# My DNA is being extracted in the lab

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**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dna-is-being-extracted-in-the-lab/829998 "2019-02-22T04:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dna-is-being-extracted-in-the-lab/829998/41 "2019-09-10T04:25:39Z")

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My brother had it done. His results were pretty consistent with what we’d been told of our ancestry.

So assuming my parents are both the same as his parents, I imagine mine would give similar results.

Of course if my parents were NOT the same… welp, someone would have some ‘splainin’ to do - and both someones involved have been deceased for decades.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dna-is-being-extracted-in-the-lab/829998/42 "2019-09-10T12:00:38Z")

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> [@Eva\_Luna](#):
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> The only bit of mystery is how I can be 100% European Jewish if my father isn’t.

My mother has French, German, Italian and Spanish ancestors. But I only got half of her genes, so it is perfectly possible for both of us to have ancestors from Nancy (the same ones, in fact) but for her to have some genes from Nancy and me to have none. Roll of the dice.

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