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[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/21/14 at 10:23pm

*hugs Hep*

[gettinhep]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 1:24am

*hugs Boobs*

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 7:13am

Morning peeps! I love my Aussie hugs.

Waz up for the weekend? The only thing so far I have happening is seeing a college friend's daughter singer in some cafe in Pier Village.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 7:20am

Hep hugs!

I'm going to be in NYC for part of the weekend. First time that's happening since... ??
(CT tonight).

Happy Friday. Cheers!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 7:27am

Addy, prayers continue for Mom and prayers for strength for you. *hugs*

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 7:32am

*hugs*
Thank you, dear friend. xo

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 7:38am

Hilo, kiddles!

I am counting the hours, then 10 glorious days off!

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 8:01am

Whole lot o' hugging going on around here!

No plans for the weekend, except trying to dig out from under the pile of paperwork on my desk. Good thing we have free days on the weekends to do our work. My guilty pleasure these days is stealing some time, here and there, to plan my October trip to Nova Scotia. The focus for my sister and I was the farm and homestead of our maternal grandfather's family (the family still owns and operates the farm). But last night we discovered that in the next town, there is an historical site - a 1600s settlement - owned my an ancestor on our maternal grandmother's side. Two families in in trip - not bad! And, yes, SOMMS is also descended from the settlement family. I'll send him pictures. We're hoping for an inheritance.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 8:16am

Moony I wish you would finish with your family tree, so you can work on mine

Updated On: 8/22/14 at 08:16 AM

[D2]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 8:26am

Mornin'

One of these days I'm going to start with that whole ancestry thing. My sister wants me to do that thing where you send your saliva to some company, they analyze it and track where your ancestors originated and how they traveled through the millennia. She and my niece have done it; no big surprises from their DNA: Central, Southern and Northern European roots. Now they want to have my DNA analyzed. Unfortunately, New York State doesn't allow it. Darn.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 8:53am

Deet, I did it too. Mine came back that my family history dates back to Persia. How exotic,I'm Persian.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:07am

I love the topic of ancestry. I'm well versed in 3 of the branches of my family, but would like to explore the 4th (my father's mother's side).

Moony, the trip sounds so wonderful. I want to hear all about it.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:08am

Wait. Deet. What? New York state doesn't allow DNA testing? Why on earth not?

[D2]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:11am

They don't allow private DNA testing. At least that's the message I got when I tried to order the kit. You have to go through a licensed medical practitioner to do it. (J2 doesn't qualify.) I'm not that into it, so I'm not going to jump through the hoops. I'll wait until the next time I visit my sister and we can do it then.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:16am

Maryland doesn't allow the type of DNA testing like 123Me, but the Ancestry.Com test is allowed. The problem with the other type of tests is that their claims are inaccurate and often used to make "predictive estimates" of medical issues. Ancestry just traces your.....ancestry.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:19am

Interesting. I had no idea.
I wonder if it's allowed in CT or PA? I'll look into it the next time I'm there.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:20am

By the way, the Moonchild had her DNA tested and Ancestry reports that there is a 99% chance that she is my daughter. Not sure what to think about that lingering 1% of doubt.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:27am

*snort* That's hilarious...
I'm guessing it's just that they don't deal in absolutes.
But, that made me laugh out loud.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:28am

ps - give the Moonchild my love. Missing you both. Come visit!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:30am

Deet is afraid to do the DNA testing because he will find out he's related to Girly.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:35am

Is it safe to laugh?

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:37am

I've concluded that the Ancestry DNA is hooey! Mine came back 75% Irish. I think they take your surname and make **** up. I'm only 25% Irish. They completely negated the 75% of me that is FRENCH -- even the British 1/4 is FRENCH. And that 50% of my bloodlines come from FRENCH Canada -- one as early as 1632.

[D2]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:41am

I would be honored to be related to Girly.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:47am

You really have a secret desire to wear silly headwear don't you Deet?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:52am

Because she doesn't kill family members? I'd check with her brother about that.

SOMMS - as you know, I tested as 76% British Isles, even though 75% of my ancestors are French. I emailed for a bit with a genetic genealogist and she said that wasn't all that unusual. Your DNA pool is like a big gumball machine. Turn that handle and you'll get a smattering of different colored balls, but every once in a while someone will get 75% (or more or less) of the same color. So, in my case, my collection of genes is very heavily weighted by my mom's father's Scottish/English bloodline and I really inherited very little from her mom and practically nothing from dear old dad. Whereas my sister is almost the opposite - overwhelmingly French genes (have you looked at that face?!?) and just a trace of British. Mom swears we had the same parents (yes, we asked).

Updated On: 8/22/14 at 09:52 AM