Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Dna Test Surprises

Our children bought us DNA tests for Christmas.
Um, why would we want to do this?
What if we wanted to rob a bank or burglarize a home?
Aren’t these results going into an FBI data base?

We did it because they kept asking us about it.
Every nationality I wanted to be, did not show up for me.
My husband who has a German surname has always bragged.
We Germans are smart, we Germans are brilliant, we Germans.

His came back with this result. He is more English than the English.
He is ninety-seven percent English. I laughed my petootie off.
I would have at least half Native American blood, I was sure.
But alas, I did not.

I came out with Swedish, which is oddly odd.
A bit of German which was more than my husband
And mostly Pennsylvania Dutch and English.
I am a mutt, whereas he is a purebred – but not German.

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Rico Leffanta July 22, 2021 at 11:49 AM Gold stars on your children's foreheads for wanting to know what genetic health risks they would be passing on to their children! Caren Krutsinger July 22, 2021 at 12:09 PM I gave them the results. Too many pages to read

L Milton Hankins July 21, 2021 at 1:45 PM Incredible, the surprises. My wife found that she had ancestors in Africa. She was so happy. I was, too, for her. I have lots of Cherokee in my lineage, but I am mostly English. I think when they came over on the boat they liked the looks of those Indian maidens! Caren Krutsinger July 22, 2021 at 12:10 PM I truly wonder if these results are accurate.