My son and his paternal great grandfather - born 5 years after he died. He doesn’t physically look like him but I would always say he moved and sat like him. Sounds weird, I know. Then one afternoon I saw him sitting like this and knew I had a pic of my grandpa sitting the same way. Genes are weird4mo ⋅ Sammyg_21 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Through ancestry we discovered that my Grandpa was not actually bio grandfather and that this dude was.2yr ⋅ Jayfish88 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My dad and I reconnect after 40 years. Thanks to AncestryDNA for matching me with my aunt who is his sister so that we could all reunite...2yr ⋅ curtprice75 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Ottoman emperor Fatih Sultan Mehmed (Born in 1432) and his grandson today2yr ⋅ AvarageRedditor ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
my great-great uncle turned 107 today 💖 he still has his sight, hearing and speech, his memory is sharp as a tack. we are truly blessed to still have him with us! born in Marcas, Huancavelica, Peru at the Hacienda Nahuinhuayalla in 1914 according to his birth certificate.1yr ⋅ ajicitoamarillo ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Thought I was 100% Indian my whole life but found out I'm actually Indian-Italian-Turkish7mo ⋅ Nice_Vegetable_226 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Results are in!! Not surprising considering my family, and I still speaks an indigenous language2mo ⋅ AdLongjumping4172 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
I'm sorry, but as far as distinguished lineage goes, I need to declare myself the winner; I just discovered I come from a line of banjo thieves.2yr ⋅ jarvisismycopilot ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My 4th great-grandmother (sometime in the 1800s) and I, separated by six generations.8mo ⋅ that_bug_lady ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Mexican American, both parents from the state of Oaxaca. Surprised I have no Spanish/European DNA.2mo ⋅ Edwonh ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
If it weren’t for Ancestry DNA, I would never have matched with a half-first cousin and discovered that I look a lot like my biological paternal grandmother ❤️5mo ⋅ justatowel69 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
A picture of my 22nd great grandfather. Born in 1356 in Tenochtitlan, Imperio Mexica7mo ⋅ MyartOfficial ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Thanks to a 2nd cousin I found on ancestry, I was able to finally see a pic of my grandpa after 19 years of life!2yr ⋅ pete1397 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My father is documented as full Apache and my mother is full Navajo but I knew there was some white down my fathers line2yr ⋅ oh_my_josh_im_so_dun ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Disappointed with results. I thought I would have some German in me.1wk ⋅ Few-Screen-5594 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My 14x great-grandmother, Anne Stafford. She was a first cousin of Elizabeth of York via her mother, making her a first cousin once removed of King Henry VIII.2yr ⋅ DanielCracker ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Going through my grandparents’ things, I found a photo of my grandfather as a 9 yr old with his siblings. It’s an incredible find (1926)2yr ⋅ leejtam ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Maternal Grandparents - (Left to Right, Top to Bottom): 1942, age 22; 1965, age 45; 2002, age 82; 2005, age 852yr ⋅ tglg808 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My great aunt(gma sister) and I at same age. We share 20% of our dna due to a sticky segment1yr ⋅ marissatalksalot ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My whole life people have told me you look just like your Mom when she was your age. I never saw it but when I found this old picture of my Mom (L) when she was little... I see it.2yr ⋅ Nidi14 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My great grandma and great grandfather got illegally married in Louisiana in the 1920s--he was Irish as we later learned she was Creole/Native after my grandmother took the DNA test.4mo ⋅ DeLaGrandTerre ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
the oldest person in my grandmothers village, Victoria Ayala viuda de Garcia, she turns 106 next year. I found documents from the year 1940, where she figures as being 23 years old. she can hear and see perfectly, lives alone (she prefers her independence) and is a great great grandmother to six.4mo ⋅ ajicitoamarillo ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My grandparents ❤️. Both are Afro-Indigenous, my grandfather was black, Mi’kmaq and Ojibwe. My grandmother was black and Mi’kmaq. I miss them a lot.2yr ⋅ NearlyFlavoured ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
just got my results yesterday and received this from a distant cousin???? 😭😭 calling me sexy with heart emojis3mo ⋅ icecreamsandwichgirl ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Recently found this pic of my great grandfather and boxer Joe Louis. Grandpa was obviously very excited :P5mo ⋅ cultofiris ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Didn’t expect a DNA test to reveal I’m related to Voldemort but apparently???3yr ⋅ themeaningofweird ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Since Malta was taken over by so many other countries in history I thought I would find some surprises but nope, 100% Maltese. I was actually able to track my family tree all the way back to the 1600’s all from the same tiny town of Nadur Gozo. Pretty awesome!2yr ⋅ Onesockjo ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
When both sides of your family tree start tracing back to the same little dinky town in Tennessee.8mo ⋅ TinyDifference881 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My Norwegian great-grandmother and I favor quite a bit. According to my test (and genealogy maps) my Scandinavian roots are only 26%, but her genes must’ve been as strong as her back!3yr ⋅ bubsthechamp ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Would have never known I was a doppelganger of my Great Grandmother (1894-1961) without AncestryDNA. Today I connected with my fourth cousin who sent me this photograph. I'm shocked.2yr ⋅ Spiffy2252 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
We've been going through my gram's photos and I'm seeing pictures I've never seen before. I can see now where some of my 40% native mexican ancestry comes from. It's never been as clear as now.2yr ⋅ JACKALTOOTH87 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
I love this photo of my great-grandpa! I was born on what would have been his 99th birthday.2yr ⋅ velaurciraptorr ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My grandfather passed this month at 97, and I'm so glad he shared a love of genealogy and spent much time with me sharing information.8mo ⋅ sics2014 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Welp, I know where my lips and nose come from. I always thought my lips were inherited from my maternal side but these are paternal all the way!2yr ⋅ rare27 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My grandpa and I look very much alike, although my picture here doesn’t seem to represent it too well1yr ⋅ honki2 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My Polish great-great-grandmother Dorota (39), photo taken in 1906 in Hannover3mo ⋅ drerrietje ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
I met my biological father for the first time today! He’s 81 and I am 51. It’s about time!1yr ⋅ honeypalomino ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Painting of my 12th grandfather in my parents house in Mexico.2yr ⋅ ProfessionalFlow422 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Tomorrow, i have a job interview to be an ice cream van driver. Today, i found out my Great Grandad’s brother was Scarborough’s first ice cream maker/seller. (Italian heritage)2yr ⋅ _psychedelia_ ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Guys this is crazy. Did anyone know there were this many living descendants of the mayflower pilgrims??!?4mo ⋅ teetee4444 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Today I found a picture of my 4x great-grandmother, Mary McQuillan, who was born in 1790 in County Fermanagh, Ireland.2yr ⋅ tenglempls ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My maternal lineage back to my great-great grandmother, who was born in 1888.3mo ⋅ rellyfish ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
I LIVE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. BORN AND RAISED HERE INTO A LARGE POPULATION OF MIXED RACE PEOPLE (SO-CALLED CAPE COLOUREDS). RECEIVED MY DNA RESULTS FROM ANCESTRY.COM3wk ⋅ No-Selection-5540 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Growing up, I was always told that I was my dad’s twin. I never really saw it until recently!2yr ⋅ brittneyacook ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My maternal great great great grandfather Yousef Azar being interviewed by a French Reporter after World War 1 (in my moms home country of Syria). I think this was right around the fall of the Ottoman Empire.2yr ⋅ rileymitchell00 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My Great grandparents around 1938 when they were newlyweds. They were walking down the streets of Cincinnati when a photographer snapped their picture and sold them a copy9mo ⋅ Expensive-Shift3510 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
I’m half Arab-Amazigh (dad’s side) and my mom is Italian American. I get told I look a lot like my mom. I mostly think we have the same eyes!2yr ⋅ skyrites ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
How some people in this group look when they find out they aren’t Native American2yr ⋅ leejtam ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
So I’m from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and I took my ancestry dna test. This is just shocking 😱5mo ⋅ Specific-a_drumm ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Found out through Ancestry that my ancestors owned and ran this inn (the Old Nags Head) in a tiny village called Edale in the Peak District, England. I visited it today and I loved it. The village churchyard is full of my ancestors graves so I felt very connected despite it being my first visit.1yr ⋅ LucidScholar ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Grandma recently passed away. Her best friend sat us down at grandmas service. She told us that grandma made her promise to tell us that she gave four sons up for adoption when she was young.2mo ⋅ n8tv_issue ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Maternal family (left) and Paternal family (right) The faces that made me10mo ⋅ Expensive-Shift3510 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
My mother’s Ancestry result. She is Kikuyu from the central part of Kenya.1mo ⋅ koldestkenyan ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Me: Everyone invaded Sicily, these results will be super interesting! The Results: 👁👄👁1yr ⋅ PsiPoweredYouth ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Using Ancestry, I was able to find my real Great Grandfather, and thus was able to find a photo of my GG Grandmother!1mo ⋅ Triveom ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
Found this picture today of my Algerian grandma in the 1950s with traditional amazigh face tattoos 🇩🇿10mo ⋅ sunflower0903 ⋅ r/AncestryDNA
