Has anyone tried Ancestry.com before and found it actually useful/real?

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I think it’s pretty cool. I’ve done it along with most of my immediate family and cousins. It’s definitely real, my other cousin who’s adopted actually found her birth family through it.

@VLM is that bad? I’m not worried about my dna ending up at a crime scene…

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Isn’t it owned by some religious group? So I guess
You’re sharing your DNA with them. But otherwise it could be interesting! My uncle found an unknown family member through it, a baby my aunt gave up for adoption as a teen.

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