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[deleted] t1_j1n260i wrote

Reply to comment by diatriose in Fellow Philly Jews, where are you eating Chinese tonight? by diatriose

Okay…sort of a story but hang in there with me. Born catholic. Raised catholic. Always had a natural inclination towards getting Chinese on certain holidays (thanksgiving, Christmas etc). Got my Ancestry DNA kit for the holidays last year. Results comeback. I’m 47% Eastern European Jewish. 47%!!!

So either a parent lied, I was mixed up in the baby room, OR someone in the family made some huge moves in the game of survival.

Either way, super proud of my ancestry. Also, now having read this post, I feel vindicated in my wanting Chinese for the holidays.

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Fat_Head_Carl t1_j1psicz wrote

That's wild... We did some genealogy work in my family, and my dad's uncle was actually his brother.

Apparently my grandmother got knocked up as a young woman, and her parents raised her son as her brother. Pretty sure it's because they didn't think she'd be able to get a husband back then.

Eventually she married, and had 5 more kids.

My dad passed away young, never even knowing he had a brother. Wild stuff!

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