holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

18. oh i am happy to.

she signed up for this website several years ago, and i am apparently the first person to look at her profile.

and i shared that i have a suspicion about which branch of my family she comes from.
turns out my dad's mom had 10 siblings that i never heard anything about. seems like just the sort of thing that could cause a family rift. his old man was a grand knight of the knights of columbus, so.....
trouble is, w 10 siblings, it might be hard to narrow down. but i assume it was a female. and matching up her birth date to their marriage, etc dates should narrow it down.
i messaged her back, and asked where she was born.
there are some other relatives that even my mom didnt know about on her side, so could be there, too.

i love a puzzle. i hope i can help her figure it out. at least i could tell her confidently that she was irish, cuz i am as irish as they come. tho her dna likely told her that.
all those that would know are likely long dead, tho. and secrets likely died w them. but who knows.