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5) Understand that you have DNA, culture, and heritage. And all three of those are different things. What you are won’t be changed—but your understanding of yourself may well be.

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4) Populations flow, and have done so, for millennia. Don’t get flustered if you get “northern France,” but you just KNOW everyone in your family is from England. National borders have been arbitrary/imaginary for most of human history. Your people may not have started out where you think they did.

3) Your DNA percentage is only an estimate, based on trying to match you to known genetic populations. It gets updated every few months. Percentages may change or disappear altogether over time. IOW, don't take the 1st result as a done deal. And definitely don't get a tattoo of your DNA percentages.

2) Will this help you verify that your great great great grandma was a Cherokee princess?More likely, it may eliminate the story. Are you ready for that? You shouldn't test until you are.

Every spring, the Reddit #genealogy board sees myriad people asking why they didn’t match their dad, or why their sister wasn’t listed as a full sibling. You may learn more than you bargained for. Are you ready for that? You shouldn't test until you are.

1) Before you do a DNA test “for fun,” realize that these tests uncover real facts. Sometimes they’re facts no one wanted uncovered. Life-changing stuff.

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And then you not only go on about your life, you go back to looking at these damn records.

I see you trying to cause trouble.