
When you choose to do a DNA test, it’s usually to help get some clarity on where you came from.
Am I related to a King? Am I a descendent of Oprah? Do I have a long lost relative with a home in the Bahamas they fancy me visiting?
They’re the kind of hopefuls you’ve got front and centre when you send your samples off in the mail.
But one man got a little bit more than he bargained for when his ancestral discoveries lost him his girlfriend.
Speaking of dating, we’ve got you covered. Here it is translated. Post continues after video.
In a since deleted Reddit thread, the 26-year-old explained he and his girlfriend had thought a bit of ancestry mapping might be an exciting activity to do together.
“We were having a lot of fun, but then I found out something about one of my ancestors which has now caused me to lose my girlfriend,” he said in the thread.
While searching through his DNA results, the man said “there were a few names in my family tree that I did not recognise”.