Woman Does Research On Husband’s Genealogy And Regrets It After She Discovers That They Are Distant Cousins

It is a small world, maybe even too small.

Damjan

Published in Interesting
13 Feb 2022

Woman Does Research On Husband’s Genealogy And Regrets It After She Discovers That They Are Distant Cousins

One genealogy search was all it took to turn a normal marriage into a very awkward family discovery. A woman on Reddit said she started digging into her husband’s family history and found out they share a distant ancestor, which means their family trees cross in a way neither of them expected.

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The couple has been married for over a year, and the connection goes back so far that it does not change their relationship today. Still, finding out that your spouse is also a distant cousin is the kind of thing that can make anyone stop and stare at the family records a little longer.

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It is a strange reminder that family lines can circle back in surprising ways, and this one definitely did.

OP shared her discovery on Reddit:

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She and her husband have been married for over a year

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Her husband found out that he has Seminole Indian roots

So OP did some genealogy research and found out that their family trees met at some point in the distant past.

And OP even found the woman who connects them.

That family tree twist is doing a lot of work here.

Funny how that works.

There's no going back now...

OP is not disturbed, just shocked

Yeah, you can’t avoid it...

In the first large-scale test of the "six degrees" theory, called the Small World project, researchers from Columbia University in New York had participants send e-mails to friends and acquaintances to reach one of the listed targets. Results showed the targets were reachable in five to seven steps.

However, the results were not conclusive because many chains were broken due to a lack of interest from some participants.

Wedding tension fans will recognize the OP who wanted to invite a second cousin against her parents’ wishes.

That is a pretty small world after all.