>>> WE'VE ALL SEEN THE
COMMERCIALS FOR THE ADDS AND
THOSE DNA KITS THAT TELL ALL
ABOUT YOU AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM.
>>> THAT'S RIGHT.
GINGER GADSDEN, THIS WAS YOUR
IDEA FOR ALL OF US TO TRY THIS
OUT.
>> I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS
STORY DONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS
NOW.
>> YOU OPENED A CAN OF WORMS.
>> I LOVE IT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT
KNOWING YOUR ROOTS AND WHERE
YOU'RE FROM.
NOW THE PROCESS IS EASIER THAN
EVER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT SOME
SALIVA IN A SMALL TUBE, PACK IT
UP AND SEND IT OFF, AND Y GET
YOURRESULTS.
>> OH MY GOD YOU MIGHT BE
ROYALTY.
SO 60% GREAT BRITAIN.
22% GREAT IRELAND.
7% NORTHEAST.
SHOCKING GUYS.
EARLY SETTLERS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> THIS SHO THAT IT'S PRETTY
LEGIT.
>> I HAVE NO CLUE.
I DON'T KNOW.
CLEARLY AFRICAN.
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE.
>> WHERE.
>> NO CLUE.
NIGERIA.
YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT
YOUR ANCESTORS IN NIGERIA?
>> NO, NOTHING.
>> HOW YOU WANT TO ENTER IN MORE
INFORMATION AND SEE?
>> OF COURSE.
LIKE WHAT IF I FIND SOME PEOPLE
WHO I'M RELATED TO IN NIGERIA OR
WHATEVER.
I THINK IT COULD HAPPEN.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT HAS A
PART OF MY PARENTS IN THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT SPECIAL
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AROUND
ANYMORE.
THAT'S PART OF THEM TOO.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
SO ANYWAY I THINK THAT'S
AWESOME.
>> SO MAT, YOU THINK YOU'RE
ITALIAN.
>> LE SEE WHAT DADDY IS.
>> YOU'RE A QUARTER ITALIAN.
[LAUGHING]
>> AND A LITTLE BITIRISH.
>> BRITISH?
[LAUGHING]
>> WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE'RE
NOT RELATED.
>> SO MY DAD'S FAMILY IS ALL
FROM VIRGINIA.
>> AND TENNESSEE.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ME OUT
OF CHI.
TENNESSE
>> HERE'S KENTUCKY.
>> THIS IS REALLY.
>> JULIE AND I ARE BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
>> LET'S ALL SET THIS UP.
YOU ARE ADOPTED.
>> CORRECT.
YOU KNOW YOUR BIOLOGICAL
PARENTS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I WAS ADOPTED WHEN I WAS ABOUT
TWO-YEAR-OLD.
I WAS IN FOSTER CARE PRIOR TO
THAT.
ACCORDING THEM MY MOTHER'S LAST
NAME -- AND MY FATHER'S LAST
NAME IS FRENCH.
SO I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF
FRENCH.
>> IRELAND.
>> SCANDINAVIA.
>> 54% OTHER?
>> WOW.
>> MAJORITY OF YOU IS IRISH?
I WOULDN'T HAVE GUESSED THAT.
>> I KNOW RIGHT?
MY BIRTH MOTHER DOES HAVE BLUE
EYES.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING, I'M
LOOKING AT THE APP NOW, THIS IS
CLOSE FAMILY, POSSIBLE RANGE.
>> SO THIS PERSON, MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE A SIBLING OF MINE.
>> NO WAY.
THAT'S MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
I KNOW HE HAS A SON NAMED ROBBY.
AND THIS PERSON'S INITIALS ARE
RH FROM CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S WHERE ROBBY WAS BORN.
>> I WILL SEND A MESSAGE.
>> THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW UP.
>> IF YOU'RE RELATED.
>>> OKAY, GINGER.
>> I KNOW.
ARE YOU GLAD YOU DID THAT?
>> IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AND I'VE
CONTACTED HIM NOW.
HE IS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLDER THAN
ME.
MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS.
NEVER KNEW THAT I EVER EXISTED
AND WAS JUST FASCINATED BY THIS.
>> I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS DOING
THIS TO TRY TO FIND RELATIVES
BECAUSE HE LIVED WITH HIS BIRTH
MOTHER BUT NEVER KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT HIS DAD.
WE HAVE THE SAME DAD.
HE SAID NO HIS WIFE WAS CURIOUS
AND JUST DID IT.
AND HAD NO IDEA THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> IT LINKED HIM TO YOU?
>>, CORRECT.
>> CRAZY HOW IT WORKS.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> I'M INTEREST TODAY HEAR MORE
ABOUT WHAT YOU FIND OUT.
>> WELL I HAVE POST ED A VIDEO
ABOUT MY ADOPTION STORY JOB OUR
WEBSITE AS WELL AS INFORMATION
EXPLAINING HOW THE TEST WORKS.