The old photos in the shoeboxes at my Grandmother’s house and the old stories that my uncle told me at Christmas celebrations never really explained who my relatives were. So when I spit in the test tube and waited for my test results to come back I couldn’t know what to expect. My best guess was based on the derivation of my last name and my Mother’s maiden name (Ciszewski). Also, blue eyes and sandy blond hair as a child were clues.
29% Poland & Lithuania, 25% England, 20% Baltics, 15% Sweden & Denmark, 6% Scotland, 3% Ireland, 1% Norway and 1% Jewish.
Unremarkable but interesting to know my ancestors crossed the Atlantic Ocean to get here. I gratefully acknowledge (thank) the Native American people on whose ancestral homelands we live on as well as the diverse and vibrant native communities who make their home here today.
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