Genetic evidence, of all things, feels irrefutable it not only reveals affairs, but also illuminates risk for diseases, and even solves crimes. The narrative is almost old hat at this point: Of course the DNA test uncovered some skeleton in the closet. It’s so common that when I reached out to 23andMe about this piece, a representative directed me to an entire resource page the company launched earlier this year for users who have discovered unexpected results through their tests. There’s the man who donated sperm in college and discovered, years later, that he had 17 biological children, the husband who discovered his daughter is actually the biological child of his ex-wife and the man she had an affair with, and a woman who was adopted at birth and reunited with her siblings. “I played it off as a funny mistake to my cousin, but in my head I was thinking, ‘Well, I already know one family secret I never saw coming, so what if this is real?’ ” She thought through what it would mean for her cousin to actually be her half-sister-basically, one of her parents sleeping with one of her aunts or uncles-and the possible indiscretions “were all extremely upsetting,” she says.Īs consumer DNA tests have become mainstream, there have been countless stories about the decades-old family secrets they’ve revealed. Earlier this year, a shocking discovery had rocked Jenny’s family, says Jenny, leaving her questioning whether 23andMe might have revealed another one. When she logged in to her 23andMe account, sure enough, the site’s “Relatives” feature listed her cousin as her half-sister. She’d all but forgotten about it until a few weeks ago, when her cousin messaged her on Facebook: “lol why does 23andMe think we’re half sisters?”
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