Hi! I'm new to the forums, but not to Family Tree DNA. This is my first post here.
My name is Stephen Rhodes. When I first tested myself, I did so to help with my search for Rhodes ancestors. I was surprised when much time went by and did not match any other Rhodes closely - if at all. I contacted Family Tree DNA and asked about my results and the lack of matches. I vividly remember the conversation with a helpful women who told me as nicely as she could that, genetically-speaking, I was not a Rhodes, but a Hudson. I had been in the wrong surname project for matches. She reassigned me to the Hudson family group and, sure enough, I had lots and lots of matches. So it seems that one of my great-grandmothers bore a child by a Hudson, but raised as a Rhodes. Needless to say, it took me a bit to get my head around this new revelation. But I began to wonder how common this situation is.
My question to the forum - how many of you who have tested only to find out that you aren't who you thought you were? That your given surname is different from your genetic surname?
Cheers,
Steve
My name is Stephen Rhodes. When I first tested myself, I did so to help with my search for Rhodes ancestors. I was surprised when much time went by and did not match any other Rhodes closely - if at all. I contacted Family Tree DNA and asked about my results and the lack of matches. I vividly remember the conversation with a helpful women who told me as nicely as she could that, genetically-speaking, I was not a Rhodes, but a Hudson. I had been in the wrong surname project for matches. She reassigned me to the Hudson family group and, sure enough, I had lots and lots of matches. So it seems that one of my great-grandmothers bore a child by a Hudson, but raised as a Rhodes. Needless to say, it took me a bit to get my head around this new revelation. But I began to wonder how common this situation is.
My question to the forum - how many of you who have tested only to find out that you aren't who you thought you were? That your given surname is different from your genetic surname?
Cheers,
Steve
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