Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Qpdoll, I purchased the Ancestery kit this past Yule for my youngest daughter. Her biological father was part Korean but was adopted, so didn't know what the other half of him is.

Anyway, my daughter loved finding out about her ethnic heritage. We knew that she was at least 1/4 Korean, because of her father, but the test showed that she is actually over 1/3 Asian (If I'm remembering correctly it was 34%), which included a mix between Korean and Chinese.

There was some really neat information we acquired from the analysis and some disappointing stuff. What was cool is that her DNA matched with about 3000 other relatives on the site. The downside is thus far they have only been her European relatives on my biological father's side for the most part. Most of this information I had already acquired through my own tree without actually taking a DNA test. They are all proud of their heritage due to being related to President Zachary Taylor and other war heroes. Also, they put individuals who I know are my first cousins, which would actually be her second cousins as being a third cousin DNA match.

She wanted to know more about her Asian side, so we are still left with a lot of blanks there, except for knowing they came from North Korea and China. Her biological father was the product of prostitution. His mother was Korean and his father was an unknown soldier who she provided services for. At the age of 6, he was adopted by a white American family. So, maybe some of those white DNA matches could be that soldier's family.

None the less, it was worth purchasing because my daughter wanted to know what her ethnicity is. At least she knows that now and maybe later some relatives from Asia might pop up as matches.

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