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Daddy, Health + Fitness, Home + Life, Mommy · April 30, 2019

My Husband Tried One of those DNA Kits and Here’s What He Learned

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My husband has talked for years all about how he'd like to do one of those “what's your DNA” kits. Like, years… but never did it.

So, when 23andMe offered me a free kit, I jumped on the opportunity to shut him up give him a chance to try one out.

My Husband Tried One of those DNA Kits and Here's What He Learned

So, I got online and ordered one. He was super stoked and couldn't wait for the kit to arrive. Like, I heard about it every single day until the thing showed up.

Once it got here, he opened the kit and carefully read the directions (I'm not gonna lie, lots of jokes were told [by me] about this being the only time in life that he read ANY INSTRUCTIONS EVER).

He was supposed to not eat or drink for a half and hour and then spit into this test tube thingy. Cool. Easy. Done.

I shook up the test, as instructed, and sent it off in it's self-addressed, pre-paid package.

Then we waited.

Her husband talked for years about doing a DNA kit. When 23andMe.com offered Texas Mom Blogger, Kiss My Tulle, a free kit to try out.

Look, I'm not going to pretend here. My husband is… white.

Like, it would have been a HUGE surprise to find out that his DNA was from any place outside of Northern Europe.

He is THAT white. So it's not we were expecting any kind of discovery there.

What my husband was curious about was exactly where his ancestry's DNA hailed from and how much.

See, his family hasn't kept great records of who's who and from where so he has mostly depended on stories passed down through the generations to understand who he is.

And he was wondering just how accurate those stories were.

For example, he had always heard that he was mostly German and a little bit of a mash-up of Irish/Scottish/British. He was curious if that was true.

We got his DNA results back via a link in an email and printed them out. And guess what? My husband is WHITE. Like, W H I T E white. 99.1%, to be exact. Whiiiiite.

Honestly, not a big surprise but it made me laugh. The biggest surprise was that he's 57.5% British and Irish and only 12.2% French and German. A reverse of what he'd been told.

He was completely fascinated by the results and spent the evening using the 23andMe site to look into the them more.

He loved seeing the definitions of the different ethnicities and regions.

He loved that people who receive their genetic results from 23andMe see the percentage breakdown of their ancestry from 31 different populations around the world.

Find out where your DNA comes from around the world – and use it to make your DNA travel itinerary.

Her husband talked for years about doing a DNA kit. When 23andMe.com offered Texas Mom Blogger, Kiss My Tulle, a free kit to try out.

23andMe is named after the 23 pairs of chromosomes in your DNA!

The service can provide you with over 75 genetic reports about your health (like lactose intolerance and sleep movement), traits (your eye color or hair curl) and ancestry (what percent breakdown your DNA is from all over the world), and you can even participate in a feature called “DNA Relatives” and find people who share similar DNA with you.

You may find that you share DNA with a friend you’ve known your entire life… your genetic network can be your new social network.

And – it’s pretty easy to do. You “spit” into the tube provided and mail it back to the lab.

Everyone has a DNA story…find out your DNA story.

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Posted In: Daddy, Health + Fitness, Home + Life, Mommy

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Comments

  1. Brooke @ Blushing Noir says

    July 24, 2017 at 5:21 pm

    I’d love to try this out! I know some of my heritage but I think it’d be interesting to see the actual mix!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Halstead says

    July 24, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    That is super cool!!

    Reply
  3. Krissy @thoughtfullyunraveled says

    July 24, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    Not going to lie, I love this kind of stuff. I’ve tried Ancestry about a year ago, but have been curious about 23andMe since it gives some different info.

    Reply
  4. Deb Clem-Buckert says

    July 24, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    I think these kits are absolutely fascinating.

    Reply
  5. Lisa Marie Heath says

    July 24, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    I so want to try one of these kits!

    Reply
  6. Chelsea says

    July 24, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    I really want to try this! It’d be so cool to know for sure.

    Reply
  7. Doria Miyata Murphy says

    July 25, 2017 at 1:01 am

    I know what I am because all of my grandparents were immigrants from their countries of origin (and nobody had left prior), but my husband is adopted and we’d love to know if what we were told is true!

    Reply
  8. Kendra Darr says

    July 25, 2017 at 3:36 am

    This is so cool! One side of my family has a whole book about our ancestry and I’m generation 15 in it!

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  9. Carrie R says

    July 25, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    Haha! “My husband is WHITE. Like, W H I T E white. 99.1%, to be exact.” My husband has been wanting to do one of these DNA/ancestry kits. We will have to look into this one. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Lani // Life Anchored says

    July 25, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    I ordered them on Prime Day and we sent them off last week. We are both excited to find out our results. My parents have both done then and had fun learning all the information. My husband is in the same boat as yours, poor records and little family alive to ask.

    Reply
  11. Jessica Holoka says

    July 25, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    I would love to try one of these kits myself because my family is ALL over the place! It’s pretty cool that once you get the results, you can look into everything further on the website. Plus, I’m pretty curious about seeing if there’s a touch of Asian in me since everyone automatically assumes that I am (as far as I know, I’m not…like at all).

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  12. Joseph Hendrix says

    July 28, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    I did the AncestryDNA one, and it only confirmed what I already knew. What’s interesting is I bought my mom the same kit as a gift, and it determined that one of us was a parent of the other!

    Reply

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