Hello everyone, it's been a while and I'd like to ask you for advice.
I am trying to find out if my maternal grandmother is the biological daughter of her father (my maternal great-grandfather).
There may be a chance that she was adopted and thus not really biologically related to her father.
Her father had 3 older sons. Thus she had 3 older brothers.
The problem is that all of them are dead.
However, my mother is alive and well. She also has a brother. (My maternal uncle)My maternal-grandmother's 3 dead brothers had sons who are alive today. These sons are my mother's maternal cousins. (Males)
Is there a way to see if my mother is related to these male maternal cousins? If they are related would this mean that my maternal grandmother was a biological daughter of her father?
If this can be done, what would be the best way to go about testing for this?
It may be hard for me to even broach the issue with my mother's maternal cousins (Males), and so I may have a hard time collecting saliva samples from them. Is there another option? Such as hair folicle testing. They wouldn't know if I collected that from their hat or pillow etc.
It is not my style to be so sneaky, but I really want to know the truth.
Thank you
I am trying to find out if my maternal grandmother is the biological daughter of her father (my maternal great-grandfather).
There may be a chance that she was adopted and thus not really biologically related to her father.
Her father had 3 older sons. Thus she had 3 older brothers.
The problem is that all of them are dead.
However, my mother is alive and well. She also has a brother. (My maternal uncle)My maternal-grandmother's 3 dead brothers had sons who are alive today. These sons are my mother's maternal cousins. (Males)
Is there a way to see if my mother is related to these male maternal cousins? If they are related would this mean that my maternal grandmother was a biological daughter of her father?
If this can be done, what would be the best way to go about testing for this?
It may be hard for me to even broach the issue with my mother's maternal cousins (Males), and so I may have a hard time collecting saliva samples from them. Is there another option? Such as hair folicle testing. They wouldn't know if I collected that from their hat or pillow etc.
It is not my style to be so sneaky, but I really want to know the truth.
Thank you
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