![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-destroyed-my-entire-family-for-just-75-after-buying-dna-kit/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_Worried-sad-man-sitting-on-sofa.jpg&description=A man has taken to social media to share how he uncovered his grandma's deep, dark secret after taking an at home DNA test for fun - and how his dad is struggling to come to terms with the truth A man's entire world has been shattered into a million pieces after uncovering an almost 60-year-old secret with a DNA test. He explained how his wife bought him an at-home DNA kit for fun - but he ended up learning he is not biologically related to his 'grandfather'. Taking to Reddit, he said: "I was raised in a big Italian family. There's just one problem, thanks to 23AndMe, I found out today that I'm not Italian. My wife bought me the kit two months ago; I spit in the plastic tube, and sent it back to the lab to be analysed (fully expecting that she had just wasted $99 (£75) because, duh, Italian)." He went on to explain how he majored in Italian studies at college in an attempt to connect with his roots further - and learn more about his heritage. "I learned the language, and spent a summer in Desenzano del Garda 'connecting with my roots'." he added. "The lab results came back unceremoniously today, with an email confirmation 'A world of DNA discovery is waiting'. I was certain that my results would show that I was a mixed cocktail of milquetoast European, with a good splash of Italian Campari. "Well, arrivederci family heritage. And buongiorno Ashkenazi Judaism! My grandpa had already taken a genetics test, and boasted to the family that he was 93.7 percent Italian. Bad news, gramps, we are not biologically related." Wanting to set the record straight, he shared the news with his dad, who was understandably devastated to learn that the man he thought was his dad wasn't at all related to him. "He admitted that the rest of the family had teased him and called him a 'bastard' growing up because all the other men in the family had straight black hair and he has tight, curly hair," he said. "He also told me that he discovered his mom had an affair with a Jewish man while ma){kind=link}
A man has taken to social media to share how he uncovered his grandma’s deep, dark secret after taking an at home DNA test for fun – and how his dad is struggling to come to terms with the truth
A man’s entire world has been shattered into a million pieces after uncovering an almost 60-year-old secret with a DNA test. He explained how his wife bought him an at-home DNA kit for fun – but he ended up learning he is not biologically related to his ‘grandfather’.
Taking to Reddit, he said: “I was raised in a big Italian family. There’s just one problem, thanks to 23AndMe, I found out today that I’m not Italian. My wife bought me the kit two months ago; I spit in the plastic tube, and sent it back to the lab to be analysed (fully expecting that she had just wasted $99 (£75) because, duh, Italian).”
He went on to explain how he majored in Italian studies at college in an attempt to connect with his roots further – and learn more about his heritage. “I learned the language, and spent a summer in Desenzano del Garda ‘connecting with my roots’.” he added.
“The lab results came back unceremoniously today, with an email confirmation ‘A world of DNA discovery is waiting’. I was certain that my results would show that I was a mixed cocktail of milquetoast European, with a good splash of Italian Campari.