She And Her Twin Sister Took A DNA Test, But The Results Say They Aren’t Related At All
This 18-year-old girl has a fraternal twin sister, and they decided pretty recently to take a DNA test for fun.
They thought the test would be neat and able to tell them more about their similarities as well as differences.
Actually, their grandparents had suggested the test to them first, and then bought the test for them too. Their mom and dad were unaware at the time that this all happened.
The test results came back, and the results made absolutely no sense to them, as it says she and her sister share no DNA, which means they aren’t related at all.
Her twin’s background came back as entirely Western and Eastern European, which lined up, as their family members are from Austria, Croatia, and Germany.
However, her background said predominantly Scandinavian, which was so puzzling to her, especially since that didn’t come up on her twin’s results.
“And we had no matched DNA,” she explained. “Which clearly seemed impossible. We were literally twins, we have to share DNA.”
“My twin said they must have mixed my sample up with someone else. We ended up contacting the company, and my twin and I took a test again. It was the same result.”
“Both my twin and I were really confused. We told our grandparents, and they just said that was interesting and said nothing else. My twin said we should tell our parents and see if they had ever done a genetic test, or if any of our siblings had, and then we could see if somehow ours were still right.”
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She’s far taller than their mom and her twin, and she’s a lot blonder than her family, but she figured it was from their German roots.
She and her twin did tell their mom about the results, and she responded in nearly the same way that their grandparents had.
The only difference was their mom seemed irritated about the whole thing, before claiming the results were not accurate and that their grandparents should have never suggested the idea.
They then went to their dad about the test, and he pretty much said nothing about it, which only further served to confuse her.
“I know my twin thinks it’s just a mistake, but I don’t think so,” she said. “We have to share DNA, about 50%. That’s how twins and siblings work.”
“Even though we’re fraternal, we should still share quite a bit of DNA. But other explanations don’t make sense. My mother can’t have cheated on my father because my twin and I would still share DNA. Just less because we would have different fathers.”
“The results mean we can’t share a parent or even be related. But I don’t see why my parents would adopt me if I’m not their child when I don’t think they’ve ever been to Scandinavia, and why they’d adopt a baby that’s almost exactly the same age as their baby. I’m panicking.”
Her twin is her best friend in the entire world, and she thought their mom gave birth to the two of them, but it’s looking like that can’t be true.
She’s also concerned that perhaps her birthday is a lie as well, and nothing is making any kind of sense to her.
She even went so far as to call the hospital where her mom gave birth to her and her siblings, but her mom is only listed as giving birth to one baby on her birthday, not two, and not twins.
It’s also upsetting to her that her family isn’t telling her the whole story here.
Another thing that has crossed her mind is that her twin may let her boyfriend know about the results, and if he tells other people, everyone could think she’s a fake, and her family isn’t her real family.
What advice do you have for her?
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