A man is seeking advice after discovering he has a ‘too close for comfort’ connection with his husband -to-be, with the DNA discovery putting a downer on their upcoming marriage
A man has shared his horror after discovering he is biologically related to his fiancé through an at-home DNA test. The 28-year-old shared how he is in a homosexual relationship and is set to marry his partner, also 28, in a few months, wanting to spend the rest of their lives together.
However, he recently ordered a DNA test for his partner after becoming interested in ancestry research – but is now regretting ever sending his sample to the laboratory. He said on Reddit: “My fiancé and I are getting married in a few months. We’re extremely happy and in love.
“I’m super into ancestry and have been building out my tree. I saw a promo on Ancestry.com for a 50 per cent DNA kit and I bought one for my fiancé. A few hours ago, on a flight, he got his DNA results back. In the “view DNA matches” section was my picture. It says we’re third cousins. His dad, who I guess did a test years ago, came up as well.
“We don’t know how to feel. We just landed and are now on vacation with a large group.” While he isn’t worried about the concerns this could cause to their future children as he is gay and wouldn’t be having biological children with his partner, he believes third cousins is “a little too close for comfort”.
He added: “We’re also both Jewish, and I know our gene pools are already shallow. There’s no scenario where we’d break up or anything, but I just feel so weird about it. He doesn’t want to tell anyone or talk about it now, but I needed to get this off my chest.” Seeking advice, he asked: “I don’t know how to feel or how to process this. Is it insane? Is it no big deal?”
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In response, one user said: “I think you should visualize a family tree and realize that third cousins aren’t close at all. That’s your great-grandparent sibling’s level of distance. Also, you both love each other and are going to get married so Mazel Tov, laugh it out and relax.”
Another user added: “It’s no big deal. First cousins would be creepy but third cousins are ok in my opinion. Since there will be no kids there’s really no reason not to continue with your relationship. It’s not incest.” A third user said: “It’s nothing. Third cousins is pretty distant: it means you share one set of great-great-grandparents! Even marriage between first cousins is legal in over half of US states.”
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