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If Only They Had Known ...

my parents wouldn't have dared to play genetic roulette

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Comment from judiverse
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I suppose DNA testing is a good thing, but you can learn things you don't want to know, as in your case. Probably the testing was somewhat iffy in your situation, as DNA testing was a fairly new thing then, wasn't it? Interesting that you used subterfuge to try to get the results. I don't think I'd have tried that. I wonder how many people do such a thing. Interesting, but rather scary to think that test results can be so slow in coming and then not what you expect. judi

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 04-Apr-2021
    It was a week from hell waiting between the scary possibility and the good news from the second lab. I got through it by watching the comedy movie "This is Spinal Tap" around the clock! Thanks for stopping by. Cheers. LIZ
reply by judiverse on 04-Apr-2021
    You're welcome. Surprised you found "This Is Spinal Tap" a way to ease the waiting. judi
Comment from rindy ryan
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I am unsure how to feel. Your account is emotional and suspenseful. But it's your life and true thus I feel ashamed to be feeling as if I am reading a story. I feel like this account could be expanded into more, if you wanted to. Thank you for sharing.

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 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 03-Apr-2021
    This is true!
reply by the author on 03-Apr-2021
    Point taken--I'm writing thirty-five years after the fact, thus my emotions are muted--I totally get what you mean by it seeming a story about someone else. Thanks for weighing in! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from kmoss
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Wow. Just wow. SAB. Jewish descendant here. So glad your offspring flourished past infancy. We don't want to talk about the MS, non hereditary, environmental caused disease, do we? Ugh. So much is left untold. (I heard the truth is out there with Molder and Skully music for a minute).

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 04-Apr-2021
    It was a week from hell waiting between the scary possibility and the good news from the second lab. I got through it by watching the comedy movie "This is Spinal Tap" around the clock! Thanks for stopping by. Cheers. LIZ
Comment from DonandVicki
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WELL! Thank goodness for your parents ignorance, If they had known, the
world would have one less writer, not to mention your sister and your daughter. Don

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 04-Apr-2021
    It was a week from hell waiting between the scary possibility and the good news from the second lab. I got through it by watching the comedy movie "This is Spinal Tap" around the clock! Thanks for stopping by. Cheers. LIZ

    Many thanks for the bonussssss!
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
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Wow, what a run around you experienced to get tested. Then to finally get the results would have been devastating. But as you said at the end, your parents did not know of this and proceeded to have you and your sister. Both of you and your parents had a guardian angel looking out for all. Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan

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 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 04-Apr-2021
    It was a week from hell waiting between the scary possibility and the good news from the second lab. I got through it by watching the comedy movie "This is Spinal Tap" around the clock! Thanks for stopping by. Cheers. LIZ