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Ancestry/Genealogy

Lyric

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3. I'm definitely GOING to try it.

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Sun Sep 23, 2018, 06:19 PM

Sep 2018

I just can't afford the tests right now. I have to test myself, AND my sister (because we KNOW she really IS Dad's child) so we can exclude any matches that come up for us both. What we want to see are where her matches and my matches *differ*. Does that make sense?

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Desperately Seeking my Birth Father [View all] Lyric Sep 2018 OP

One possibility might be DNA testing. You can get a test done by Ancestry DNA and The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #1

we did our & was connected by a close relative who had been adopted. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #7

Have you tried genetic testing? femmedem Sep 2018 #2

I'm definitely GOING to try it. Lyric Sep 2018 #3

I understand to some extent what you are going through. Delmette2.0 Sep 2018 #4

Lyric, you may remember me. We are cousins. Dem2theMax Sep 2018 #5

I'm truly sorry you're dealing with this. IME... WePurrsevere Sep 2018 #6

DNA testing could help you out Louis1895 Sep 2018 #8

I hope you find some answers, but please Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #9