Season 3, Episode 2
Athlete #1 - Rebecca Lobo
- Olympic Gold Medalist, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
- Her mother’s mother was a gifted athlete.
Photo by Elise Amendola
http://photos.masslive.com/republican/2014/04/ncaa_womens_final_four.html
Rebecca inherited her height from both her father and mother - she was 6’ 2” by the time she entered the 8th grade, and no one knew of Jewish ancestry in Rebecca's family.
Lobo's DNA results showed 10.2% Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry, in which Lobo expressed great surprised. Her mystery great grandfather, the unknown father of her grandmother, had to be the Jewish link, because her other progenitor's ancestry was already confirmed. Bingo!
Lobo's DNA results showed 10.2% Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry, in which Lobo expressed great surprised. Her mystery great grandfather, the unknown father of her grandmother, had to be the Jewish link, because her other progenitor's ancestry was already confirmed. Bingo!
One of my own family member's DNA test results show 100% British Isles ancestry, which I haven't personally seen before. Most individuals show traces of various countries, usually in close proximity.
Athlete #2 - Derek Jeter
- 5 World Series Titles
- He chose to play short-stop because he watched his father play this position - Jeter always believed he would play for the Yankees.
Photo by Mark Feinsand, New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/jeter-announces-facebook-14-season-article-1.1611531
Irish and African American descent from mixed race parents, Jeter believed he was black and Irish, but didn't know much about his ancestral history.
Comparison of Jeter’s DNA with a descendant of a suspected
unkown father in his line, revealed that James W. Jeter was in fact Derek's 3rd
great grandfather, opening up another branch of Jeter’s tree to the 1600s in
England.
Derek expressed his feelings on the importance of knowing the roots of his Jeter surname.
Derek expressed his feelings on the importance of knowing the roots of his Jeter surname.
Within my own family, we are waiting on the Y-DNA results of a male family member to reveal
a particular biological surname, can’t wait-- I feel like I'm waiting for Christmas morning!
Athlete #3 - Billie Jean King
- 20 Wimbledon Championships
- Her father was a college basketball star
Photo from Los Angeles Hall of Fame Gallery
King felt she had to drag family history facts out of her parents (and I have felt the same with my own mother, who I don’t remember talking much about her family until I started asking questions as a young adult).
Billie's family rumor stated that Seminole Native American blood flowed through their veins. However, her DNA test results show 100% European
in her ancestry, so ZERO Native American blood.
We hear about these types of results so frequently! King expressed "how boring" (with a laugh) when referring to her test results.
We hear about these types of results so frequently! King expressed "how boring" (with a laugh) when referring to her test results.
A major surprise in my own DNA results has shown Jamaican ancestry...so fascinating...and I don't even know where to begin to with this dangling carrot. I'm supposed to be 100% Caucasian!
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