I'm dumbfounded at how people think they've "lost their identity" because they're unsure of their heritage. Sure, your ancestors are something to be proud of (usually) but, you are who you are because of what's in your heart and mind, not because of where your parents or grandparents came from
It’s mostly faked anyway. Oh I’m 4% European? I’m sure Lol. Throw a dart and we all are. Thanks for saying that-people are stupid about stuff these days
Notice that the issue involves being raised in an orphanage instead of a solid family. He had no opportunity to develop his gifts. That's what makes her sad, not the ethnic mix-up.
I'm from a family with lots of adoption (my grandma was adopted, and several of my cousins) so this doesn't seem dark at all to me. They got to find new relatives, yay! And being switched at birth doesn't make your family any less your family. Family's more than blood.
Thanks for this. I adopted my son and I am his real mom. I resent the fact others cannot understand this. We all have bioparents, but your real parents are the ones who raise you. Family is very much more than blood.
My dad's mom said that my dad was not my real father and it crushed me for a long time. She said that my mom had an affair the time I was conceived and that my real father was nothing but a drug dealer with blonde hair and blue eyes. I cried about that for a long time and eventually came to the conclusion that even though my dad may or may not be my real father he was the one who took time to raise me.
Personally I don’t have a dad, but having to come to that conclusion must be hard. But, the dad that raised you is your real father, he took time to raise you.
In 1973(!!!) a nurse in the hospital brought me “my” newborn son. He didn’t look like what I remembered through the anesthetic fog AND I could actually hear MY BABY crying out in the hall. I protested and my Mama Bear Spidey Sense saved us all!!
Our babies were born at home, so we have no doubt they're ours. It always seemed crazy to me that babies would be taken away from their parents right after being born and put in a nursery room with a bunch of other newborn babies!
I brought my 3-month-old son for a minor surgical procedure in 2004 at Tufts in Boston. After the surgery, a nurse came running to the waiting room, telling me my son was awake and crying, and asked if I would please come in and nurse him. Unbuttoning my shirt as I rushed to the pediatric recovery unit. They handed me a baby wearing a weird hat, screaming bloody murder... crying so hard his little scrunched up face was super red (my son and are are fish belly white). As I took the poor kiddo in my arms, ready to pop a boob in his mouth, I realized that this screaming-meemie wasn't my child! My baby was in a nearby crib, still fast asleep from the anesthesia. This was AFTER the "baby lojack" fell off his ankle in the hospital bassinet the day after he was born, and the nurses removed him from my room against my stated wishes while I was asleep. If he didn't look like a perfect carbon copy of his father, I wouldn't be 100% sure to this day!
Born in the early 60’s this could have/ almost did happen to me. My red headed mother was brought a brunette haired baby from the nursery. Mom told them it wasn’t her baby, they tried to assure her it was. Thankfully there was only one redhead baby in the nursery. They finally apologized and brought her the redhead baby ! I wonder how many went home with the wrong baby from that hospital?
I dont trust hospitals anymore My cousin (me and my cousins are really close so we are more like siblings) is 12 whell call him k. K has a twin brother z. K was born a few minuites before z. The docter gave k 100 ml of medicince instead of 10. K has brain damage now can barley talk wears a diaper and has trouble doing alot of things hes 12. Z is fine. K will be like that for almost and probably his whole life. He was born a heatlty baby with no problems but now he cant do anything the hospital ruined his whole life and just gave his mom a crappu apology and a few thousand dollars though hell never live a normal life thanks to that mistake.
@@michellemarieperez6574 There’s actually no evidence of that. Science now tells us it’s more likely just an unfortunate coincidence of timing, meaning that certain vaccines are given at the same time autism usually manifests itself in children regardless.
@@bar5radass Actually, there is evidence (and studies). You don’t hear it because Big Pharma has deep pockets. The news is mostly funded by Pharma advertising dollars and can keep it out of the public awareness.
My grandma told me that she met her little sister in the hospital and realized that her parents brought home the wrong baby. Thankfully they were able to figure it out and switch them back.
I kept going back and looking at that photo. I thought that I was mistaken, that she was just a little girl. It's nice to know I wasn't the only one who thought that.
I find the very idea that a family would potentially reject someone because they turned out to be biologically unrelated absolutely sickening. I had aunts on both sides of my family who were non-biological, but I never considered them any less family than my biological aunts and uncles.
If one thinks about it, the woman who married your father's brother she's actually your aunt-in-law since she shares no DNA with you (hopefully.) I don't know; I think the whole geneology thing based on DNA is kind of stupid.
@@indy_go_blue6048 The non-biological aunts I was referring to were actually adopted siblings of my parents (one on each side of the family) rather than married to my uncles. I agree that it's stupid to make any distinction between siblings with or without shared DNA.
When I was growing up I always thought my aunt that was married to my mom’s brother was the blood relative. Because she would play with us. What a silly thing to assume! Family is more than blood! They actually adopted a child, and she had an adopted cousin from Korea and literally never noticed until she was an adult. Her brother also had one adopted child, half Japanese. She was just part of the family and I also somehow didn’t notice that she was of Asian descent until I was a teenager. She was just always there, I never questioned the DNA!
well you're the minority. of course you reject non-bio people. you did not have "aunts". you had family friends. aunt is BIOLOGICAL ...by definition dude. you don't get to make up shit
I was adopted in 1969 from a foster home. I was raised in an Irish Catholic home and just assumed that’s who I was. Then in 1998, I met my birth parents. Not only was I not even a little Irish, turns out I’m mostly Norwegian and 50% Lakota. My mother and her mother grew up on a reservation. It was a huge shock! We all took DNA tests a few years ago and pretty much clarified me as around 49% Northern European and Norwegian and around 39% Lakota. My kids found out that, on their dad’s side where they thought they were 50% Italian, they turned out to be only 15% Italian. It has been a wild ride!
I believe there are traits that run in families. In my family it seems everyone does some type of art and we all play instruments. Is that because we were around it growing up and we compelled each other or is it something that is just in our DNA that caused us to gravitate to these disciplines? Even though I have puzzle pieces you don't, I am still left with so many questions. You may even be one up on me, to answering this question. I guess It has to make you wonder when you pick up something fairly easily if your ancestors had the same predilections. At the end of the day I think it is our experiences that shape who we are. That our familial gifts influence how we express those experiences. I deal with pain and sorrow, hell, happiness too, by practicing guitar till my finger are sore, hot, and numb from vibration. I don't care what made me wrap my arms around that hollow body. I thank whatever it was. I hope your soul has found it's connection and voice. TH-cam does help expose you to lots of possibilites. We just gotta embrace who we are right now because ya just can't be somebody else.😉
I can trace back my ancestory back to few centuries past Christ. There is a castle somewhere in Europe, where my ancestors lived. My family tree covered part of an entire wall in the house I grew up. That all said, it is the choices I make in life that matter, not that stupid wall of a stupid child abusing dad with his stupid "sigil ring" passed down for centuries and his stupid castle somewhere in stupid Europe. Please everyone, be proud for who you are regardless of your family tree. Make good choices you can be proud of, and you are nobility. In a day and time when being human just means walking on 2 legs, be the true nobility of today!
@@maititikka8795 Ahh, but being human is being made in the image of God! Your family story is very interesting , it is also sad. You are right that in the end , being of noble character is what matters. 😊 ~ Heather ~
My Aunt and I found out that my Grandfather had a different last name than the one he knew! He was also removed from his home due to neglect and was raised in an orphanage in Rhode Island. The social worker assumed his last name was the same as his father, but come to find out, his father wasn’t who he thought he was. My Great Grandmother was a “loose” woman and my Grandfather was someone else’s kid. This was apparently known by his Mother’s husband and thus the reason he was abused. He had such a sad life as he was never adopted so lived in the orphanage for most of his childhood. My Aunt was very upset that she was not who she thought she was. Anyway, the details from the orphanage were so sad to read and I cried for my dear Grandpa! He turned out to be a wonderful man and the best Grandpa a girl could ask for!
It wasn't the dark side because her new non-blood relatives didn't dump her. However, I've heard stories where families have been torn apart because of DNA results. A woman found out her father wasn't her father. Her "father" left her mother and disowned her. I often wonder if the man eventually changed his mind. Some people have knee-jerk reactions to things. This woman I think was older in her 40s or 50s. So they had a long relationship as father and daughter. I can understand why he'd been mad at his wife (I think he thought they were exclusive) but the daughter did nothing wrong.
There are all kinds of surprises with DNA tests. My mother told all four of her children that we were mostly Irish, and had lots of "Irish" stories. Mom died 30 years ago and time went on. Last year I did an ancestry DNA test and discovered that at most I had one great-grandparent who was Irish. My ancestors were overwhelmingly German. After thinking about it, I realized that Mom had grown up during World War One when there was a great deal of propaganda-induced hatred of Germans, which went so far as lynching. That was where she invented the "Irish" myth.
Yup, same here except my grandmother looked very native american. She vehemently denied that she was any amount native at all, but literally anyone who first met her thought she was pure blood native until she unloaded on them. In her day it was pretty dangerous to be native, and also looked down on, since anytime you want to steal kill and destroy you need to first find some bullshit to justify it. I look quite a bit native and have often been taken for either a native american or Asian heritage, even though my skin is very light. I haven't done a dna test, but I'm betting there will be a few not surprising surprises when I do, lol.
@@mirzamay When I was young I always thought to myself "Why does my German grandmother look like an Eskimo?" After several DNA tests it turns out I'm Eastern Siberian, cousins of the Native Americans. I hope you can do a DNA test soon. It's the best money I've ever spent! :-)
My Jewish family from Austria burned their records and came to America saying they were catholics from Lithuania. It was very common to do that at the time. The only way I'll ever be able to find distant relatives will be DNA testing
I wish my maternal grandmother (born in 1912) lived to see easy DNA testing. I had grown up hearing her talk about how horrifically she was treated by the man her mother was married to. Because my great-grandmother had an affair, her husband would not claim the child born during that period in their marriage. He was sure it wasn't his. My grandmother was emotionally, physically and sexually abused while her siblings were treated well. I can't account for my great-grandmother's responsibility and why she didn't protect her child. Was it guilt? Was it to protect herself from being abandoned by her husband? Who knows. Late 2000s, more than a decade after my grandmother's death, I took a DNA test as part of my genealogy research. It wasn't for a specific reason, just a part of what family history researchers often do. I was honestly horrified at seeing a straight line DNA connection to the GRANDFATHER of the man who refused to claim my grandmother as his child. Here was proof that the man who said he wasn't the father of my grandmother actually was. I don't know what my grandmother would have done with the info, but at least it would have relieved her of the lifelong shame she felt at being a "bastard."
I hope your grandma found her peace. I also hope she got a front row seat to the replay that her "father" got when NO DOUBT ... It was brought up in discussion.... And then all the truths of this world and life was given to him... To finally understand.. and answer TO AND FOR!! But that little replay, them BOOM... BOMBSHELL NUGGIE OF INFORMATION!! 🤣 Just like when my dad passes and he finally learns to truth to so much!! I'm sure the look on his face.... Priceless.. God will have to save me at least one picture of the look of his face when he finds out. I don't even need my own copy when I get there. Just to SEE... But then I'm gonna feel bad... Cause I'm gonna know he isn't there. That he's on a more TROPICAL WARM vacation.
People are just cruel to each other. So many lives burdened with guilt because someone holds them responsible for what coulda, woulda, shoulda happened.
maybe she had the affair with a relative of your father, maybe even his father or brother. You can never know and family secrets can haunt you if you let them. All families seem to have them, just another part of life. Too bad for everyone involved.
My mother found out through a DNA test that her father was not her biological father, and her mother had taken the secret to her grave. We did find her blood father, who had passed years before. My mom found her father's older sister and ended up rescuing her from an abusive nursing home when she was 98 years old and brought her to live with her until her death at 101 we met many relatives and mom found a half sister and brother. We also found out my mom's mother had 5 children all by different men ; none of moms maternal siblings knew they were all fathered by different men. My grandmother was bipolar and spent many years heavily medicated for her mental illness . Regardless of this, I loved my maternal grandmother as I spent many of my childhood years being raised by her. DNA has brough many secrets to light.
Nearly the same happened to my dad! He did an ancestry DNA thing and found his biological dad was actually his "uncle" (because the man later married my papaw's sister, after his brief relationship with my mamaw). And my mamaw took the secret to her grave. Apparently pretty much the whole family caught on except my dad and my papaw. At 70 years old, my dad only just found out because of the DNA test. Apparently the biological father of my dad has already been passed away for several years now, but after his passing they had found a picture of my dad as a kid and him together in his safe. So seems he did care a lot about him.
@@jennmullins1063 I bet many secrets are being revealed with DNA test. Native Americans always traced ancestry thru the Mother that is actually pretty smart
My dad just got that surprise at 77 years old after taking a DNA test and a bunch of first cousins he didn’t know he had popped up. Both his parents have died so he asked my grandmother’s sister and she said “I thought you knew your mom’s close friend was your bio dad!! Everyone knew!!” Ummm not everyone. Like the person that it effected directly 😑
@Who's Zoomin Who? and like I mentioned back then they loaded all the babies on one cart to pass them out for feedings.. I'm suprised it didnt happen more often honestly and today they have several systems in place to prevent this...still tragic to find out late in life! I was 45 when I found out my parents were not mine.....
@@tracylynn1461 How do you know it did not happen more often? This only came to light because one person pursued the truth for years and years and the necessary technology was available.
@@aquelpibe ok I should say I'm suprised we dont hear of this more often.... I'm sure that it did happen more often...I'm just glad they try to prevent it from happening now!! Its pretty traumatizing to find out when you're grown your family isnt yours!!
Six out of eight of my grandchildren are adopted, I love them all with all of my heart. They know who their birth parents are and have contact with them, it’s called open adoption. If anyone is considering adoption please think about this type of program, it’s just more people that will love the child.
My family suspected that my great grandmother was swapped at birth, as she was a short blonde woman from a tall, dark family. A genealogy test done by my mother confirmed that she was related to both of her parents. Go figure.
Recessive genes finally showed up. This is very common tbh. My maternal grandma was said to be half Mexican and the paternal side has Spanish ancestry. My maternal aunt was a red head and my little sister is a brunette. No one else in the family showed that and everyone has black hair. My paternal uncle and I has gray hairs at an early age. No one else in the family had gray hairs in that age, just me and my uncle.
You know...I have come to feel totally different about family than most. My mother remarried a man who had six kids, she has four and together they had one. There were eleven of us! He adopted us. I knew who my biological father was and rarely saw him...years went between visits. So, my step father became my Dad, my step siblings became my brothers and sisters. Sure, there were the normal problems combined families go through, but they are my family (including my three fully biological siblings). My biological father remarried and they had three children together, they are my half siblings. We never knew each other...never lived together. Even though I have a genetic tie to those half siblings, they are not my family. Do I feel like I’ve been cheated out of my genetic family? No! Not for a second. I couldn’t love my unconventional family any more. I ended up adopting a baby after giving birth to four kids. I love him just as much as my biological kids. You wouldn’t know he was adopted! So, is family DNA only? No...! Sure it is fun to know your heritage and follow your genealogy, I think that is important! But my heritage has come from a man that adopted me (well, my Mom’s side too!) But we can never discount love, life and experiences. DNA created us, but life is who made us who we are...
One of our LAOH sisters was single and married a widower with 7 little children. Then they had 3. She was so normal and calm! I always will admire her.
I took a DNA test hoping to discover when and where my Cherokee ancestors came in. What I discovered was that sometimes when a family from the deep south says they have "Cherokee" in the family it is actually code for there was a black person in their family tree. I discovered that I was actually descended from a slave and had no Cherokee ancestry at all. I have not even bothered to confront my family about it. They are so racist that if they discover we aren't Cherokee and are instead black they will deny it and probably disown me. You have got to be firm in your knowledge of who you are at the core before you go on a journey like this. The things I discovered about both sides of my family would upset the apple cart and aren't worth causing a rift in the family. I do like knowing who I truly am and do not regret taking the test.
Maybe go on that journey and find out who that person was you share your DNA with. Bring you more family that aren't racist and bring more peace in sharing a history many of us Southerners "want to forget." **coming from a woman who's mother is black from NC and father who's UK descendant...and they're racist as all get-out. I personally would LOVE to share the name of that person just to stick under their craw.
HD Warrior- there really is such thing as “Black Cherokee.” Research it. But, in short, the Florida Cherokee tribes gave the runaway slaves a safe haven. True heroes, if you ask me!
my dad was adopted, but he always knew. his parents were older and they made it no secret. several years ago he went looking for his birth family, suffered an identity crisis, then found his birth mom. she was young and unmarried, and ended up getting married later in life and having 3 kids, the youngest of which is 20 years younger than my dad. shes an amazing woman, and my dad truly loves her. shes kinda turned into the cool grandma
So, the ethical, responsible & truthful human beings who didn't hide anything, were left alone when the biologicals were found...... like this comment ? That is horrible, to say the least.
And I don't have the best hearing, so the mumbled, slurred words under the faux-dramatic music drives me nuts - either turn the music DOWN or get rid of it! It's hard to fast-forward it when you can't hear what's being said. I have a list of YouBoob posters that I won't click on. This one now goes on my list.
Any man can be a SPERM/GENETIC DONOR but I wouldn't call those deadbeats Dads OR Fathers... Those titles, much like Mother, ARE EARNED!!! Titles as important as Mother & Father, Mom & Dad aren't simply squirted out, it takes YEARS of hardwork, dedication, sacrifice, selflessness & compassion to even begin to fill THOSE SHOES... Squirting out genetic material while getting your jollies off DOES NOT make you a Father OR a Dad... I really hate that turn of phrase "anyone can be a father it takes a REAL MAN to be a DAD" As if to say that the meaning of the word "Father" is LESS THAN the meaning of the word "Dad"... When they BOTH mean THE SAME THING!!! *BOTH TITLES (Father & Dad) REQUIRE YOUR PRESENCE & YOUR CONSISTENT EFFORT* So, I won't give deadbeat absentee parents ANY TITLE other than "sperm donor" or the more politically correct "genetic donor" & in my opinion, even those titles ARE *TOO GOOD* FOR DEADBEATS!!!
I was searching the comments to see if anyone else heard it because I had to replay it twice to be sure lol Seems to just be a slip of the tongue, but it did my head in for a minute lol
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I'm really sorry to hear about that 😞 Mine were too. But your pseudonym is funny... Relating to your sacrifice 🤣😁 (I hope you don't mind the dark humor) ❤️
My mother had some clients who were black, except the wife was completely white. They told her when she as born the dad accused his wife of cheating, but she denied it. This was so weird to them because their whole family tree, going back many generations was always black men and women marrying black men and women. It turned out the great grand-ma had an affair with a white guy, but when the baby was born black, she never said anything. She told her daughter upon her deathbed, and the daughter never told anyone. The daughter was now the grand-ma of the wife. Three generations down the road, the truth eventually came out.
At least that woman confessed the affair with the white man, she could have chosen to keep a secret but these days it’s harder, kids are very curious and DNA tests are very easy and affordable to obtain since they are constantly on sales and you don’t even have to get them sent to your house, you can click and collect from a store or a locker, quickly follow the instructions, send your swabs through the post and once the results are ready you get an email. Nobody even needs to know you’ve taken a test. In the terms and conditions they do say that you may find some information upsetting or not what you would expect.
@@kiracomments-chca2747 How would you really know for sure if you had sex with more than one man the same week??? Back in the day you'd never know yourself. !!
DNA testing is positive. It is always better to know the truth. Seventy-three years after being placed for adoption, DNA located my birth family. I'm a product of a sexual fling caused by intense grief and incredible frustration. My birth mother went on to marry and have seven more children. But, I now know she never forgot me. Being a "bastard child" is not a blemish. It's a badge of courage. It led to a successful life and a very interesting path to the truth. The light takes away darkness. Truth makes us whole. Feel blessed about who you are!
@C NB Amen! I have always thought that the wrong person was saddled with that awful "b" label. Those of us in that situation - the babies- have no choice in our conception. The label, if there is going to be one, should be on those who *did* have the choice in our conception.
(In ominious tones, the narrator says that the father in the orphanage got an orange for Christmas like it was a bad or sad thing.) My mother was born in 1934 in Montana. She and each of her siblings got an orange for Christmas, and they thought it was a huge treat (and it was and a splurge by their loving parents). So much so, that my mom always put an orange at the bottom of our Christmas stockings, and the tradition continues to this day with my kids.... even though we live in California and oranges are ripe on the trees in December so a dime a dozen. Back in the day, the only fresh fruit to be had was usually seasonal and local..... oranges had to travel far to get to New York or Montana and were an expensive indulgence in frozen northern states. The Terry's Chocolate Oranges available at Christmas time are a riff off this tradition. My kids love those too.
my husband remembers his grandmother knitting all the grand kids socks for christmas and filling them with fruit and hard candy in the early 60's. She did this because it was something she remembered as a child and it was always oranges. A few yrs ago my kids got together and decided to restart the tradition for him and they take turns every year giving him a stocking filled with fruit and hard candy. He enjoys this treat every year and the memories that come with it as he loved his grandmother very much. Of course the kids also find some small toys for him to play with so it's modernized to the stockings they remember finding at the foot of their bed christmas morning. It was something to keep them busy for us parents to catch a few more minutes of sleep before the day went nuts. lol
My grandfather did the same thing. My aunt Lola discovered there was no Santa Claus because she found the oranges her father hid in the barn. Then on Xmas “Santa” left one Orange for each of the 6 children. In 1923 for a sharecropper family that was quite a treat,
Back in the 60s or 70s my grandpa brought a big box of oranges to the Christmas dinner and he gave each of us grandchildren one. It seems a little simplistic but at least he gave us something!
@@eaglewings8206 It only seems simplistic to us...... he was raised in the depression and before produce was in grocery stores year round from places like Brazil, Peru and Honduras.......and getting fresh oranges in the middle of cold snowy Christmases was a big treat. He just wanted to share that with you all. BTW, it wasn't all that long ago (1980's) that grocery stores in snowy cold areas of the country had very limited fresh produce... I remember going to a grocery store in Washington DC near Dupont Circle in 1984 that had a couple of sad looking iceberg lettuce balls and a couple of apples on display.... and literally nothing else..... being from California, I was shocked!
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I'm not going to say you should have kids, because I don't believe people should tell other people what to do when it comes to reproduction. But I had a similar problem. My mom's dad was an awful person. Her mother wasn't a great person either, definitely damaged. They had a lot of kids, and each of them decided to make sure they raised kids who were the exact opposite of those two. We're all a bit damaged, but we're all trying to raise our kids to be the kind of people who make a difference. Really I just wanted to say there's two ways to deal with parents who were awful people. Both are perfectly valid. It's just your way or our way.
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon true. There is almost always more than one reason contributing to the action anyone chooses to take. This is why I wouldn't say your choice or my mom's choice wasn't right. Both are completely right for the individual who made them. I hope your life is happy, just as I do for almost everyone else.
Knowing what I know about my family's ways, I'd rather have a family that are kind, fair and genuine and not be physically related. I've spent my life envying adopted children that were raised by parents that were really very good to them. My family is the type that has a legacy of abuse. My own mother is the bane of my existence.
@@kristinburton4953 Praying that your heart heals you deserved to be treated with love and kindness and it was their loss because I think he must be a very wonderful person who was abused by people that were supposed to love them and cherish them I’m sure you are loved now by many because I see your personality is beautiful try to forgive them because I don’t think they knew better they were just repeating history they knew no other way And they were also abused as children at least you broke the cycle I trust
Yeah!!! I’m as white as my Swedish mother and found out my dad was black!! They told us we were Hawaiian that’s why dad was dark! I found out that my great grandfather got here via the underground railroad and he was black. I’m very proud of my heritage and super pissed that my family would lie to me about it! Hawaiian my butt! LOL I’d like to find more out about my family.
I"m biracial and my sister gets asked all the time if she's half asian because her hair is long, straight and dark and her eyes are very almond shaped. I am always asked if I have native american ancestry I say yes because I do. My mother has very beautiful chocolate smooth skin but her father was a quarter native. My dad did a ancestry dna test and found out most of his family is from Cavan, Ireland. He has even been there a few times and kissed the Blarney stone. I have a niece who is fair, bright blue eyes and long curly blonde hair, no one ever thinks she belongs to us. I hope you can research and find more about your family, we still have some digging to do on my moms side.
T. A. Mccurdy ancester . Com is great!! That’s how I found out my great grandfather came over here to the Wisconsin side via the underground rail road!
I can't believe people will give that much importance to biology, such as to "loose their identity" or "reject who they thought to be family". Maybe that's because I haven't been in such a position before, but I do think, ultimately, the most important is how you are raised, your experiences, the relations that you develop.
You said it yourself - you 'haven't been in such a position before' - therefore you cannot possibly understand. I'm adopted. I can. Identity is a deep, innate and complex matter.
True. Mystifying how people could reject their child they raised basing only on biology.. Like if the color of eyes or shape of the nose were more important than bonds between people :(
I'm one of those people who found out I was not related to my father. I looked in the mirror and wondered who I was. It has been two years and I now know my identity comes from the people who raised me.
I got a kick out of the "caveat" I was presented with, when ordering my DNA sampling kit online. It essentially said, "Are you sure you want to do this? You might find out some stuff that will make you feel uncomfortable."
How can that be? Mine just told me my likely genetic background like Irish etc. my was the most popular company too! Is the answer to my question because you can go online and find out more detail?
@@allenallen5040 they will match you with other profiles and tell you if they are a parent, sibling, etc. You may find out your “parent” wasn’t really your bio parent.
@@allenallen5040 Another thing to consider is that the relationship/ethnicity estimates are only as good as the company’s database. If your ethnicity/tribe is underrepresented in the company’s database it may miss some connections.
To me, one of the morals of the story is: Don't base your sense of identity on relatively superficial things like race, family, and religion. Dig deeper, into the essence of who you are, and what you find there, you will always know and never be able to lose.
@@nanlphillips5907 It would be weird to marry someone that doesn't believe in Jesus when you do. But then a lot of Catholics are only Christians for an hour on Sunday, so it wouldn't matter. lol
@@kristinburton4953 ... Catholic is not a real religion? They do the opposite of what the Bible tells them to do! Holy Bible ( KJV) ya i know they have their own bible? 💒⛪⛪⛪🇺🇸🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
@@bettyschneider5268 The Catholic Church is the spiritual whore of Revelation 18 and anyone in it is instructed to get out of it, so that one doesn't share in it's sinful ways. It says it's become an abomination in the sight of God.
What an incredible researcher she was! Amazing tenacity of a bulldog hanging on to a bone. I'm glad she has been able to come to terms with this. Life holds no guarantees. It is what it is.
My brother was born in 1944 in a hospital and it was the custom at that hospital to take the babies to their mothers for nursing and then return them to the nursery. Fortunately, my mother had nursed my brother one time so she had held him and knew what he felt like in her arms. The next time they brought him to her they had him all swaddled in blankets and she couldn't see an inch of his skin but she said the moment she took him into her arms she knew that was not her baby. She said my brother had been a big healthy baby and this second baby was a tiny little thing that she immediately knew was not hers. She told the nurse that this was not her baby and the nurse argued with her and said that of course that was her baby. The nurse then took the baby and pulled the cover back and revealed a baby of another race! With that clear cut proof that this was not mother's baby, the nurse rushed out of the room with him and soon returned with the correct baby. Mom often said that if the baby had not been a different race the nurse might have continued to argue with her and she might even have been forced to leave the hospital with a baby that was not hers. Unfortunately, babies being switched by the hospital while not exactly common was not unheard of either because babies clearly sometimes WERE switched.
I have a friend who was swapped with another girl at birth. The families each took the other's child home from the hospital, but one of the families figured it out about 3 days later so they met up and swapped back. They kept in touch with the other family after that. They both grew up to look just like their other sisters, so they are confident that they sorted it out correctly. This was in China in the 1950s.
That’s way my grandmother gave birth at home to all 9+ baby’s. I was switched for 24 hr before the hospital figured it out. The only reason it was fixed was very small hospital , only 2 girls were born that day and they tried to give blonde blue eyed me to a Lebanese family with 6 dark complexion kids already.
@@deedeeandmimi6029 Kind of a short story. Interesting being a personal or family story but I don't think Lifetime could make a feature on a 24 hour mishap.
My grandpa did the handwritten book genealogy thing, and when we looked after he passed we found out that we are related to a serial killer. So yeah, sometimes you don’t get what you thought.
@@katw.2832 There are Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants. I think that’s the point another commenter was trying to make. Just as Robert Long is of one tribe, raised by another, Jim was of one religious background (Jewish), raised as another (Catholic). If I understood correctly, he was an American born to Irish immigrants. The religion/faith has little to do with place of birth.
@@lilikeszep4867 Correct. Judaism is the religion that many Hebrew people practice. But, just as with many other religions, other races, or people from countries other than Israel are free to practice the religion of their choice. There was a very sad time when certain groups of people were distinguished as either Nazis or Jews. That's not the way it is, anymore, thank God! I know people of several races who practice Judaism, whether they were raised with it, married into it, or chose it. It is just another religion. One of our many freedoms, I might add. 😉
@@MeatLockerBlitz I hate clickbait. And honestly, if the video were rightfully titled "DNA test solves family mystery" or something along those lines it would get the same hits.
@@hunahpuyamamoto3964 Yeah DNA can uncover “dark facts” and the title of this video indicated this was about such a case. Plus the thumbnail was a picture of a child that looked slightly demonic. All that and it was just your typical, run of the mill, case of people discovering relatives from DNA results.
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When I gave birth to my son for some reason I was scared he would be switched. I knew I was being ridiculous but I I looked his body over immediately after he was born. Searching for moles and too my delight- he had my flat feet. Thing is - I always had flat very wide feet with no arch. Seeing my wide feet identical to his at birth filled me with such joy and security . He had my stick straight black lashes and feet.
My mom told me when I was born, that the nurse brought another baby into her and that my mom said she knew that it was not her daughter. So they went back and yes the nurse did bring her the wrong baby. Thank God they got me the right one
During the depression, thousands of children in both the USA & Canada was basically sold (though the government called it adoption) to whoever wanted them, & no records was ever kept of the dark times or actions.
During the Irish Potato Famine, large numbers of children were shipped to Canada. With the help of the Catholic church, many children adopted to French homes were permitted to keep their Irish names, hence, many French Canadians have Irish last names. Cool Ay.
I learned long ago that I am who I am because of choices I make every day. Even as a small child my choices influenced greatly who I was & became. My sibs & I were abandoned when I was 5. This was a HUGE BLESSING & allowed me to blossom in a home of love & acceptance. I CHOSE at 6 to open my heart to being loved-my sibs did not. My life was determined by that choice more than by my bio-parent’s horrible choices before this. If we tie ourselves & our destiny to our DNA we greatly limit the choices & outcomes we create. It takes far more to be a REAL parent & family than DNA. At least it did in my life.
Alice is amazing! I can’t believe she was able to discover all of this. This probably happened more than we think at this time. Wow: how often do people find that their relatives are switched at birth?
I discovered my paternal great grandfather was an emu. This has not altered my self image because from preschool people said I looked like an ostrich. It was a relief to find out why.
If you look at the police impersonator from Forida, Jerramy, you don't need a dna test. One look and you can see he is definitely at least half emu. Now that I've brought that to your attention, that is all you will think of when you see his picture.
What a story, but finally ended well as Alice got to know more family members. It is only so sad to imagine how many more babies might have been accidentally switched before somebody thought of "inventing" the bracelets
Right about the bracelets. Even rural, under-educated people knew to tie a piece of string around one of their identical twin baby's ankles to tell them apart back in this time period. Yet a hospital didn't consider doing something as simple as different colored yarn on babies in the nursery.
American eugenics was dominant in the early 1900's. So much so, that the Germans were jealous of us and tried to replicate the system. Switching at birth, i feel, was on purpose by liberal eugenics believers.
Suzanne Jefferson, I thought the same thing when all these dna test kits were advertised on tv. They are out to get it! And now I’m thinking all these COVID vaccines are basically doing the same thing. Except it’s a way to forever track where you are. Scary stuff. Especially if you do the research and discover what’s in them! Take care and be wise.
About 30 years ago, while accompanying my daughter to school, I used to meet mothers and children, and it struck me that a little girl and a mother were as alike as two drops of water: I had never seen two people so identical. I took it for granted that they were mother and daughter. I was shocked when, after months, I saw the little girl go away with a different lady who was the mother. The one of which the girl was a photocopy had another daughter in the same class. This was so incredible that I did some investigations and discovered that the two girls were born on the same days in the same hospital. I don't know if the two mothers hadn't noticed, or hadn't wanted to see, the incredible resemblance. In my heart I've always thought that they were too equal not to be mother and daughter, and that there was an exchange in the hospital.
I’m adopted and did DNA 2 years ago, found out I have two brothers. The adoption agency told my family that I was one too many but clearly that wasn’t the case because I have a younger brother.
I dont doubt they lied BUT its also possible that they told the new parents the truth they knew at the time and then your biological mother had another suprise baby later on which again she wasnt able to raise. Probably an excruiatingly painful choice for her to make but that speaks volumes to a mother's love..to habe the strength to give your baby to anotjer family so she can have a better life...very admirable
Many years ago I knew a couple that had ten children. Years later two more children came out of the wood works. They had adopted 2 of their children out because at the time they just could not afford the child. This was before birth control was the in thing. It was frowned upon. They were also devout Catholics. It was a wonderful reunion with their children and they understood why they were adopted.
Wow ❤ I love these stories... This 1 in particular being that my great grand parent were Irish immigrants living in the Bronx ... I feel a connection 2 this 1 🙏❤💗
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We were told by my mother that we were a quarter Irish. Then my brothers daughter did a DNA test. No Irish whatsoever. Turns out my mothers grandmother had walked out of the family when my grandmother was only 18 months old & never came back, it was thought she was Irish but no-one really knew anything about her. The only thing we know is that its very likely she suffered from Post Natal Depression, as it has a genetic element & my grandmother suffered with it. We imagine that was why my great grandmother left.
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She could’ve been murdered. Lots of men told people their wives “walked out on them” or “went back to her family” or “took off with another man” when they were actually victims of fatal domestic violence. Back in the old days, no one in a small Oklahoma town would check if a new family moved into town and the mother “ran away.” The father would say “Oh she ran off, to went to Chicago with another man.” They would believe it. Many “runaway wives” were murdered.
Alice's mother and father fell in love. Regardless of where he was from, he was "who" he is. They then had Alice and her siblings, and loved them all. That's what truly matters! That's the real part of being family. Togetherness, all loving one another, and being there for each other! I understand the want, or sometimes the need, to know ones genealogy. I just believe family is not necessarily where you came from. It's the love, respect and understanding you have for each other.
My babies were 9. I the narrator used emotional and exact language in these separate passages, but both meant the same thing. Baby and child can mean the same thing
I got my husband to take one as he’s adopted. Nothing much happened for 4 years and then 2 years ago, he found his aunt and she put him in touch with his mother. We are supposed to go meet her but with COVID it’s going to have to wait.
@@clarebebbington9984 My wife made her discover just before COVID so she managed to meet a brother from one side and a sister from the other. We all live in Canada and some live with in 2 hours drive. All seem to be very nice. Lucky that way. Take it slow. Hope all goes well.
@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon Quit inserting your own misery into other peoples' stories. At least four times you've added this comment. Enough is enough.
Dna testing is amazing! I’m glad they all found out the truth. My grandmother was adopted and we only found out who her biologically family was through dna testing. Turns out her biological father was 1 of 22 kids. If she knew while she was still alive, I’m sure it would’ve been a shock! Turns out that her biological father never even knew about her. She was a “secret child” given up for adoption, given that my biological great-grandmother was only 16 when she gave birth to my grandmother. We now have a very large extended family we never knew about which extends all across the US and Europe and of many different races.
I am so happy for anyone that had a posative outcome on your DNA Bless you all and also Bless the ones that didn't find what they thought the out come would be Bless you all.
My great grandmother was raised by a single mom. Her mother emigrated over from Norway and spoke little English. The man left her before my great grandmother was born. Through DNA I found my great great grandfather. He had became an eye doctor, remarried and had 4 more kids. He died never knowing his first born. Never knowing she grew up to became a teacher, married and had given him 4 grandchildren. I found the answers long after my great grandmother died.
I had a DNA test myself, because I wanted to find out if I had the marker for Alzheimer's, which my dad died from. Turns out I do not have the marker, which is great, but also found out other things as well. I'm a true "mutt". I knew about my dad being half Cherokee, since my grandma was full blooded Cherokee. His dad was English, Irish, and Scottish. My mom was German, English, and Hispanic. I didn't know about the Hispanic side of my mom, but I'm glad I know now. I'm proud to be a "purebred" American. (Jan Griffiths).
I call myself an America Mutt too. I have been told my grandmother father was a Cherokee Indian chief (but I hear many are told this), I am told I'm German, and Irish. I am sure there is more in there somewhere I am unaware of. Never had a test done. I suspect possible Jewish blood and/or African American could be in those result which I am perfectly fine with too. My family has been in America for generations so I know my ancestry is likely all over the place. The people in my blood lines likely fought wars against each other, enslaved each other or were subject to enslavement. There is good and bad in every part of my known ancestry and I am sure this is the case for my unknown ancestry. This is why I am baffled at how people can be so racist! Seriously, nobody knows what truly flows through their own veins!
My family on my mother's side has been in my home state of VA since the 1690's. My father's family's records go back to Alabama in the 1700's. I tell everyone my background is Heinz 57!!!!! When I lived in San Francisco as an adult I was 'identified' as French, Polish, Russian and Ashkenazi Jew. My mother's family tree has been traced back to 1000 mostly French first and then the UK. The family was royalty and that's why we have those records. My dad's family was French. But also since we have been here - my great grandmother was Cherokee on one side and my great grandfather was Jewish on the other side. And my maternal grandmother, my mother and I have growths underneath the skin that do not hurt and do not effect our fingers. My mother's doctor said that because of that she has Viking blood. I think family is interesting. But I have an adopted little brother. I love him dearly and he is blood to me. That's why I am a Heinz 57!!!!! lol
DNA testing revealed a few things to my family. We all suspected our grandfather may biologically not be our grandfather. He's been gone since 1979 and just last year we learned he wasn't via a family ancestor DNA site. Also I always felt my daughter, who I raised, was mine from a failed relationship with her mother , but I was never 100% . When my daughter did her DNA I was kind of holding my breath. Fortunately her results showed my sisters daughter as her 1st cousin, so I knew then she was my daughter. It would not have mattered to me if she wasn't, but then she would have become curious who her biological father was, and I'm so glad to not have to live that chapter. Yet another DNA revelation Was with my aunts. I had 3 of them. One of them was so odd and differently looking from anyone in the family that we truly wondered if she had been switched in the hospital. She was kind of crazy too and her son was eventually taken and she was committed. Turns out, through DNA that she WAS our aunt :)
Geri Rivenell Agreed!!!!!!!! I have no doubt that hospital’s administrations, Doctor’s and Nurse’s were all aware that it had and could easily happen, therefore a system had to be set up. Before DNA the hospital’s couldn’t and I believe shouldn’t have told of this problem because it would’ve affected so many and there was no way of actual saying who this had happened too. It would’ve started a huge panic and been horrible for many babies well being at the time. I too am so grateful that they implemented a easy, clever and very reliable way of keeping Mothers and Babies together. I had my two amazing grown children now in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and I still was very vigilant whenever they took one of my babies away just for a test or procedure on my son, of course we both went with for that. My daughter and daughter in law were as protective as I was when both our granddaughters were born as well. I think it’s something natural and now that we’ve learned of so many mistakes in the distant past, not to mention the few babies that have been stolen from nurseries it’s something a Mother and Father watch out for now always!!!!!!!
I tell people to imagine the worst thing that they could find out about themselves and if they can live with knowing that then take the DNA test if not then don't. I found out that I was adopted at age 60, it is very strange not to be who you thought you were but at the same time it is who you are.
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How do you feel about that ? I put my son up for adoption it was open and I saw him til he was 5 years old Then lost touch . My cousin helped me get back into my old google account as I was scrolling I found a message asking if I knew the adopted mothers name it had been several years since it was sent, so I looked for the person that sent me the message ( I was scared and nervous) left her my # weeks past and the adopted mother messaged me and we talked it was so nice she sent me pictures he was 18 years old she did tell me he doesn’t remember or know that he was adopted 😔 I’m going to do a DNA 🧬 so if he ever does he will know I still love him from afar and kept in touch with his mom ... do you think he will be mad at me? I had 3 kids at the time and they know and remember him have pictures with him ... he has never wanted for anything and I’m so proud of him even though he don’t know me ..... I’m sorry
I found out at age 63 that the father that I thought was my father, was not. Unfortunately, both father’s were already deceased before DNA uncovered the truth. However, I got a sister out of the discovery, & a really quirky & fascinating family that I just love!
My grandfather was born in 1905 and he often told me that many times all he got for Christmas was an orange and a small sack of hard candy. Christmas wasn't nearly as commercial or materialist as it is now.
I find it so weird (of myself perhaps) that people who've never known each other have such a desire to meet... I don't even know what to say to my own family and friends other than "hi. I love you." I see people talking on phones and I'm thinking 'what do you talk about for so long?'
I wont get DNA tested because I am not interested in meeting more family, just in discovering where I came from, what tribe or nation etc. The long lost sister can stay lost...please
in 1992 my daughter was born and the nurse brought a baby in and it just didn't seem right I expressed to her it did not feel right to me. she said new mom jitters. she left and I call a aide to my room and she expressed it to the supervisor. and sure enough she brought another baby in to my room when she cried my heart beat almost out of my chest. then I knew it was my daughter . I was breast feeding I had to sign a paper stating that I did not feed the baby I ask if my daughter was gave to another woman they assured me she wasn't. I pray the system is better today. I never let them take her away agian.
Waouw that is very scary (imagining if such a thing would've happened when I gave birth to one of my 3 children ). Thank God you held on to your instinct!!! However I sure wish I would've been mistakenly given away to another Mom 🤣 not to my narcissistic psychopath mother 😱😰😅
I found a family member that only wanted information from my sister and I then ghosted us and we are in our 70's . We are sorry we took this journey all just to be abandoned again.
@@TheOriginalRick "lower level care"? Like actually taking care of people at the bedside? Your perspective on nursing is about as dated as the baby switch in this video.
@@themonarcher314 I am content with my knowledge of nursing, as being part of the Filipino community I probably have more relatives (including my daughter) who are nurses than most people even know. And you can whine about my choice of words, but you cannot deny the fact that doctors are higher on the pecking order of the medical field. When you find a nurse who is a qualified brain surgeon then you can get back to me.
My Ohio born husband thought he was Eastern European when he took the test. Found out he was 98% Polish, which is actually a higher percentage than the average person in Poland!
What do you mean thought? If he is Polish, he comes from East ofthe Berlin Wall, so he is Eastern European. Fck that Central Europe sh*t. It's easier Western or Eastern Europe depending on where you lie from that wall.
@@Amghannam : That was my point! Not only WAS he Eastern European, he was MORE Eastern European than those living there today. Sometimes what you’re told growing up is more than true.😆
A friend of a friend's family were Irish-American, and really proud of their heritage. They all have tattoos of shamrocks and Leprechauns etc, and decorate their whole house for St Patrick's Day. They all did one of those 23 and Me tests a couple of years ago, and it turned out that none of them have any Irish in them whatsoever. I moved away to a different state shortly after and lost touch with them, so I don't know what happened after they received the bad news lol.
When my son was born they brought me the wrong baby to to nurse in the middle of the night. I knew right away because it was a girl. They've stepped up their game since then!
They did the same to me and brought the wrong boy , I counted fingers and toes and loved this baby boy fed him all to find out he wasn't mine (I wish I would have kept him ) long story 1967 .
@@mitzuone I am truly sorry for any heartache you went through! I was born to an unwed mother in 1964. Premature, only two and a half pounds. I was given up for adoption. I don't blame her! She couldn't have taken care of me correctly. I'm just sorry that I waited so long to try to find her. I did a dna test two years ago. I found two sisters, so far, but I was three years too late to tell her that I didn't blame or hate her. Again, I am so sorry for what you've been through!
Same thing happened to me in 1986: I remember guiltily thinking, this baby is not quite as gorgeous as I thought. He looks so different, where is his curly hair, but I love him. I had gotten the wrong baby, and the nurse came rushing back just as I was about to nurse! The curly-headed baby is now 35. And bald.LOL
@@stringofpearls4551 omg my episode happened in 1985. My son is 36 and has less hair now than when he was born. Lol, bald as his baby butt. Now everyone has matching bracelets and you pretty much have to produce 72 forms of id, including the video of said child's birth. 😳
I'm sure more and more stories similar to this unravel all the time due to DNA testing. I think if you decide to take the test, then you have to be open minded to what answers you could receive. I think the effort she put in to uncover the truth is amazing! The put outcome gave answers and family members she didn't know she had.
I'm a advocate for DNA testing before marriage..been doing Genealogy Research since 1985 & seen some crazy stuff (not so crazy to me anymore) I think couples should know if they are marrying their brother sister or whoever. Remember..its a big world 🌎 out there and its a small world too
Had a friend who met a guy and fell in love. They knew they were from neighboring small towns in Indiana, but he was estranged from his family, so didn't talk about them until they'd been dating for almost a year and were talking marriage. They were talking about who to invite to the wedding and discovered they were 1st cousins! It IS a small world!
So maybe those guys out there who been really promiscuous in their youth, should listen closely when their current children say,."I had sent in a dna test today". cause life can go in so many directions after that.
Ancestry dot com themselves say that about 25 percent of the tests come back with surprise, unknown relatives listed. I discovered seven half-siblings that I did not know existed.
I have a picture of my adult sisters and I posing with our mother. Our resemblance to each other is striking enough for me to know that we're related...without needing a DNA test.
I am my father's daughter lol that's for sure I don't need a test to tell me . And yes I am my mothers daughter ...but I just look more like my dad and my brother looks more like my mother..
Unfortunately, that is not the same for everyone. I’ve known people who look and act nothing like a parent or the rest of the family. Not everyone resembles their family members.What is true for you- may not be true for the rest of the over 7 billion people on the planet...
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I have a son, not biologically related to me but I love him most dearly; at times I feel guilty because I fell I love him more than my biological sons. My son is the same age as my grandchildren and I feel particularly blessed to have him. Family - father/son, goes much deeper than blood. It is a life-time together that bonds you. You can find this in Scripture - God has adopted us as His children and even gave His only begotten son as a sin payment for our redemption. Now THAT is love. Love is family.
I’m a mom of adopted kids and my kids have contact with family as much as possible. It’s important to know your beginnings. It makes for an interesting tree.
"...a wise man who knows his own father..." so, those unwanted children who are dropped off in a orphanage are ignorant or unwise? Think before you open our mouth. Your words are more hurtful than you realize.
@@robertharrison4967 Your attempt at making yourself sound full of wisdom, backfired. Further, if I were adopted, it would hurt. Look upon this as a time for you to self reflect.
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Yes, mine revealed I don"t need the new trend of ai describing the background & scene during movies too! (Please pass along to the copycat idiotic moviemakers of 2020...)
Mine says that I do not need summations given every 3 minutes AND a repeat of them yet again right after an ad break. Mine says that I would figure out how to fast forward to the very end and work backwards. Saves time. Less ads.
I have no idea who my father was. I'm 75 and think I'll do the DNA thing. Iknow a bit about my mother, so I'd like to know about him. Thanks, good video.
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I have no intention of contacting anyone. I'd just like know where i came from. Ive seen way to many bad reunions. Bless you
This just turned into one of my greatest fears: being contacted by a "family member" asking for a DNA test because they "need to know where they came from and who they are". God Gosh, girl. Get a grip.
I'm dumbfounded at how people think they've "lost their identity" because they're unsure of their heritage. Sure, your ancestors are something to be proud of (usually) but, you are who you are because of what's in your heart and mind, not because of where your parents or grandparents came from
It’s mostly faked anyway. Oh I’m 4% European? I’m sure Lol. Throw a dart and we all are. Thanks for saying that-people are stupid about stuff these days
True
i was looking for my father… i was adopted i wanted to know.
I've learned that if you can't understand it, don't judge it. People have their reasons whether or not they're concious of them.
Notice that the issue involves being raised in an orphanage instead of a solid family. He had no opportunity to develop his gifts. That's what makes her sad, not the ethnic mix-up.
I'm from a family with lots of adoption (my grandma was adopted, and several of my cousins) so this doesn't seem dark at all to me. They got to find new relatives, yay! And being switched at birth doesn't make your family any less your family. Family's more than blood.
The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb
Ohyer plus it means you’ve more family if ever like she grew up with one and they’re both family’s are now their family that’s how I’d see it
I agree and have told my grandchildren (some families are born of the same blood,DNA and some families like ours are born of Love ♡)
Thanks for this. I adopted my son and I am his real mom. I resent the fact others cannot understand this. We all have bioparents, but your real parents are the ones who raise you. Family is very much more than blood.
I’m adopted also and couldn’t agree more!
My dad's mom said that my dad was not my real father and it crushed me for a long time. She said that my mom had an affair the time I was conceived and that my real father was nothing but a drug dealer with blonde hair and blue eyes. I cried about that for a long time and eventually came to the conclusion that even though my dad may or may not be my real father he was the one who took time to raise me.
I had to come to that conclusion also ❤️
Personally I don’t have a dad, but having to come to that conclusion must be hard. But, the dad that raised you is your real father, he took time to raise you.
The dad who raised you IS your real father
I think you're Gran was a little unkind to put it to you that way some people have no sense.
There's an old saying: Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a daddy.
In 1973(!!!) a nurse in the hospital brought me “my” newborn son. He didn’t look like what I remembered through the anesthetic fog AND I could actually hear MY BABY crying out in the hall. I protested and my Mama Bear Spidey Sense saved us all!!
Wow! That was close ! Intuition is a marvellous thing. 😊😊
1971 I my very hungry baby was brought to me to feed..then the nurse said he’s so hungry WHAT ? I delivered a baby girl😳
Our babies were born at home, so we have no doubt they're ours. It always seemed crazy to me that babies would be taken away from their parents right after being born and put in a nursery room with a bunch of other newborn babies!
I brought my 3-month-old son for a minor surgical procedure in 2004 at Tufts in Boston. After the surgery, a nurse came running to the waiting room, telling me my son was awake and crying, and asked if I would please come in and nurse him. Unbuttoning my shirt as I rushed to the pediatric recovery unit. They handed me a baby wearing a weird hat, screaming bloody murder... crying so hard his little scrunched up face was super red (my son and are are fish belly white). As I took the poor kiddo in my arms, ready to pop a boob in his mouth, I realized that this screaming-meemie wasn't my child! My baby was in a nearby crib, still fast asleep from the anesthesia. This was AFTER the "baby lojack" fell off his ankle in the hospital bassinet the day after he was born, and the nurses removed him from my room against my stated wishes while I was asleep. If he didn't look like a perfect carbon copy of his father, I wouldn't be 100% sure to this day!
@@Bike_Lion Yes, that seems like the stupidest way possible to handle newborns!
Born in the early 60’s this could have/ almost did happen to me. My red headed mother was brought a brunette haired baby from the nursery. Mom told them it wasn’t her baby, they tried to assure her it was. Thankfully there was only one redhead baby in the nursery. They finally apologized and brought her the redhead baby ! I wonder how many went home with the wrong baby from that hospital?
I dont trust hospitals anymore
My cousin (me and my cousins are really close so we are more like siblings) is 12 whell call him k. K has a twin brother z. K was born a few minuites before z. The docter gave k 100 ml of medicince instead of 10. K has brain damage now can barley talk wears a diaper and has trouble doing alot of things hes 12. Z is fine. K will be like that for almost and probably his whole life. He was born a heatlty baby with no problems but now he cant do anything the hospital ruined his whole life and just gave his mom a crappu apology and a few thousand dollars though hell never live a normal life thanks to that mistake.
@@lunacat470 That’s so sad 😞 wonder what medicine it was? Not many I can think of that you would give a newborn that volume. 🤔
@@Paula_KentuckyRed yea its weird idk tje doctors thought process 😞
@@michellemarieperez6574 There’s actually no evidence of that. Science now tells us it’s more likely just an unfortunate coincidence of timing, meaning that certain vaccines are given at the same time autism usually manifests itself in children regardless.
@@bar5radass Actually, there is evidence (and studies). You don’t hear it because Big Pharma has deep pockets. The news is mostly funded by Pharma advertising dollars and can keep it out of the public awareness.
My grandma told me that she met her little sister in the hospital and realized that her parents brought home the wrong baby. Thankfully they were able to figure it out and switch them back.
I can't be the only one that finds the little girl in the thumbnail absolutely terrifying looking, right?
*cringe*
By her pic,the story could have been about child serial killers...
clickbait
I kept going back and looking at that photo. I thought that I was mistaken, that she was just a little girl. It's nice to know I wasn't the only one who thought that.
That was my first thought too.
She is rather scary looking.
I find the very idea that a family would potentially reject someone because they turned out to be biologically unrelated absolutely sickening. I had aunts on both sides of my family who were non-biological, but I never considered them any less family than my biological aunts and uncles.
I have an adopted brother - but to me he is my brother always! I love him dearly!
If one thinks about it, the woman who married your father's brother she's actually your aunt-in-law since she shares no DNA with you (hopefully.) I don't know; I think the whole geneology thing based on DNA is kind of stupid.
@@indy_go_blue6048 The non-biological aunts I was referring to were actually adopted siblings of my parents (one on each side of the family) rather than married to my uncles. I agree that it's stupid to make any distinction between siblings with or without shared DNA.
When I was growing up I always thought my aunt that was married to my mom’s brother was the blood relative. Because she would play with us. What a silly thing to assume! Family is more than blood! They actually adopted a child, and she had an adopted cousin from Korea and literally never noticed until she was an adult. Her brother also had one adopted child, half Japanese. She was just part of the family and I also somehow didn’t notice that she was of Asian descent until I was a teenager. She was just always there, I never questioned the DNA!
well you're the minority. of course you reject non-bio people. you did not have "aunts". you had family friends. aunt is BIOLOGICAL ...by definition dude. you don't get to make up shit
I was adopted in 1969 from a foster home. I was raised in an Irish Catholic home and just assumed that’s who I was. Then in 1998, I met my birth parents. Not only was I not even a little Irish, turns out I’m mostly Norwegian and 50% Lakota. My mother and her mother grew up on a reservation. It was a huge shock! We all took DNA tests a few years ago and pretty much clarified me as around 49% Northern European and Norwegian and around 39% Lakota. My kids found out that, on their dad’s side where they thought they were 50% Italian, they turned out to be only 15% Italian. It has been a wild ride!
I believe there are traits that run in families. In my family it seems everyone does some type of art and we all play instruments. Is that because we were around it growing up and we compelled each other or is it something that is just in our DNA that caused us to gravitate to these disciplines? Even though I have puzzle pieces you don't, I am still left with so many questions. You may even be one up on me, to answering this question. I guess It has to make you wonder when you pick up something fairly easily if your ancestors had the same predilections.
At the end of the day I think it is our experiences that shape who we are. That our familial gifts influence how we express those experiences. I deal with pain and sorrow, hell, happiness too, by practicing guitar till my finger are sore, hot, and numb from vibration. I don't care what made me wrap my arms around that hollow body. I thank whatever it was. I hope your soul has found it's connection and voice. TH-cam does help expose you to lots of possibilites. We just gotta embrace who we are right now because ya just can't be somebody else.😉
Considering how often Viking raiders "visited" Ireland, you probably share quite a bit of DNA with the Irish. ;-)
@@Em-jy1rq You're an Angel
for the way you say these things
to help people forward ! 😇
I can trace back my ancestory back to few centuries past Christ. There is a castle somewhere in Europe, where my ancestors lived. My family tree covered part of an entire wall in the house I grew up. That all said, it is the choices I make in life that matter, not that stupid wall of a stupid child abusing dad with his stupid "sigil ring" passed down for centuries and his stupid castle somewhere in stupid Europe. Please everyone, be proud for who you are regardless of your family tree. Make good choices you can be proud of, and you are nobility. In a day and time when being human just means walking on 2 legs, be the true nobility of today!
@@maititikka8795 Ahh, but being human is being made in the image of God!
Your family story is very interesting , it is also sad. You are right that in the end , being of noble character is what matters. 😊 ~ Heather ~
My Aunt and I found out that my Grandfather had a different last name than the one he knew! He was also removed from his home due to neglect and was raised in an orphanage in Rhode Island. The social worker assumed his last name was the same as his father, but come to find out, his father wasn’t who he thought he was. My Great Grandmother was a “loose” woman and my Grandfather was someone else’s kid. This was apparently known by his Mother’s husband and thus the reason he was abused. He had such a sad life as he was never adopted so lived in the orphanage for most of his childhood. My Aunt was very upset that she was not who she thought she was. Anyway, the details from the orphanage were so sad to read and I cried for my dear Grandpa! He turned out to be a wonderful man and the best Grandpa a girl could ask for!
This is not the dark side of DNA. DNA uncovered the truth
I guess they mean the Truth uncovered by the DNA testing is dark--but it's still always good to know the Truth even if it's dark.
Exactly!
@Abigail Teh, I know you're going to "let" them click bait you! 🤣🤣🤣
THANK YOU.
It wasn't the dark side because her new non-blood relatives didn't dump her. However, I've heard stories where families have been torn apart because of DNA results. A woman found out her father wasn't her father. Her "father" left her mother and disowned her. I often wonder if the man eventually changed his mind. Some people have knee-jerk reactions to things. This woman I think was older in her 40s or 50s. So they had a long relationship as father and daughter. I can understand why he'd been mad at his wife (I think he thought they were exclusive) but the daughter did nothing wrong.
There are all kinds of surprises with DNA tests. My mother told all four of her children that we were mostly Irish, and had lots of "Irish" stories. Mom died 30 years ago and time went on. Last year I did an ancestry DNA test and discovered that at most I had one great-grandparent who was Irish. My ancestors were overwhelmingly German. After thinking about it, I realized that Mom had grown up during World War One when there was a great deal of propaganda-induced hatred of Germans, which went so far as lynching. That was where she invented the "Irish" myth.
Yeah, with all that anti-German propaganda going around, you might actually be a Schmidt.
Yup, same here except my grandmother looked very native american. She vehemently denied that she was any amount native at all, but literally anyone who first met her thought she was pure blood native until she unloaded on them. In her day it was pretty dangerous to be native, and also looked down on, since anytime you want to steal kill and destroy you need to first find some bullshit to justify it.
I look quite a bit native and have often been taken for either a native american or Asian heritage, even though my skin is very light. I haven't done a dna test, but I'm betting there will be a few not surprising surprises when I do, lol.
@@mirzamay When I was young I always thought to myself "Why does my German grandmother look like an Eskimo?" After several DNA tests it turns out I'm Eastern Siberian, cousins of the Native Americans. I hope you can do a DNA test soon. It's the best money I've ever spent! :-)
My Jewish family from Austria burned their records and came to America saying they were catholics from Lithuania. It was very common to do that at the time. The only way I'll ever be able to find distant relatives will be DNA testing
And a lot of German country communities who spoke German stopped. It was very common for multiple families to immigrate together and settle together.
I wish my maternal grandmother (born in 1912) lived to see easy DNA testing. I had grown up hearing her talk about how horrifically she was treated by the man her mother was married to. Because my great-grandmother had an affair, her husband would not claim the child born during that period in their marriage. He was sure it wasn't his. My grandmother was emotionally, physically and sexually abused while her siblings were treated well. I can't account for my great-grandmother's responsibility and why she didn't protect her child. Was it guilt? Was it to protect herself from being abandoned by her husband? Who knows.
Late 2000s, more than a decade after my grandmother's death, I took a DNA test as part of my genealogy research. It wasn't for a specific reason, just a part of what family history researchers often do. I was honestly horrified at seeing a straight line DNA connection to the GRANDFATHER of the man who refused to claim my grandmother as his child. Here was proof that the man who said he wasn't the father of my grandmother actually was. I don't know what my grandmother would have done with the info, but at least it would have relieved her of the lifelong shame she felt at being a "bastard."
How heartbreaking for your Grandmother. 💔
I hope your grandma found her peace. I also hope she got a front row seat to the replay that her "father" got when NO DOUBT ... It was brought up in discussion.... And then all the truths of this world and life was given to him... To finally understand.. and answer TO AND FOR!!
But that little replay, them BOOM... BOMBSHELL NUGGIE OF INFORMATION!! 🤣
Just like when my dad passes and he finally learns to truth to so much!! I'm sure the look on his face.... Priceless..
God will have to save me at least one picture of the look of his face when he finds out.
I don't even need my own copy when I get there. Just to SEE...
But then I'm gonna feel bad...
Cause I'm gonna know he isn't there.
That he's on a more TROPICAL WARM vacation.
Your poor grandmother, a complete innocent.
People are just cruel to each other. So many lives burdened with guilt because someone holds them responsible for what coulda, woulda, shoulda happened.
maybe she had the affair with a relative of your father, maybe even his father or brother. You can never know and family secrets can haunt you if you let them. All families seem to have them, just another part of life. Too bad for everyone involved.
My mother found out through a DNA test that her father was not her biological father, and her mother had taken the secret to her grave. We did find her blood father, who had passed years before. My mom found her father's older sister and ended up rescuing her from an abusive nursing home when she was 98 years old and brought her to live with her until her death at 101 we met many relatives and mom found a half sister and brother. We also found out my mom's mother had 5 children all by different men ; none of moms maternal siblings knew they were all fathered by different men. My grandmother was bipolar and spent many years heavily medicated for her mental illness . Regardless of this, I loved my maternal grandmother as I spent many of my childhood years being raised by her. DNA has brough many secrets to light.
Nearly the same happened to my dad! He did an ancestry DNA thing and found his biological dad was actually his "uncle" (because the man later married my papaw's sister, after his brief relationship with my mamaw). And my mamaw took the secret to her grave. Apparently pretty much the whole family caught on except my dad and my papaw. At 70 years old, my dad only just found out because of the DNA test. Apparently the biological father of my dad has already been passed away for several years now, but after his passing they had found a picture of my dad as a kid and him together in his safe. So seems he did care a lot about him.
@@jennmullins1063 I bet many secrets are being revealed with DNA test. Native Americans always traced ancestry thru the Mother that is actually pretty smart
My dad just got that surprise at 77 years old after taking a DNA test and a bunch of first cousins he didn’t know he had popped up. Both his parents have died so he asked my grandmother’s sister and she said “I thought you knew your mom’s close friend was your bio dad!! Everyone knew!!” Ummm not everyone. Like the person that it effected directly 😑
We’re no better than animals
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More like the dark side of hospital malpractice.
Precisely. Not the fault of DNA testing.
They used to just load all the babies on one cart and pass them out for feedings, suprised this didnt happen alot more often..
@Who's Zoomin Who? and like I mentioned back then they loaded all the babies on one cart to pass them out for feedings.. I'm suprised it didnt happen more often honestly and today they have several systems in place to prevent this...still tragic to find out late in life! I was 45 when I found out my parents were not mine.....
@@tracylynn1461 How do you know it did not happen more often? This only came to light because one person pursued the truth for years and years and the necessary technology was available.
@@aquelpibe ok I should say I'm suprised we dont hear of this more often.... I'm sure that it did happen more often...I'm just glad they try to prevent it from happening now!! Its pretty traumatizing to find out when you're grown your family isnt yours!!
Six out of eight of my grandchildren are adopted, I love them all with all of my heart. They know who their birth parents are and have contact with them, it’s called open adoption. If anyone is considering adoption please think about this type of program, it’s just more people that will love the child.
Wonderful, as long as the biological parents aren't toxic.
@@nela3986 Oh, yeah!!!!
Judy Chapman you have a really good heart. Their nature family and especially their nature mother never stops grieving or forgetting her child.
@@nela3986 My sisters who were 18 months younger than me were adopted by horribly abusive people. Adopters can be toxic too.
@@TwinkleStarr3109 I think you didn't understand my statement
My family suspected that my great grandmother was swapped at birth, as she was a short blonde woman from a tall, dark family. A genealogy test done by my mother confirmed that she was related to both of her parents. Go figure.
Some genes eventually decided to show themselves
Wow I hope you find your answers 💚💚💚
Recessive genes finally showed up.
This is very common tbh.
My maternal grandma was said to be half Mexican and the paternal side has Spanish ancestry.
My maternal aunt was a red head and my little sister is a brunette. No one else in the family showed that and everyone has black hair.
My paternal uncle and I has gray hairs at an early age. No one else in the family had gray hairs in that age, just me and my uncle.
That’s just how recessive genes like blonde hair work.
Now if she had dark hair and came from an all blonde family, that’d set off some alarms lol
If your mom was related to her parents that doesn’t have anything to do with the relationship of the great grandmother to the parents that raised her.
You know...I have come to feel totally different about family than most. My mother remarried a man who had six kids, she has four and together they had one. There were eleven of us! He adopted us. I knew who my biological father was and rarely saw him...years went between visits. So, my step father became my Dad, my step siblings became my brothers and sisters. Sure, there were the normal problems combined families go through, but they are my family (including my three fully biological siblings). My biological father remarried and they had three children together, they are my half siblings. We never knew each other...never lived together. Even though I have a genetic tie to those half siblings, they are not my family. Do I feel like I’ve been cheated out of my genetic family? No! Not for a second. I couldn’t love my unconventional family any more. I ended up adopting a baby after giving birth to four kids. I love him just as much as my biological kids. You wouldn’t know he was adopted! So, is family DNA only? No...! Sure it is fun to know your heritage and follow your genealogy, I think that is important! But my heritage has come from a man that adopted me (well, my Mom’s side too!) But we can never discount love, life and experiences. DNA created us, but life is who made us who we are...
You are very inspiring . 🙏
Love is what made us who we are
That’s beautiful. I’m from a blended family & have one of my own. We all love one another without question & help one another when asked
One of our LAOH sisters was single and married a widower with 7 little children. Then they had 3. She was so normal and calm! I always will admire her.
❤
I took a DNA test hoping to discover when and where my Cherokee ancestors came in. What I discovered was that sometimes when a family from the deep south says they have "Cherokee" in the family it is actually code for there was a black person in their family tree. I discovered that I was actually descended from a slave and had no Cherokee ancestry at all. I have not even bothered to confront my family about it. They are so racist that if they discover we aren't Cherokee and are instead black they will deny it and probably disown me. You have got to be firm in your knowledge of who you are at the core before you go on a journey like this. The things I discovered about both sides of my family would upset the apple cart and aren't worth causing a rift in the family. I do like knowing who I truly am and do not regret taking the test.
Wow what a story!
Good for you. Actually we are all decedents of each other way back when.
Same here but I have a little NA, too. More African.
Maybe go on that journey and find out who that person was you share your DNA with. Bring you more family that aren't racist and bring more peace in sharing a history many of us Southerners "want to forget."
**coming from a woman who's mother is black from NC and father who's UK descendant...and they're racist as all get-out.
I personally would LOVE to share the name of that person just to stick under their craw.
HD Warrior- there really is such thing as “Black Cherokee.” Research it. But, in short, the Florida Cherokee tribes gave the runaway slaves a safe haven. True heroes, if you ask me!
my dad was adopted, but he always knew. his parents were older and they made it no secret. several years ago he went looking for his birth family, suffered an identity crisis, then found his birth mom. she was young and unmarried, and ended up getting married later in life and having 3 kids, the youngest of which is 20 years younger than my dad. shes an amazing woman, and my dad truly loves her. shes kinda turned into the cool grandma
So, the ethical, responsible & truthful human beings who didn't hide anything, were left alone when the biologicals were found...... like this comment ?
That is horrible, to say the least.
I am hopeful the older couple had passed on before this development.
Her dedication is so impressive. I admire her for doing that much work in search of the truth
But imagine if people put that much time in studying the Bible.
Her dedication is so foolish....
@@graceb2ulookingup425 Why bother? Only God Himself knows what the truth is........
Ultimately her efforts were a huge waste of time and it was the eventual participation of others which solved the mystery.
Get to the point! I'm trying to be nice but these guys talk to much before they get to the point! It's like get on with it man!
OMG! THANK YOU! I think they drag it out to see who will stay until the end. It's all about data analytics.
And then the adds.
@@sboloshis1188 yes, omg!!! Way too many😡
Couldn’t listen to it on normal speed, had to increase to 1.75x
And I don't have the best hearing, so the mumbled, slurred words under the faux-dramatic music drives me nuts - either turn the music DOWN or get rid of it! It's hard to fast-forward it when you can't hear what's being said.
I have a list of YouBoob posters that I won't click on. This one now goes on my list.
Any man can be a father , takes a special man to be a dad !
Oooh yes, definitely!! But my 3 sons are great Dads to their children, so they ended the family curse😁
This is very true Bless
Being a parent is hard no matter which side of the coin you are on. Props to any parent that stays.
Any man can be a SPERM/GENETIC DONOR but I wouldn't call those deadbeats Dads OR Fathers... Those titles, much like Mother, ARE EARNED!!! Titles as important as Mother & Father, Mom & Dad aren't simply squirted out, it takes YEARS of hardwork, dedication, sacrifice, selflessness & compassion to even begin to fill THOSE SHOES... Squirting out genetic material while getting your jollies off DOES NOT make you a Father OR a Dad... I really hate that turn of phrase "anyone can be a father it takes a REAL MAN to be a DAD" As if to say that the meaning of the word "Father" is LESS THAN the meaning of the word "Dad"... When they BOTH mean THE SAME THING!!! *BOTH TITLES (Father & Dad) REQUIRE YOUR PRESENCE & YOUR CONSISTENT EFFORT* So, I won't give deadbeat absentee parents ANY TITLE other than "sperm donor" or the more politically correct "genetic donor" & in my opinion, even those titles ARE *TOO GOOD* FOR DEADBEATS!!!
Her father was her bio father. He got switched at birth.
So did anyone catch the narrator saying “he was a rebel before he joined the Army Corps of Engineers and married ‘his mother?’”
yeah, his instead of her. Maybe @wonderbot can explain?
I was searching the comments to see if anyone else heard it because I had to replay it twice to be sure lol Seems to just be a slip of the tongue, but it did my head in for a minute lol
The pronouns are messed up a couple of times. I suspect it;s an AI text + narrator :'(
Thank you! The error is an example of the "stupid side" of tech advances --relying on AI narration w/out any human proofreading text.
I did dna and fund my dad and brothers and sisters I’m so happy I got to know him before he passed
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I'm really sorry to hear about that 😞 Mine were too. But your pseudonym is funny... Relating to your sacrifice 🤣😁 (I hope you don't mind the dark humor) ❤️
@@thearcherofjustice1492*IT IS MY NAME!!!!*
My mother had some clients who were black, except the wife was completely white. They told her when she as born the dad accused his wife of cheating, but she denied it. This was so weird to them because their whole family tree, going back many generations was always black men and women marrying black men and women. It turned out the great grand-ma had an affair with a white guy, but when the baby was born black, she never said anything. She told her daughter upon her deathbed, and the daughter never told anyone. The daughter was now the grand-ma of the wife. Three generations down the road, the truth eventually came out.
At least that woman confessed the affair with the white man, she could have chosen to keep a secret but these days it’s harder, kids are very curious and DNA tests are very easy and affordable to obtain since they are constantly on sales and you don’t even have to get them sent to your house, you can click and collect from a store or a locker, quickly follow the instructions, send your swabs through the post and once the results are ready you get an email.
Nobody even needs to know you’ve taken a test.
In the terms and conditions they do say that you may find some information upsetting or not what you would expect.
And that's why you never lie! The truth will hunt you down and catch you at any time before you die and you WILL suffer the consequences!!!
@Louise Gross Methinks both posters are struggling with the Engrish wanguage text. I'm pretty lost, too.
@@kiracomments-chca2747 How would you really know for sure if you had sex with more than one man the same week??? Back in the day you'd never know yourself. !!
@@jessecantrell1820: wtf are you even talking about wtf
DNA testing is positive. It is always better to know the truth. Seventy-three years after being placed for adoption, DNA located my birth family. I'm a product of a sexual fling caused by intense grief and incredible frustration. My birth mother went on to marry and have seven more children. But, I now know she never forgot me. Being a "bastard child" is not a blemish. It's a badge of courage. It led to a successful life and a very interesting path to the truth. The light takes away darkness. Truth makes us whole. Feel blessed about who you are!
The mothers should have recognized their own baby.
What an amazing man you are. So happy for you.
Your words are incredibly encouraging. I'm impressed by your strength 😊
@C NB Amen! I have always thought that the wrong person was saddled with that awful "b" label. Those of us in that situation - the babies- have no choice in our conception. The label, if there is going to be one, should be on those who *did* have the choice in our conception.
@@kathypancoast5055 true but if the hospital staff can make a mother doubt her instinct. The “it’s all in your head” excuse.
(In ominious tones, the narrator says that the father in the orphanage got an orange for Christmas like it was a bad or sad thing.) My mother was born in 1934 in Montana. She and each of her siblings got an orange for Christmas, and they thought it was a huge treat (and it was and a splurge by their loving parents). So much so, that my mom always put an orange at the bottom of our Christmas stockings, and the tradition continues to this day with my kids.... even though we live in California and oranges are ripe on the trees in December so a dime a dozen. Back in the day, the only fresh fruit to be had was usually seasonal and local..... oranges had to travel far to get to New York or Montana and were an expensive indulgence in frozen northern states. The Terry's Chocolate Oranges available at Christmas time are a riff off this tradition. My kids love those too.
my husband remembers his grandmother knitting all the grand kids socks for christmas and filling them with fruit and hard candy in the early 60's. She did this because it was something she remembered as a child and it was always oranges. A few yrs ago my kids got together and decided to restart the tradition for him and they take turns every year giving him a stocking filled with fruit and hard candy. He enjoys this treat every year and the memories that come with it as he loved his grandmother very much. Of course the kids also find some small toys for him to play with so it's modernized to the stockings they remember finding at the foot of their bed christmas morning. It was something to keep them busy for us parents to catch a few more minutes of sleep before the day went nuts. lol
My grandfather did the same thing. My aunt Lola discovered there was no Santa Claus because she found the oranges her father hid in the barn. Then on Xmas “Santa” left one Orange for each of the 6 children. In 1923 for a sharecropper family that was quite a treat,
We still always do oranges as well
Back in the 60s or 70s my grandpa brought a big box of oranges to the Christmas dinner and he gave each of us grandchildren one. It seems a little simplistic but at least he gave us something!
@@eaglewings8206 It only seems simplistic to us...... he was raised in the depression and before produce was in grocery stores year round from places like Brazil, Peru and Honduras.......and getting fresh oranges in the middle of cold snowy Christmases was a big treat. He just wanted to share that with you all.
BTW, it wasn't all that long ago (1980's) that grocery stores in snowy cold areas of the country had very limited fresh produce... I remember going to a grocery store in Washington DC near Dupont Circle in 1984 that had a couple of sad looking iceberg lettuce balls and a couple of apples on display.... and literally nothing else..... being from California, I was shocked!
A family member isn't a stranger just because of non matching dna. It's just a bigger family.
Lol I know right
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I'm not going to say you should have kids, because I don't believe people should tell other people what to do when it comes to reproduction. But I had a similar problem.
My mom's dad was an awful person. Her mother wasn't a great person either, definitely damaged.
They had a lot of kids, and each of them decided to make sure they raised kids who were the exact opposite of those two. We're all a bit damaged, but we're all trying to raise our kids to be the kind of people who make a difference.
Really I just wanted to say there's two ways to deal with parents who were awful people. Both are perfectly valid. It's just your way or our way.
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon true. There is almost always more than one reason contributing to the action anyone chooses to take. This is why I wouldn't say your choice or my mom's choice wasn't right. Both are completely right for the individual who made them. I hope your life is happy, just as I do for almost everyone else.
Family is more than blood
that is very true!!! I agree with you😃😁🤑😅😇🤩
@@Binary._. I don't
Knowing what I know about my family's ways, I'd rather have a family that are kind, fair and genuine and not be physically related. I've spent my life envying adopted children that were raised by parents that were really very good to them. My family is the type that has a legacy of abuse. My own mother is the bane of my existence.
@@kristinburton4953 Praying that your heart heals you deserved to be treated with love and kindness and it was their loss because I think he must be a very wonderful person who was abused by people that were supposed to love them and cherish them I’m sure you are loved now by many because I see your personality is beautiful try to forgive them because I don’t think they knew better they were just repeating history they knew no other way And they were also abused as children at least you broke the cycle I trust
Auto correct put he went in then you must be a very wonderful person
Yeah!!! I’m as white as my Swedish mother and found out my dad was black!! They told us we were Hawaiian that’s why dad was dark! I found out that my great grandfather got here via the underground railroad and he was black. I’m very proud of my heritage and super pissed that my family would lie to me about it! Hawaiian my butt! LOL I’d like to find more out about my family.
I"m biracial and my sister gets asked all the time if she's half asian because her hair is long, straight and dark and her eyes are very almond shaped. I am always asked if I have native american ancestry I say yes because I do. My mother has very beautiful chocolate smooth skin but her father was a quarter native. My dad did a ancestry dna test and found out most of his family is from Cavan, Ireland. He has even been there a few times and kissed the Blarney stone. I have a niece who is fair, bright blue eyes and long curly blonde hair, no one ever thinks she belongs to us. I hope you can research and find more about your family, we still have some digging to do on my moms side.
T. A. Mccurdy sounds like a lot of beauty in your family!!🤗✝️💟
T. A. Mccurdy ancester . Com is great!! That’s how I found out my great grandfather came over here to the Wisconsin side via the underground rail road!
@@daisyduke7473 Thank You so much❤
@@daisyduke7473 I will definately take a look into that, I would love to find out more about our lost family history
I can't believe people will give that much importance to biology, such as to "loose their identity" or "reject who they thought to be family". Maybe that's because I haven't been in such a position before, but I do think, ultimately, the most important is how you are raised, your experiences, the relations that you develop.
You said it yourself - you 'haven't been in such a position before' - therefore you cannot possibly understand. I'm adopted. I can. Identity is a deep, innate and complex matter.
True. Mystifying how people could reject their child they raised basing only on biology.. Like if the color of eyes or shape of the nose were more important than bonds between people :(
Lose!
I'm one of those people who found out I was not related to my father. I looked in the mirror and wondered who I was. It has been two years and I now know my identity comes from the people who raised me.
I have a sister somewhere, she I'm sure would love to know that she is related to some pretty famous people.
If she has done DNA she already knows.
I got a kick out of the "caveat" I was presented with, when ordering my DNA sampling kit online. It essentially said, "Are you sure you want to do this? You might find out some stuff that will make you feel uncomfortable."
How can that be? Mine just told me my likely genetic background like Irish etc. my was the most popular company too! Is the answer to my question because you can go online and find out more detail?
@@allenallen5040 they will match you with other profiles and tell you if they are a parent, sibling, etc. You may find out your “parent” wasn’t really your bio parent.
I want to do ,but need to pay money.
@@sanjanewmoonlife save up, I think they run specials for only $50. Maybe now?
@@allenallen5040 Another thing to consider is that the relationship/ethnicity estimates are only as good as the company’s database. If your ethnicity/tribe is underrepresented in the company’s database it may miss some connections.
To me, one of the morals of the story is: Don't base your sense of identity on relatively superficial things like race, family, and religion. Dig deeper, into the essence of who you are, and what you find there, you will always know and never be able to lose.
I'm glad you included religion. :) I'm much better without it.
@@LadyhawksLairDotCom Yes, I meant that in contrast to true spirituality.
More like "the dark side of 1910s hospitals."
In that time of history, Jewish & Catholic were not allowed to marry outside of their religion.
@@nanlphillips5907 It would be weird to marry someone that doesn't believe in Jesus when you do. But then a lot of Catholics are only Christians for an hour on Sunday, so it wouldn't matter. lol
@@kristinburton4953 so very true!
@@kristinburton4953 ... Catholic is not a real religion? They do the opposite of what the Bible tells them to do! Holy Bible ( KJV) ya i know they have their own bible? 💒⛪⛪⛪🇺🇸🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
@@bettyschneider5268 The Catholic Church is the spiritual whore of Revelation 18 and anyone in it is instructed to get out of it, so that one doesn't share in it's sinful ways. It says it's become an abomination in the sight of God.
My father was born in 1924 & wasn’t in an orphanage & received an orange for Christmas. It was a pretty exotic & special gift then.
You know what this video needs? More weird eye close-ups.
ha!
What an incredible researcher she was! Amazing tenacity of a bulldog hanging on to a bone. I'm glad she has been able to come to terms with this. Life holds no guarantees. It is what it is.
This video reminded me of Prince Edward switching with poor pauper Tom. Edward was lucky to become a member of royalty again.
I sent my DNA in and was disappointed that there were no surprises...
It took 6 years before I unexpectedly got a half-sister in my results...
My brother was born in 1944 in a hospital and it was the custom at that hospital to take the babies to their mothers for nursing and then return them to the nursery. Fortunately, my mother had nursed my brother one time so she had held him and knew what he felt like in her arms. The next time they brought him to her they had him all swaddled in blankets and she couldn't see an inch of his skin but she said the moment she took him into her arms she knew that was not her baby. She said my brother had been a big healthy baby and this second baby was a tiny little thing that she immediately knew was not hers. She told the nurse that this was not her baby and the nurse argued with her and said that of course that was her baby. The nurse then took the baby and pulled the cover back and revealed a baby of another race! With that clear cut proof that this was not mother's baby, the nurse rushed out of the room with him and soon returned with the correct baby. Mom often said that if the baby had not been a different race the nurse might have continued to argue with her and she might even have been forced to leave the hospital with a baby that was not hers. Unfortunately, babies being switched by the hospital while not exactly common was not unheard of either because babies clearly sometimes WERE switched.
That is the plot line of an old Dick VanDyke show.
I have a friend who was swapped with another girl at birth. The families each took the other's child home from the hospital, but one of the families figured it out about 3 days later so they met up and swapped back. They kept in touch with the other family after that. They both grew up to look just like their other sisters, so they are confident that they sorted it out correctly. This was in China in the 1950s.
What a bloodhound, what a detective, I would hate to be trying to escape from that Lady.
She should have been in law enforcement.
Absolutely! The hands on her clock nearly flew off the shaft LOL XD
😂 what energy!!
Haahahahahahahahah so funny😀😃🤑😇🥳
Is that a confession? She will find out
That’s way my grandmother gave birth at home to all 9+ baby’s. I was switched for 24 hr before the hospital figured it out. The only reason it was fixed was very small hospital , only 2 girls were born that day and they tried to give blonde blue eyed me to a Lebanese family with 6 dark complexion kids already.
Wow! You are lucky it was a small hospital, etc. Pretty crazy that this happened to people. God bless
Wow ! Pitch this story to Lifetime
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@@deedeeandmimi6029 Kind of a short story. Interesting being a personal or family story but I don't think Lifetime could make a feature on a 24 hour mishap.
My maternal grandmother gave birth to all twelve of her children at home!
My grandpa did the handwritten book genealogy thing, and when we looked after he passed we found out that we are related to a serial killer. So yeah, sometimes you don’t get what you thought.
BTK? That’s how they caught him!
@@tracymooredineen224 Not BTK, Michael Swango
Hope you don't mind but I just googled him. I was more surprised by the fact that he was a physician rather than a serial killer. Truly amazing.
Same story here. Sometimes you don't want to know right?
I found out things I didn’t know from a dna test. If it hasn’t happened to you it’s hard to explain how it effects a person. It changed me forever.
He was Jewish raised Irish. I'm Cherokee raised Choctaw.
Jewish raised Catholic...Irish isn't a religion 🤷
@@annedavis6090 Irish and Jewish are ethnicities.
@@katw.2832 There are Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants. I think that’s the point another commenter was trying to make.
Just as Robert Long is of one tribe, raised by another, Jim was of one religious background (Jewish), raised as another (Catholic).
If I understood correctly, he was an American born to Irish immigrants. The religion/faith has little to do with place of birth.
There is no Jewish race
just a religion, just like a Christian
@@lilikeszep4867 Correct. Judaism is the religion that many Hebrew people practice. But, just as with many other religions, other races, or people from countries other than Israel are free to practice the religion of their choice.
There was a very sad time when certain groups of people were distinguished as either Nazis or Jews. That's not the way it is, anymore, thank God!
I know people of several races who practice Judaism, whether they were raised with it, married into it, or chose it. It is just another religion. One of our many freedoms, I might add. 😉
Why is this the “dark side”? Seems pretty enlightening to me.
For clicks. And so many commercials too.
@@MeatLockerBlitz I hate clickbait. And honestly, if the video were rightfully titled "DNA test solves family mystery" or something along those lines it would get the same hits.
What they meant was dark complexion people at the root
@@JUBABU4 No, it's not.
@@hunahpuyamamoto3964 Yeah DNA can uncover “dark facts” and the title of this video indicated this was about such a case. Plus the thumbnail was a picture of a child that looked slightly demonic. All that and it was just your typical, run of the mill, case of people discovering relatives from DNA results.
It matters not where we came from. What matters is where WE’RE going...
Unfortunately this is why the world stuck and doesn't have any interest in making progress
Speak for yourself.
That is true however there is a strong desire to know who we are which in turn means we must know where we came from before that can occur.
I think if we knew where we as humans came from, it would help progress in that, we'd know where we are going spiritually and physically.
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I knew no matter what that Alice was his child, she looks exactly like him, and so does her newfound cousin! The genes run strong in that family!
This turned out so cool. The cousins looked so a like. I really liked this story. Very heartwarming. Thank-you.
When the comments are more interesting than the video 👀
When I gave birth to my son for some reason I was scared he would be switched. I knew I was being ridiculous but I I looked his body over immediately after he was born. Searching for moles and too my delight- he had my flat feet. Thing is - I always had flat very wide feet with no arch. Seeing my wide feet identical to his at birth filled me with such joy and security . He had my stick straight black lashes and feet.
I pretty much did the same thing aha..
My mom told me when I was born, that the nurse brought another baby into her and that my mom said she knew that it was not her daughter. So they went back and yes the nurse did bring her the wrong baby. Thank God they got me the right one
I know not every mother is awake after giving birth but I was. I looked at my daughter as soon as she was born and knew I'd never forget her face.
During the depression, thousands of children in both the USA & Canada was basically sold (though the government called it adoption) to whoever wanted them, & no records was ever kept of the dark times or actions.
The Disney movie (the original version) was based on that premise.
If you haven't seen it it's a really fun movie (the remake sucked)
During the Irish Potato Famine, large numbers of children were shipped to Canada. With the help of the Catholic church, many children adopted to French homes were permitted to keep their Irish names, hence, many French Canadians have Irish last names. Cool Ay.
I learned long ago that I am who I am because of choices I make every day. Even as a small child my choices influenced greatly who I was & became.
My sibs & I were abandoned when I was 5. This was a HUGE BLESSING & allowed me to blossom in a home of love & acceptance. I CHOSE at 6 to open my heart to being loved-my sibs did not. My life was determined by that choice more than by my bio-parent’s horrible choices before this.
If we tie ourselves & our destiny to our DNA we greatly limit the choices & outcomes we create. It takes far more to be a REAL parent & family than DNA. At least it did in my life.
Very wise words. Good for you! 👍
Underrated comment!
Who we are is the life we live.
PLEASE STOP CONTRASTING "JEWISH" & "IRISH" - YOU CAN BE BOTH! good grief....
Clearly the narrator never read CS Lewis or James Joyce. Right?
I think he said Irish Jews in the story as a possibility.
SafetySpooon I have never understood that distinction. Jewish is a religion. Irish is a nationality.
Yeah, he should have said jewish or catholic.
I suppose that depends on who you ask.
Alice is amazing! I can’t believe she was able to discover all of this. This probably happened more than we think at this time. Wow: how often do people find that their relatives are switched at birth?
I discovered my paternal great grandfather was an emu. This has not altered my self image because from preschool people said I looked like an ostrich. It was a relief to find out why.
If you look at the police impersonator from Forida, Jerramy, you don't need a dna test. One look and you can see he is definitely at least half emu. Now that I've brought that to your attention, that is all you will think of when you see his picture.
@@fayeking75 which half? Upper or lower?
I always thought I was Emu but turned out to be flamingo.
@@carolyngenc5329 my lower half seems more cassowary actually...and I laugh like a kookaburra. Go figure.
You are in inspiration to thousands.
What a story, but finally ended well as Alice got to know more family members.
It is only so sad to imagine how many more babies might have been accidentally switched before somebody thought of "inventing" the bracelets
i never understood why babies were separated from their mother in the first place - baby needs *only* mum
Right about the bracelets. Even rural, under-educated people knew to tie a piece of string around one of their identical twin baby's ankles to tell them apart back in this time period. Yet a hospital didn't consider doing something as simple as different colored yarn on babies in the nursery.
American eugenics was dominant in the early 1900's. So much so, that the Germans were jealous of us and tried to replicate the system. Switching at birth, i feel, was on purpose by liberal eugenics believers.
I am sure they didn't just think of bracelets for no reason. They obviously realized there was a problem
Suzanne Jefferson, I thought the same thing when all these dna test kits were advertised on tv. They are out to get it! And now I’m thinking all these COVID vaccines are basically doing the same thing. Except it’s a way to forever track where you are. Scary stuff. Especially if you do the research and discover what’s in them! Take care and be wise.
Why wound I - or anyone - smash the like button "before we begin"? How can anyone know they like a video before watching it?
*huuuuhhhh?*
You already know the answer to that lol
They just want the likes
Too many ads here
exactly the reason I didn't ...
In fact I didn't finish the vid...
Agreed! I didn’t subscribe or tap “Like” before - or after the video. I only “liked”
some comments.
About 30 years ago, while accompanying my daughter to school, I used to meet mothers and children, and it struck me that a little girl and a mother were as alike as two drops of water: I had never seen two people so identical. I took it for granted that they were mother and daughter.
I was shocked when, after months, I saw the little girl go away with a different lady who was the mother. The one of which the girl was a photocopy had another daughter in the same class.
This was so incredible that I did some investigations and discovered that the two girls were born on the same days in the same hospital.
I don't know if the two mothers hadn't noticed, or hadn't wanted to see, the incredible resemblance.
In my heart I've always thought that they were too equal not to be mother and daughter, and that there was an exchange in the hospital.
I’m adopted and did DNA 2 years ago, found out I have two brothers. The adoption agency told my family that I was one too many but clearly that wasn’t the case because I have a younger brother.
adoption agencys say things that arent necessarily true and they think they are being kind but they can be very hurtful
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@@Misssssysparkles they have always lied forever from as far back as they go.
I dont doubt they lied BUT its also possible that they told the new parents the truth they knew at the time and then your biological mother had another suprise baby later on which again she wasnt able to raise. Probably an excruiatingly painful choice for her to make but that speaks volumes to a mother's love..to habe the strength to give your baby to anotjer family so she can have a better life...very admirable
Many years ago I knew a couple that had ten children. Years later two more children came out of the wood works. They had adopted 2 of their children out because at the time they just could not afford the child. This was before birth control was the in thing. It was frowned upon. They were also devout Catholics. It was a wonderful reunion with their children and they understood why they were adopted.
Wow ❤ I love these stories... This 1 in particular being that my great grand parent were Irish immigrants living in the Bronx ... I feel a connection 2 this 1 🙏❤💗
Irish and Italian family here....
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We were told by my mother that we were a quarter Irish. Then my brothers daughter did a DNA test. No Irish whatsoever. Turns out my mothers grandmother had walked out of the family when my grandmother was only 18 months old & never came back, it was thought she was Irish but no-one really knew anything about her.
The only thing we know is that its very likely she suffered from Post Natal Depression, as it has a genetic element & my grandmother suffered with it. We imagine that was why my great grandmother left.
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Like us with the indean blood we didn't have lol
@@barbaralowe5487 That is me. For years I heard we had Indian blood until my DNA test. And yet, my 80% German husband does have it.
She could’ve been murdered.
Lots of men told people their wives “walked out on them” or “went back to her family” or “took off with another man” when they were actually victims of fatal domestic violence. Back in the old days, no one in a small Oklahoma town would check if a new family moved into town and the mother “ran away.” The father would say “Oh she ran off, to went to Chicago with another man.” They would believe it. Many “runaway wives” were murdered.
@@miranduri lol so dose my husband he's German and Irish and Britten with a smigen of Indian and I have none lmao
Alice's mother and father fell in love. Regardless of where he was from, he was "who" he is. They then had Alice and her siblings, and loved them all. That's what truly matters! That's the real part of being family. Togetherness, all loving one another, and being there for each other! I understand the want, or sometimes the need, to know ones genealogy. I just believe family is not necessarily where you came from. It's the love, respect and understanding you have for each other.
1:58 "His mother had passed away when Jim was just a baby"
3:14 "..his mother Katy passed away ... when Jim was only 9 years old"
Good someone else picked up on that too!
My babies were 9. I the narrator used emotional and exact language in these separate passages, but both meant the same thing. Baby and child can mean the same thing
@@janebrown5224 nahh baby is just born - 2yrs old. 2-5 is toddler. 5-12 is child. 13-17 is teen. 18+ is adult
His birth mother died and he went to an orphanage, then he was adopted, then his adoptive mother died.
That is how reporters are not accurate anymore...
My wife did the test and (she knows she is adopted) now she has nine living half siblings. Three on her fathers side and six on her mother’s.
I got my husband to take one as he’s adopted. Nothing much happened for 4 years and then 2 years ago, he found his aunt and she put him in touch with his mother. We are supposed to go meet her but with COVID it’s going to have to wait.
*I MEET Soooo Many God-Less, EVIL VILE SOD O Mites on these VIDS!!!!*
@@clarebebbington9984 My wife made her discover just before COVID so she managed to meet a brother from one side and a sister from the other. We all live in Canada and some live with in 2 hours drive. All seem to be very nice. Lucky that way. Take it slow. Hope all goes well.
@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon Quit inserting your own misery into other peoples' stories. At least four times you've added this comment. Enough is enough.
@@lindad1612 I think Robert is a bot lol... so strange
Dna testing is amazing! I’m glad they all found out the truth.
My grandmother was adopted and we only found out who her biologically family was through dna testing. Turns out her biological father was 1 of 22 kids. If she knew while she was still alive, I’m sure it would’ve been a shock! Turns out that her biological father never even knew about her. She was a “secret child” given up for adoption, given that my biological great-grandmother was only 16 when she gave birth to my grandmother. We now have a very large extended family we never knew about which extends all across the US and Europe and of many different races.
I don’t see how it really makes that much of a difference. You are part of the family that raised you.
I am so happy for anyone that had a posative outcome on your DNA Bless you all and also Bless the ones that didn't find what they thought the out come would be Bless you all.
My great grandmother was raised by a single mom. Her mother emigrated over from Norway and spoke little English. The man left her before my great grandmother was born. Through DNA I found my great great grandfather. He had became an eye doctor, remarried and had 4 more kids. He died never knowing his first born. Never knowing she grew up to became a teacher, married and had given him 4 grandchildren. I found the answers long after my great grandmother died.
I had a DNA test myself, because I wanted to find out if I had the marker for Alzheimer's, which my dad died from. Turns out I do not have the marker, which is great, but also found out other things as well. I'm a true "mutt". I knew about my dad being half Cherokee, since my grandma was full blooded Cherokee. His dad was English, Irish, and Scottish. My mom was German, English, and Hispanic. I didn't know about the Hispanic side of my mom, but I'm glad I know now. I'm proud to be a "purebred" American. (Jan Griffiths).
I call myself an America Mutt too. I have been told my grandmother father was a Cherokee Indian chief (but I hear many are told this), I am told I'm German, and Irish. I am sure there is more in there somewhere I am unaware of. Never had a test done. I suspect possible Jewish blood and/or African American could be in those result which I am perfectly fine with too. My family has been in America for generations so I know my ancestry is likely all over the place. The people in my blood lines likely fought wars against each other, enslaved each other or were subject to enslavement. There is good and bad in every part of my known ancestry and I am sure this is the case for my unknown ancestry. This is why I am baffled at how people can be so racist! Seriously, nobody knows what truly flows through their own veins!
My family on my mother's side has been in my home state of VA since the 1690's. My father's family's records go back to Alabama in the 1700's. I tell everyone my background is Heinz 57!!!!! When I lived in San Francisco as an adult I was 'identified' as French, Polish, Russian and Ashkenazi Jew. My mother's family tree has been traced back to 1000 mostly French first and then the UK. The family was royalty and that's why we have those records. My dad's family was French. But also since we have been here - my great grandmother was Cherokee on one side and my great grandfather was Jewish on the other side. And my maternal grandmother, my mother and I have growths underneath the skin that do not hurt and do not effect our fingers. My mother's doctor said that because of that she has Viking blood. I think family is interesting. But I have an adopted little brother. I love him dearly and he is blood to me. That's why I am a Heinz 57!!!!! lol
@@Kra-ri6fd No one on my grandma's side was of Cherokee royalty that I know of. Just plain folks. (Jan Griffiths).
DNA testing revealed a few things to my family. We all suspected our grandfather may biologically not be our grandfather. He's been gone since 1979 and just last year we learned he wasn't
via a family ancestor DNA site. Also I always felt my daughter, who I raised, was mine from a failed relationship with her mother , but I was never 100% . When my daughter did her DNA I was kind of holding my breath. Fortunately her results showed my sisters daughter as her 1st cousin, so I knew then she was my daughter. It would not have mattered to me if she wasn't, but then she would have become curious who her biological father was, and I'm so glad to not have to live that chapter. Yet another DNA revelation Was with my aunts. I had 3 of them. One of them was so odd and differently looking from anyone in the family that we truly wondered if she had been switched in the hospital. She was kind of crazy too and her son was eventually taken and she was committed. Turns out, through DNA that she WAS our aunt :)
Whoever was so clever to create Name ID bracelets for newborn babies????
The result of baby-switching that may have happened more often than we realize.
@@katpoohtoo that's a scary thought but i also think there are more then we will ever no!!!
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A Nurse, Tired of Realizing they would get mixed up every NOW AND THEN. 😳
I'm Guessing.
Geri Rivenell Agreed!!!!!!!! I have no doubt that hospital’s administrations, Doctor’s and Nurse’s were all aware that it had and could easily happen, therefore a system had to be set up. Before DNA the hospital’s couldn’t and I believe shouldn’t have told of this problem because it would’ve affected so many and there was no way of actual saying who this had happened too. It would’ve started a huge panic and been horrible for many babies well being at the time. I too am so grateful that they implemented a easy, clever and very reliable way of keeping Mothers and Babies together. I had my two amazing grown children now in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and I still was very vigilant whenever they took one of my babies away just for a test or procedure on my son, of course we both went with for that. My daughter and daughter in law were as protective as I was when both our granddaughters were born as well. I think it’s something natural and now that we’ve learned of so many mistakes in the distant past, not to mention the few babies that have been stolen from nurseries it’s something a Mother and Father watch out for now always!!!!!!!
"A nurse's lapse of attention" ? What about the doctor who "processed" them one right after another?
I agree, both are equally as stupid.
I tell people to imagine the worst thing that they could find out about themselves and if they can live with knowing that then take the DNA test if not then don't. I found out that I was adopted at age 60, it is very strange not to be who you thought you were but at the same time it is who you are.
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60 is pretty old to get adopted. Lol
How do you feel about that ? I put my son up for adoption it was open and I saw him til he was 5 years old Then lost touch . My cousin helped me get back into my old google account as I was scrolling I found a message asking if I knew the adopted mothers name it had been several years since it was sent, so I looked for the person that sent me the message ( I was scared and nervous) left her my # weeks past and the adopted mother messaged me and we talked it was so nice she sent me pictures he was 18 years old she did tell me he doesn’t remember or know that he was adopted 😔 I’m going to do a DNA 🧬 so if he ever does he will know I still love him from afar and kept in touch with his mom ... do you think he will be mad at me? I had 3 kids at the time and they know and remember him have pictures with him ... he has never wanted for anything and I’m so proud of him even though he don’t know me ..... I’m sorry
@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon they may have been but you are not and you can raise your children with lots of love 💕 if you choose to one day
I found out at age 63 that the father that I thought was my father, was not. Unfortunately, both father’s were already deceased before DNA uncovered the truth. However, I got a sister out of the discovery, & a really quirky & fascinating family that I just love!
My grandfather was born in 1905 and he often told me that many times all he got for Christmas was an orange and a small sack of hard candy. Christmas wasn't nearly as commercial or materialist as it is now.
I’m 60 didn’t know my father , took a test and connected with my fathers side ......... my dad was ( dead now ) Irish mafia !!!!
I find it so weird (of myself perhaps) that people who've never known each other have such a desire to meet... I don't even know what to say to my own family and friends other than "hi. I love you." I see people talking on phones and I'm thinking 'what do you talk about for so long?'
There's such a STRONG resemblance through the generations in my family it's frightening. Upside is, no doubting parentage.
I wont get DNA tested because I am not interested in meeting more family, just in discovering where I came from, what tribe or nation etc. The long lost sister can stay lost...please
in 1992 my daughter was born and the nurse brought a baby in and it just didn't seem right I expressed to her it did not feel right to me. she said new mom jitters. she left and I call a aide to my room and she expressed it to the supervisor. and sure enough she brought another baby in to my room when she cried my heart beat almost out of my chest. then I knew it was my daughter . I was breast feeding I had to sign a paper stating that I did not feed the baby I ask if my daughter was gave to another woman they assured me she wasn't.
I pray the system is better today. I never let them take her away agian.
Waouw that is very scary (imagining if such a thing would've happened when I gave birth to one of my 3 children ). Thank God you held on to your instinct!!!
However I sure wish I would've been mistakenly given away to another Mom 🤣 not to my narcissistic psychopath mother 😱😰😅
Be careful , you don't always get what you are looking for with DNA , sometimes it can bring disappointment and heartache .
Yeah.
I found out that I am British German Italian Scandinavian, slavic and African Caribbean. My family black as all hell..
The opposite of what i was told..
I found a family member that only wanted information from my sister and I then ghosted us and we are in our 70's . We are sorry we took this journey all just to be abandoned again.
@@mitzuone 😢
Strange how the nurse gets the blame when it was the doctor who mixed them up!
Probably the nurse. They did, and do, the lower level work that would most likely have caused the mix up back then.
@@TheOriginalRick "lower level care"? Like actually taking care of people at the bedside? Your perspective on nursing is about as dated as the baby switch in this video.
@@themonarcher314 I am content with my knowledge of nursing, as being part of the Filipino community I probably have more relatives (including my daughter) who are nurses than most people even know. And you can whine about my choice of words, but you cannot deny the fact that doctors are higher on the pecking order of the medical field. When you find a nurse who is a qualified brain surgeon then you can get back to me.
Nurses always get the blame. First thing learned in nursing school.
@@themonarcher314 What he meant was doctors don't bother themselves with the work nurses do.
I’ve seen this wreck two families. Be who you are now. Nobody picks their own parents.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!
My Ohio born husband thought he was Eastern European when he took the test. Found out he was 98% Polish, which is actually a higher percentage than the average person in Poland!
Son of survivors - please guys, go make some more!
Isn’t Poland on the .East .side of Europe?
JG Ren My thoughts exactly.
What do you mean thought? If he is Polish, he comes from East ofthe Berlin Wall, so he is Eastern European. Fck that Central Europe sh*t. It's easier Western or Eastern Europe depending on where you lie from that wall.
@@Amghannam : That was my point! Not only WAS he Eastern European, he was MORE Eastern European than those living there today. Sometimes what you’re told growing up is more than true.😆
I feel heartbroken for kids who have tough lives, my mum use to wish she could save them all🙏♥️
i was one who was saved because of people like your mom.. be proud.
A friend of a friend's family were Irish-American, and really proud of their heritage. They all have tattoos of shamrocks and Leprechauns etc, and decorate their whole house for St Patrick's Day.
They all did one of those 23 and Me tests a couple of years ago, and it turned out that none of them have any Irish in them whatsoever.
I moved away to a different state shortly after and lost touch with them, so I don't know what happened after they received the bad news lol.
When my son was born they brought me the wrong baby to to nurse in the middle of the night. I knew right away because it was a girl. They've stepped up their game since then!
They did the same to me and brought the wrong boy , I counted fingers and toes and loved this baby boy fed him all to find out he wasn't mine (I wish I would have kept him ) long story 1967 .
@@mitzuone I am truly sorry for any heartache you went through! I was born to an unwed mother in 1964. Premature, only two and a half pounds. I was given up for adoption. I don't blame her! She couldn't have taken care of me correctly. I'm just sorry that I waited so long to try to find her. I did a dna test two years ago. I found two sisters, so far, but I was three years too late to tell her that I didn't blame or hate her. Again, I am so sorry for what you've been through!
Same thing happened to me in 1986: I remember guiltily thinking, this baby is not quite as gorgeous as I thought. He looks so different, where is his curly hair, but I love him. I had gotten the wrong baby, and the nurse came rushing back just as I was about to nurse! The curly-headed baby is now 35. And bald.LOL
@@stringofpearls4551 omg my episode happened in 1985. My son is 36 and has less hair now than when he was born. Lol, bald as his baby butt. Now everyone has matching bracelets and you pretty much have to produce 72 forms of id, including the video of said child's birth. 😳
Too long. Too many conflicting photos. Get the REAL person's photo.
I thought the same thing... too much rambling on and on...just get to the point already.
When they don't show the real people.. is the story even true?
I'm sure more and more stories similar to this unravel all the time due to DNA testing. I think if you decide to take the test, then you have to be open minded to what answers you could receive. I think the effort she put in to uncover the truth is amazing! The put outcome gave answers and family members she didn't know she had.
I'm a advocate for DNA testing before marriage..been doing Genealogy Research since 1985 & seen some crazy stuff (not so crazy to me anymore) I think couples should know if they are marrying their brother sister or whoever. Remember..its a big world 🌎 out there and its a small world too
I have wondered about that.
Had a friend who met a guy and fell in love. They knew they were from neighboring small towns in Indiana, but he was estranged from his family, so didn't talk about them until they'd been dating for almost a year and were talking marriage. They were talking about who to invite to the wedding and discovered they were 1st cousins! It IS a small world!
So maybe those guys out there who been really promiscuous in their youth, should listen closely when their current children say,."I had sent in a dna test today". cause life can go in so many directions after that.
Ancestry dot com themselves say that about 25 percent of the tests come back with surprise, unknown relatives listed. I discovered seven half-siblings that I did not know existed.
@@TheOriginalRick seven? Omg!
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It happened to my brother on so many occasions I ended up with 50 nephews.
Sounds like maybe your brother was a sperm donor.
I have a picture of my adult sisters and I posing with our mother. Our resemblance to each other is striking enough for me to know that we're related...without needing a DNA test.
I am my father's daughter lol that's for sure I don't need a test to tell me . And yes I am my mothers daughter ...but I just look more like my dad and my brother looks more like my mother..
Unfortunately, that is not the same for everyone. I’ve known people who look and act nothing like a parent or the rest of the family. Not everyone resembles their family members.What is true for you- may not be true for the rest of the over 7 billion people on the planet...
*Both of My Parents: Agnes Peters (of SKOKIE, ILL) & Jack Robertson (of Camden, N.J.);*
*Were S., C., U., M,!!!! I Am GLad that I KiLLed their DNA, by Never Having Kids!!!*
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I have a son, not biologically related to me but I love him most dearly; at times I feel guilty because I fell I love him more than my biological sons. My son is the same age as my grandchildren and I feel particularly blessed to have him. Family - father/son, goes much deeper than blood. It is a life-time together that bonds you. You can find this in Scripture - God has adopted us as His children and even gave His only begotten son as a sin payment for our redemption. Now THAT is love. Love is family.
Don't feel guilty. Your story is sweet.
I’m a mom of adopted kids and my kids have contact with family as much as possible. It’s important to know your beginnings. It makes for an interesting tree.
It's a wise man who knows his own father and a wiser man who knows his own children.
"...a wise man who knows his own father..." so, those unwanted children who are dropped off in a orphanage are ignorant or unwise? Think before you open our mouth. Your words are more hurtful than you realize.
@@conniejohnson3029 Hello Connie,sorry if my post offended you. Look upon it in general terms rather than specific.
@@robertharrison4967 Your attempt at making yourself sound full of wisdom, backfired. Further, if I were adopted, it would hurt. Look upon this as a time for you to self reflect.
*Both of My Parents: Agnes Peters (of SKOKIE, ILL) & Jack Robertson (of Camden, N.J.);*
*Were S., C., U., M,!!!! I Am GLad that I KiLLed their DNA, by Never Having Kids!!!*
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That's all it takes to be "wise"? Seems like a pretty low bar.
My DNA result said I'm capable of understanding speech without background music!
I thought I'd let you know just in case you thought otherwise!😂
Rude
Mine says I don't have a great attention span when there's an ad interrupting every sentence.
Yes, mine revealed I don"t need the new trend of ai describing the background & scene during movies too! (Please pass along to the copycat idiotic moviemakers of 2020...)
@@janwood4254
She was making a lighthearted joke. Relax a little bit.
Mine says that I do not need summations given every 3 minutes AND a repeat of them yet again right after an ad break. Mine says that I would figure out how to fast forward to the very end and work backwards. Saves time. Less ads.
I have no idea who my father was. I'm 75 and think I'll do the DNA thing. Iknow a bit about my mother, so I'd like to know about him. Thanks, good video.
Good wishes 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️
If you do it, just be prepared for surprises and big emotional roller coasters. Guard yourself
*Both of My Parents: Agnes Peters (of SKOKIE, ILL) & Jack Robertson (of Camden, N.J.);*
*Were S., C., U., M,!!!! I Am GLad that I KiLLed their DNA, by Never Having Kids!!!*
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@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon I have no intention of contacting anyone. I'd just like know where i came from. Ive seen way to many bad reunions. Bless you
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*I OnLy Care about my FuTure!!!! JeHoVah GOD!!!!*
This just turned into one of my greatest fears: being contacted by a "family member" asking for a DNA test because they "need to know where they came from and who they are".
God Gosh, girl. Get a grip.