤣
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. You silly English kerniggors. Go boil your bottoms.
After what I learned about my family, Blinky the Clown would be a step up.
I'm looking into my family tree but not DNA yet.
We have just had our DNA tested...so I know that dad's family has a fair chunk of Irish!
Just need time to sit down and get back into the research
This is so funny and hilarious
Ancestry testing has really shown us that there is no such thing as a pure breed of race.
We re all mixed flavours of humanity
hahahaha! these are great. i'm mostly welsh/english with a bit of scottish and swedish(?), if i remember correctly. it is funny to me that when i first received my results there was russian/south american and native american in it. every time they "update" their system, by dna changes (the little parts anyway). :-)
love & magicks
~*~
I find Ancestry overwhelming sometimes but I am addicted.
I got into the whole ancestry pursuit to understand why my grandfather married my grandmother. No answers yet.
I almost signed up for 23 and Me, when I thought it was a dating site for cougars. Just a little joke. But I never understood the excitement about finding out who's family.
Be well, Debra.
I love the Frankenstein one, and the reality vs expectations one 😂
-Quinley
I've done genealogy, still working on it.
The best I found is possible I'm related to one of King James I of England mistress.
Coffee is on
I was happy enough to find I am mostly Swedish with a lot of Germanic Europe but was surprised to find a smidge of English and Irish.
Blinky the clown it is!!! HaHaHa..Fun post..as always
I have not done any of the DNA testing but members of my family did. I was surprised that my Dad did so before he died in 2019. Turns out, he had more English than my brother-in-law who is from England! (My husband is from England but like me, he didn't do the test!)
This is amusing. Thank you,ancestors, for making it all possible. I know it wasn't easy. And Three Cheers for the Neanderthals!!!
Your blog is interesting... I congratulate you 🌞
I'm too lazy to try to find out deep stuff like that. All I know is both sides are from northern England. Beyond that is a mystery.
My family genetics are well known thanks to generation of genealogists ; there are no lack of Binky the Clowns but they are what makes my line interesting.
The monster of Frankenstein was not created from limbs, that is a common misconception. So he was probably 100% German, from a Swiss "father", but educated by a French family.
Poor Frankenstein!!
Love King Arthur's pedigree. Cleese and co are the funniest.
I did my DNA at incestry.com. No surprises. Any links were from my dad's side. No one from my mother's side has done DNA I guess. I want to do Y chromosome and mDNA but that is more expensive.
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