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Cougarbib
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I said he has not had an affair with his brother’s wife. This is not difficult 2
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DNA testing shows I have a half sister I believe is my cousin. Anyone know how
BYU_CPU
Jul 5, 9:37am
Potentially believable. I have a few friends who took DNA tests and …
Dan
Jul 5, 9:39am
Consistently, DNA tests find that 9-10% of the time, daddy isn’t who people
Japan Coug
Jul 5, 10:17pm
Maybe you should ask your parents??
TLCougar
Jul 5, 9:40am
Uh oh. Mom or Dad fooling around with the other spouse’s siblings?
WDaddy
Jul 5, 9:43am
From his perspective, it would be the dad.
Yukon
Jul 5, 10:00am
Or a child before wedlock and adopted elsewhere.
Acorn
Jul 5, 10:20am
It's one reason I get anxious at the thought of having one done.
Cougarclaw
Jul 5, 9:43am
RE: DNA testing shows I have a half sister I believe is my cousin. Anyone know how
jaromp
Jul 5, 9:46am
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JimmyZ
Jul 5, 9:47am
If it's accurate, It wouldn't even be close to the first time
fattycoug
Jul 5, 9:49am
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JimmyZ
Jul 5, 9:50am
That also could be true
fattycoug
Jul 5, 9:52am
Probably true. Return and report
JuicyJam
Jul 5, 9:54am
My wife just had this happen recently. A person popped up on DNA that appears
TicoBrown
Jul 5, 9:59am
Happens a lot more than you'd expect.
Division Bell
Jul 5, 10:24am
Happens often. Likely accurate.
WallaX2
Jul 5, 10:29am
It’s almost certainly true. The tests are extremely accurate at that level of genetic relationship
YIsForBrigham
Jul 5, 10:32am
my FIL had a child out of wedlock that was adopted. Never told his wife or
qwerew
Jul 5, 10:35am
It told me I had a half-brother. Freaked me out for about a week.
DomCasual
Jul 5, 10:36am
This. I have a half-niece that showed up on my 23 and me. She is my half
Cougarbib
Jul 5, 11:08am
It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans are mistaken on who their biological
Parker Schnabel
Jul 5, 10:41am
We're all one big, happy family
Division Bell
Jul 5, 10:56am
Seems like it’s probably 3-4% generally. It’s a tricky question because methodology is important. Studies that look at
mvtoro
Jul 5, 11:01am
I’ve read that it’s closer to 10% than 5%, globally.
Japan Coug
Jul 5, 10:20pm
It's the off season so it would be great if you kept this a running story. Let us know what your parents say. TIA.
byuTX
Jul 5, 10:43am
My wife's report showed a half brother. It turned out...
BYU-TIFUL
Jul 5, 10:48am
RE: My wife's report showed a half brother. It turned out...
byuTX
Jul 5, 11:21am
I don't want to get into many details, but
BYU-TIFUL
Jul 5, 11:45am
So did her mom act sorry about the affair, or did she try to justify it?
HiLife
Jul 5, 11:50am
Definitely sorry
BYU-TIFUL
Jul 5, 12:00pm
I don’t know why, but that explanation made me personally feel better. I guess this whole topic, and my subsequent ADHD
mvtoro
Jul 5, 12:36pm
Yep. And when people long for the good old days when this stuff didn't happen they must mean pre-human times
byuTX
Jul 5, 1:21pm
Thanks for the info. I'm genuinely curious about these situations. Seems like it worked out remarkably well with the
byuTX
Jul 5, 1:20pm
Probably factual. Hunter Biden had an affair with his sister-in-law. No kids,
Cougarbib
Jul 5, 11:03am
Now do one of Trump's widely known and very factual affairs
byuTX
Jul 5, 11:22am
None of those would have resulted in a half sibling. That is why I gave the
Cougarbib
Jul 5, 1:31pm
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JimmyZ
Jul 5, 1:52pm
I said he has not had an affair with his brother’s wife. This is not difficult 2
Cougarbib
Jul 5, 2:48pm
It’s dumb to bring politics in it and we all understand how it could work. Plus DT’s would have just ended in abortion
byuTX
Jul 6, 6:49am
I didn’t bring politics into it. U keep doing that. What office did Hunter Biden
Cougarbib
Jul 6, 8:10am
lol ok
byuTX
Jul 6, 8:55am
And this is why they’re illegal in France where half the people think it’s
molodyets
Jul 5, 11:10am
That’s crazy to me. I had to look it up to make sure it’s true. I can understand the “compelling government interest” in
mvtoro
Jul 5, 12:04pm
Well, this seems to imply that non-paternity is relatively low in France:
mvtoro
Jul 5, 12:09pm
That is the advantage of not researching it - it makes it look low. DNA tests
Cougarbib
Jul 5, 1:33pm
None of the DNA companies show “half siblings” that I’ve seen but ancestry.com makes it pretty easy to figure out based
Zach Morris
Jul 5, 11:55am
My wife found a first cousin that we didn’t know existed through DNA testing. He contacted the family when he got the
cheezedawg
Jul 5, 12:51pm
I've had 3 individuals that were like 3rd-4th cousins who show up related, but
EM_Puma
Jul 5, 1:12pm
MIL escaped a terrible marriage when HCBW was a toddler. Bio father was a mess.
TailgateU
Jul 5, 1:36pm
Found out I had two more cousins because of these DNA tests. Also, my wife’s
rainorsnow
Jul 5, 3:37pm
Wow, your fam certainly like to keep things interesting, lol
jaromp
Jul 5, 10:07pm
I met a new cousin about seven years ago through DNA testing, discovered that
LV Mike
Jul 5, 3:45pm
That’s crazy
YIsForBrigham
Jul 5, 10:50pm
You share 25% of your DNA with a half-sister, but only 12.5% with a 1st cousin.
Japan Coug
Jul 5, 10:15pm
you have some friends that did what
Flyingdolphin
Jul 5, 10:20pm
Two brothers from one family married two sisters from another family.
Japan Coug
Jul 5, 10:21pm
I have a double cousin. My mothers sister was a widow and married my Dad’s
Cougarbib
Jul 6, 1:06am
My sisters are identical twins. Their kids' tests show two moms. Those kids are
TailgateU
Jul 6, 12:06pm
RE: My sisters are identical twins. Their kids' tests show two moms. Those kids are
cruiserhead
Jul 6, 12:11pm
When a set of identical twins marries another set of identical twins, their kids
Japan Coug
Jul 6, 12:15pm
I’ve seen a couple stories online but I don’t think the genetic siblings thing is accurate. Not all the exact same gene
byuTX
Jul 6, 12:50pm
There’s variation in the specific variable genetic material that any child receives from one parent vs another. So even
mvtoro
Jul 6, 12:58pm
On average I’d suppose cousins like those in this thread would tend to have closer percentage than average cousins but
byuTX
Jul 6, 1:18pm
Why would they have less common DNA than siblings? Think of it this way: if the parents are identical twins, then they
mvtoro
Jul 6, 1:49pm
Yep, it's as if they have the same parents, because they're genetically identical
jaromp
Jul 6, 2:08pm
My sisters' kids show 2 moms on DNA tests. Their kids are genetic half siblings.
TailgateU
Jul 6, 3:20pm
I mean just slightly by percentage. But these cousins definitely wouldn’t have identical DNA as had been suggested in
byuTX
Jul 6, 2:38pm
No. They wouldn’t be identical. I think people here are saying the cousins would be as similar as siblings. I still
mvtoro
Jul 6, 6:56pm
You seem to know your DNA facts better than most. So do you know how much I
BYU_CPU
Jul 6, 5:14pm
I mean, I haven’t studied the accuracy of these tests, but the ordinary variability of common DNA for a half-sibling vs
mvtoro
Jul 6, 6:54pm
Random interesting tidbit: you should have 50% of variable DNA in common with mom, and if your a girl, with dad too. BUT
mvtoro
Jul 6, 1:19pm
Would be interested in your response to the OP.
BYU_CPU
Jul 6, 5:16pm
Here
mvtoro
Jul 6, 7:49pm
Used to work in a blood bank giving RhoGAM shots and doing blood typing
OU Cougar
Jul 6, 8:49am
I have an uncle
hereforlaughs
Jul 6, 10:07am
Here’s my story…
niqmadu
Jul 6, 12:46pm
Ps Im still trying to figure out how to submit the temple work for this
niqmadu
Jul 6, 1:59pm
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cugrz84
Jul 6, 7:22pm
Similar thing happened to my grandma.
cugrz84
Jul 6, 7:34pm
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