Hey, Miss J!

Daily writing prompt

What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?

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I hate to admit this, but I’m not sure. What my full heritage is… well that’s unknown.

We never did anything special or ate anything special on my mom’s side.

I know nothing about my culture at all. I see things online, but I was never formally introduced to anything.

Also, someone in my dad’s family has claimed several times over the years that I might not be their niece.

The idea alone that someone else was involved is unsettling.

It made me feel gross the first time I heard it. Like a whole other half of myself is up in the air.

I also felt angry. Very angry. Not at my mom but that relative.

What I am interested in–is finding out what all I actually am. But… I’m horrified because of 23andMe being breached.

And what if that family member is accurate, and I’m not my dad’s child?

I would certainly be more motivated to look further if I knew the full picture.

But… well… I don’t know.

I tend to not focus much on what I don’t know.

Causes less frustration.

~J. Lyst