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Do you ever wonder where your physical traits come from? I sure do.
I mean I can look at my parents and see where my blue eyes come from and whose teeth I have and so on, but I’ve always wondered about my weird-looking chubby knees that seem to be prevalent on my mom’s side of the family.
‘Unique knees,’ an old boyfriend tactfully called them once.
“They look like they bend backwards when you’re standing, like you’re double-jointed,” my friend Helga once said.
Outside of mom’s family, I have never seen anyone with legs like mine. Well once I did. I was in the Dominican Republic with Mom and there was a family there; a mom and dad with two teenagers and they ALL had legs like mine! They were from Norway or Finland or Iceland or something.
They were tall, blond, blue-eyed and looked like Vikings! But it was their legs that caught my attention!
Look Mom! They have legs like us!
Are they the descendants of Vikings, I wondered? Am I a descendant of Vikings? It would sure explain a lot about parts of my personality!
I know my grandmother’s family came from Sweden, so maybe, right? Anyway, I got it in my head that I’m a Viking ever since I saw that family in the DR.
So I finally broke down and ordered a DNA kit from 23 and me.
What’s your best guess on my ethnicity?
I can’t wait to find out if I’m a Viking or not.
And I will keep you posted!
~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~
Have you ever sent away for a DNA kit? Do you know where your ancestors came from? If so, let me know in the comment section!
