Having a small interest in geneology, I took the 23&me dna test. I noticed a 2nd cousin that did not fit into the gene pool well, so I contacted him. He did not respond for two years and last week he did. Here is what he said.

I recently had my 3 sisters take the 23&me dna and I found that I am only half related to them! So my father is not my biological father. He and my mother are now passed, and I am looking for any connection to who could be my real father.

I investigated all the scenarios as to who could be his biological father based on age, place of birth, etc. Now it is interesting to note that my grandfather had 7 siblings, but they all had fallings out and I never knew any of my second cousins, although I have many, maybe 50. But I had made contact with one who had the website of my last name. He was in South Africa, and was killed shortly after I made contact with him, so I took over the domain name.

In looking at place of birth, dates, and how the genes lined up, it was determined that he is the half brother to the guy I contacted for the website, and we determined how his father and mother met and separated. Of course, his father left his mother with a little gift, him, who was raised by another man as his own.

What is so strange about all of this is that it only took 3 days to make all these connections! He commented, "do you think that if our forefathers knew we would track all these genetics down they would have moderated their behavior?" Haha, of course not! What a thing to find out when you are 70 years old...