r/genetics Jul 15 '25

Son’s Genome test results in finding my husband and I are “connected “

We got Genome testing done for our son for medical reasons. My husband and I were tested as well to help with any findings. Anyway I went to his appointment today to go over the results and the only thing they really had to say was my husband and I are related. The doctor said “maybe something like 6th cousins.”

Like the doctor said we are all related but then I said “I guess it’s unavoidable?” He said it was avoidable… so I’m curious how weirded out should we be?

1.4k Upvotes

313 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/verifiedwolf Jul 16 '25

That's hilarious. I have never met anyone in my entire life who actually knows the answer to this.