Imagine a Pokemon game where you start in Kanto and travel through 6 regions, ending in Kalos.
Kanto ->Johto -> Hoenn -> Sinnoh -> Unova -> Kalos
After completing each region, you must lock in one Pokemon from that journey.
By the time you reach Kalos, you’ll have 6 locked Pokemon…
And that becomes your final battle team.
Your entire adventure decides your champion squad.
The final battle?
Professor Oak - who became a professor after completing the Pokedex and catching every Pokemon from every region.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget seeing the smile on my dad’s face when he met his sister for the first time via facetime.
After nearly 80 years without knowing a single biological family member, that moment carried more emotion than I can describe.
Somehow, a journey that started with old hand written letters, DNA matches, and unanswered questions ended with a family reunion. A lifelong mystery was solved, a piece of his story was restored, and a new door was opened.
Pretty surreal moment.
I’m in the Netherlands, where my dad was born, and today I met the sister he never knew existed.
Years ago, while researching her family history, she found his name in local archives but had no way of knowing who he was or where life had taken him. During my own DNA and genealogy journey, I was able to find her and connect the missing pieces.
Today, I got to FaceTime my dad and watch him speak with his sister for the very first time his first known biological family member in 80 years of living.
Some journeys really do come full circle. ❤️🇳🇱
Pretty surreal moment.
I’m in the Netherlands, where my dad was born, and today I met the sister he never knew existed.
Years ago, while researching her family history, she found his name in local archives but had no way of knowing who he was or where life had taken him. During my own DNA and genealogy journey, I was able to find her and connect the missing pieces.
Today, I got to FaceTime my dad and watch him speak with his sister for the very first time his first known biological family member in 80 years of living.
Some journeys really do come full circle. ❤️🇳🇱
Everyone jokes about “alien DNA” in ancestry tests… but realistically, if something truly unknown existed.
It would more likely appear as:
• unassigned DNA
• rare/noisy ancestry results
• no mtDNA matches
• or entirely new haplogroups forming over time
Which is funny because my results are:
rare C1b100 maternal lineage
no mtFull matches at all
part of a yet unnamed branch
ancient Indigenous maternal roots
✨ 👽