'I took DNA test and found my parents are closely related - I can't un-see it'
DNA testing kits can be a fun gift, and also a cool way to find out more about your heritage - but one woman found out more than she bargained for when she got the results and discovered her "parents are very closely related."
The 21-year-old explained that she and her brother had received the kits as gifts, and they were excited to give it a whirl - but when the results came back, they were left horrified and wondering what to do.
"Should we confront our parents? Ask them what the hell is going on?", she penned, explaining that the relation was very close, and it was likely they were "first cousins or are aunt/nephew or uncle/niece."
Taking to Reddit's relationship advice forum, she wrote: "It's kind of possible because our parents look very much like each other. Black hair, bright blue eyes, tall and broad shoulders etc. They also claimed to have no relatives and have been living in this town since they got married and had us. Never wanted to move.
"But also kind of unbelievable cause none of us, (my brothers, me or my little sisters) have any genetic defect or anything. It's sort of insane to think about. We got the results like two days ago and so far, only me and my older brother know. What do we do?
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"Should we confront our parents? Ask them what the hell is going on? Or am I assuming the worst? Maybe they are orphans and genuinely didn't know they were related. How do I approach this situation?"
In response, someone penned: "It's not uncommon for relatives to have children who don't have genetic defects. Inbreeding gets exponentially worse with each generation of offspring. So don't have kids with your siblings because it's more likely that they will be defected."
Another pointed out: "Every year around this time you see those holiday DNA kits cause some family drama. The most heartbreak was a few years ago. Long-term boyfriend and girlfriend take them. They were both adopted and thought it would be fun. Turned out they were brother and sister."
One Redditor told a story about their old boss, writing: "My old boss and her husband adopted their two kids and I remember her telling me the one day that she was stressed out for when the one kid would start dating because she knew his mother had gone on to have like five other children who we all adopted or in foster care and in the same area, and she was going to have to make sure with the parents that their child wasn't also adopted and there wasn't a chance they could be siblings. Prior to that it had never even occurred to me that siblings could somehow not know they're related and end up dating."
It's unclear which country the post was made in, but in the UK, it is legal to marry your first cousin. You cannot marry your mother, father, son, daughter, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles or aunties, nieces or nephews, however.
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