Don Anderson
Ethnicity, ethnicity…Oh, the changing shape of ethnicity!
February 7, 2021 Before January 3, 2014, the only information to be had on my birth father? He was Native American. When my Ancestry DNA...
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Don Anderson
- Dec 1, 2020
- 6 min
A Tale of Two Stories.............(and two pictures)
Two stories...one dealing strictly with genealogy and the kindness of others; the other involves genealogy and DNA and the privilege of...
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Don Anderson
- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
What the heck happened to my ethnicity results???
I check my e-mails every morning. Today was no different. AncestryDNA notified me of an update in my ethnicity estimates. What now? Twice...
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Don Anderson
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
The first cousin I never knew….contributed by Steve Smith
It began with the DNA test you gave me. I was connected with second cousins I never knew existed. Ancestry DNA and social media...
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Don Anderson
- Jun 23, 2020
- 1 min
Now is the time……………
The COVID 19 virus experience and all of it’s accessories (social distancing, stay home – stay safe, crossing off eating out, no...
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Don Anderson
- Feb 16, 2020
- 2 min
“What am I looking at??” --As testing numbers continue to grow, so does this question
The good news – DNA kit sales have continued to grow. Approximately 30 million have taken the plunge and volunteered saliva in hopes of...
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Darrell D. Gulstrom
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4 min
It Started With an Obituary
I call this the Boomerang Effect. Imagine, finding out your best friend that you grew up with was actually related to you! Well that...
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Don Anderson
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4 min
It Started With an Obituary
By Darrell D. Gulstrom I call this the Boomerang Effect. Imagine, finding out your best friend that you grew up with was actually...
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P.A. Reck
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Patti's Story: The Mystery Around My Grandmother
I treated myself during Christmas of 2017 to the Spit'N Paper ancestry DNA testing kit. I was already a member of Ancestry.com and had...
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Don Anderson
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Patti's Story: The Mystery of My Grandmother's Birth Name
I treated myself during Christmas of 2017 to the Spit'N Paper ancestry DNA testing kit. I was already a member of Ancestry.com and had...
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Don Anderson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 0 min
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dougwillanderson
- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
Donna's Story: Identity Crisis Twist
Donna Wooden had always been told she was adopted by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wooden. When Mrs. Wooden was getting older, she was...
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dougwillanderson
- Mar 26, 2019
- 4 min
Steven's Story: One International Adoptee
It has taken 30 years to put this together, and now with the advent of DNA matching I am happy to say I will be able to add more...
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dougwillanderson
- Mar 24, 2019
- 12 min
Rudolph's Story
We like to share stories of reunion from other people as well as my own. This is Rudolph's Story: Until I was approximately eight years...
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Don Anderson
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
The rest of the Story......the family, that is
I found my parents, now what? At the beginning of a parent search, the goal stares directly at you...who is mom, or dad, or both? For...
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Don Anderson
- Sep 15, 2018
- 3 min
Canada, Kaslo, and Keith
Change. Another chapter for “Paper and Spit”. A country, city and cousin...three years to fruition. An area in limbo after confirming...
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Don Anderson
- Feb 22, 2018
- 1 min
What to Say..........
You have just discovered a close match; a match that may have information key to breaking down a ‘Brick Wall’ in your family tree. You...
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Don Anderson
- Nov 12, 2017
- 1 min
Connecting my past and present
For those of you that have read “Paper and Spit”, my posts will continue to expand and enlarge the journey begun in 1995. Family history...
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