DNAkit Boy oh boy. As if it wasn’t bad enough for me to spend all my free time immersed in records or writing, now Ancestry’s made it possible for me to get real answers via science.

I just got my DNA kit and I don’t know if I can wait the six to eight weeks it takes to get the results. What’s really cool is if you have a membership, you can enter your kit’s unique ID number and it will sync other people to your profile. So, no more guessing if these people are really your relatives. DNA says they are. My biggest hope is that some Venezia or Brescia relatives have taken the test.

It’s very simple. Spit into a tube (I did it first thing in the morning, before I even drank water). Seal it. Shake it up. Slip it in a little medical baggie and mail it off to Utah. It was in my mailbox by 8:04 a.m.

My husband did it and, well, let’s just say I may have to start a whole new blog devoted to the search for his family.

I’ll keep you posted on how I did.