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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
I was born bassard child raised by my grandmother. I could care less about my dead beat dad side of his family? Why cause he cared less about me. Nothing free in life, somebody making money? So what found out something about someone who had no contact throughout your life, plus I would have second DNA done just make sure I didn’t get scammed on first one. I’m probably related to half of Swiss’s population?
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If you were ever in need of an organ or bone marrow transplant, the FIRST place to look for a suitable donor match, is a blood relative. So you're just eliminating half of your blood relatives, because you reject your father. I mean it's your choice, your life.
But I wouldn't be so quick to disregard the option, if I was ever in a situation where disregarding it meant a slow, painful, and preventable death.
As for me, I know my immediate ancestry, I can personally trace it back five generations. The oldest generation was dead before my parents ever even met each other, the next two-oldest are all dead now. My dad's siblings are all dead, but I believe he has first cousins still living. My mom's siblings are all still living, and she has first cousins still alive. If I ever needed a donor match, I'd be able to name names and reach out for assistance from either side of the family.
Never needed any DNA testing though. We (our family line, not me personally because it's not that interesting to me) can trace our heritage to the tribe of Judah, as my family on both sides are ancestral Jews (meaning, none of them converted, or intermarried with non-Jews before my parent's generation was born, and both my parents were ancestral Jews who married each other).