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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1h

What a cool story. Loved reading it. Thank you! That would have been a fun time finally resolving who the mystery man was!

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1h

Isn’t it amazing how all these secrets these people thought would never be known, are being uncovered by the magic of DNA. Would be complete science fiction to them!

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1h

You sound like me. Pick away at it over years, hoping the mystery key will turn up. Sometimes it does and sometimes you get adjacent information that will be as close as you get. New matches all the time definitely helps keep the searches alive!

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve got a mystery in my line. A bunch of people we and many of our Kilkenny cousins match. They have zero Irish in their extensive trees but all have Kilkenny ancestry. Can’t pinpoint who but someone was most probably having an affair with a cheeky Irish bloke in NY.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 2h

Have you tried piecing together the shared matches he has on the Irish side? Any common names coming up that you can build trees from? You have to pay for pro tools on top of ancestry subscription to delve into it, but it is a mystery that can potentially be solved. ( I love these kind of puzzles)

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve been able to use DNA to further my tree. I’ve found cousins who only had a generation or two in their tree and researching their tree further back have figured out that their gg grandparent is my gg uncle John Ryan (for eg). I love all the detective work and the stories I’ve uncovered.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 6h

I was born here. My gg grandparents all arrived in the 1800's and my parents met in Dunedin. Both my parents have a mix of Irish and Scottish and even have distant cousins in common. It's been interesting sorting it all out, but I have an extensive tree and many DNA cousins I want to visit!!

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 6h

What a pretty map. ☺️ First time Donegal has shown up in Ancestry origins but not the first time in my research. I also find it interesting that they lump central Scotland and Northern Ireland in together. #genealogy #ancestry

Ancestry ancestral regions showing 32% Munster, 25% Hebrides and Western Highlands, 15% Leinster, 13% Connacht, 7 % Donegal, 6% Central Scotland & Northern Ireland and 2% North East Scotland

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 15h

I love this for him. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Only one of Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists appealed his conviction. The court increased his sentence

A French appeals court has handed a stiffer 10-year sentence to the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

Same!

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

www.electionz.com/LGE2025_reso...

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

Just found this. www.electionz.com/LGE2025_reso...

electionz.com

www.electionz.com

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

We got sent a message through Antenno reminding us to vote and it had the number for here.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

In Waipa, Pirongia and Kakepuku ward.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

Only 23.25% in my ward. 😵‍💫

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

The snails ate my water rate bill. Hopefully that means I don’t need to pay it. 😛 I can’t even scan the QR code to go paperless 😂

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to give them a lesson in marketing 101. Unique selling point appears to be missing.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 2d

Daddy better hurry up and kill some more drug dealers bc this guy is in deep. youtu.be/zsD-Y8-HxX0?...

URGENT WHAT'S UP WITH DON TRUMP JR'S NOSE?

YouTube video by Tony Dortie

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 2d

A British academic is tracking the Dictator in the WH’s authoritarian acts since taking office in Jan.

It tracks illegalities, unconst’l acts, abuses of power - anything undermining democracy & propping up authoritarianism.

Tally is at 1466 authoritarian acts.

🆘🇺🇸

www.trumpactiontracker.info?

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 2d

I've got Dad's iPhone on assistive access and it's brilliant as he can't screw it up and can't access any settings so it makes it super easy for him (and me!). Not sure if that's going to be too restrictive for this person. Check it out in accessibility settings.

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 3d

They will probably struggle with no home button going from an 8 to a 16. Have you also offered to be tech support when they inevitably fuck it all up?

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Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 3d

No you don’t.

Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I just went through again and saw the bed. At least there was something orderly in there, but I can still smell it!

Sarah @nzclover.bsky.social · 3d

Abandoned, surely?

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