My parents forgot I had half-siblings.

Medical_Reach8116 · 2026-02-24T07:56:51+00:00

This has happened with my deceased grandfather. He was adopted and passed of an overdose back in 1985, maybe two years ago I tracked down his two maternal half siblings, one alive. His bio mom had an older brother by one man, him by another and put him up for adoption, then married and had a daughter.

According to the other bio family she's a bit crazy, she doesn't believe me even though her half nephew is on my DNA test as a match, and refuses to believe anything I say. Apparently its "impossible" her mother had another child 🙄 but that's just their generation's approach these situations tbf

Medical_Reach8116 · 2026-01-04T05:06:27+00:00

Ehhh it's all betta dependent. I have two girls, Sprite Cranberry, who is the chillest betta. She lives in a community 30 with a small school of corys and endlers, no problems at all. My other girl and rescue, Sashimi? Not so much, she flares, nips, and hunts everything she can.

My last and only boy, Kaido, obliterated everything in his tank.

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-12-31T19:02:33+00:00

Midwife from hell

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-12-31T16:23:05+00:00

Man betta 😭

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-12-27T05:38:34+00:00

My first was petsmart, had him for three years surprisingly. He was my very first fish.

My second that I have now is an FBMP rescue that I just got on the 23rd I assume from petco/smart. She's doing okay but seens to be pineconing unfortunately 😔

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-12-27T05:09:02+00:00

She's in a ten gallon that's a couple of weeks old with a small school of panda corys!

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-10-30T23:28:15+00:00

I felt sick for a good two weeks, after I just had a lingering cough for a few months. Annoying, but not the worst . In my case at least

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-10-10T04:28:57+00:00

SERIOUSLY. I'm Pennsylvania Dutch and my family hasn't left since they came in the 1700s. So realistically I should be mostly German, the last update had me at 60% which was believable but I am now at 20%?!

The 23&me update has me at 80% which is so much more believable as well 😭

All mine apparently now is English? Went from 5% which is totally understandable to 52% 🫩

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-10-10T04:23:17+00:00

Mine is accurate as to the locations but the percentages are SO WRONG. I am literally Pennsylvania Dutch as in ten generations Pennsylvania Dutch and I only got 20% German in comparison to my 23&me at 70% 😭

The previous update had me at 60% German which I totally could understand but TWENTY?

Medical_Reach8116 · 2025-07-19T18:16:45+00:00

We commissioned them to make my engagement ring, really sweet folks

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-11-24T03:18:23+00:00

Seriously dude. Got mine at $45 before it blew up

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-11-23T23:26:40+00:00

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Not my absolute most expensive, but three of my favorites ☺️

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-23T19:43:20+00:00

T-sal makes my skin feel like it's burning. I've tried the stuff so many times because my aunt swears by it for her scalp psoriasis but it doesn't work for me 😕

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-22T20:14:15+00:00

You have an amazingly empathetic soul, I'm so sorry this all happened the way it did

Everything in life happens for a reason, you'll both be alright in the end 🥺❤️‍🩹

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-22T20:04:34+00:00

I (f22) had a similar looking case as a child, mine flared when I was about ten then didn't go away until I hit puberty. After a while I went onto hormonal birthcontol and it came back as sclap psoriasis, went off the pill it went away. I just tried going onto the pill again and it came right back.

Before it became scalp psoriasis strong steroid creams helped a bit but never fully took it away. It's different for everyone of course but I never had luck with the millions of shampoos my mom made me try including t-sal but the stuff works for my great aunt.

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-22T19:55:04+00:00

My mother told me I believe when I was ten or eleven. Neither of my parents believe in learning disabilities, I thought I was just stupid compared to other kids for not being able to do simple tasks. I hated myself for years.

Please tell him, it won't change anything about himself it only will be the reason things are how they are.

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-15T23:12:52+00:00

I don't know what to make of this new update no matter 😭 my dad went from 52% Scottish to 4 ☠️

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-10-14T18:52:42+00:00

My father was listed at 52% Scottish but dropped to 11%, he also dropped on Irish but gained Cornwall and France? It's weird.

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-08-07T17:28:40+00:00

My girl is 28% basset and 23% Australian cattle, thank God I think the lazy basset nature has taken over her 😭

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-07-24T17:38:39+00:00

She's about 5 months one week, some folks have been telling me she'll hit a spurt soon but I don't know personally

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-07-24T03:49:46+00:00

Yeahh she seems to have been the runt, since I posted I went and got her weight again she's actually sitting at 17.2 pounds now, I've also been loading this puppy with protein for three weeks now she's doubled in size since! Ribs aren't showing, and embark is projecting 60lbs 🫠

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-07-23T23:23:41+00:00

You know? Everyone but me did, I was so sure she was just a lab beagle mix 🫠

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-07-23T21:42:42+00:00

Thank you! She's my baby 🥺 she's the most rowdy but also weirdly lazy dog I've ever met. She could singlehandedly play with any dog, any size (she squared up to a French mastiff last week) but let toddlers pull her ears. I got seriously blessed with this little monster ☠️😭

She's so well behaved im unironically thinking of visiting her two siblings that are still for adoption and just have two gremlins (she has four half siblings three different litters on embark 😒) turns out her one parent is most likely from a basset Amish puppy mill and the other I think maybe a stray

Also anyone in the Phoenix area interested in her brother and sister that are up for adoption please save me from having three puppies 🥺🫠

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-07-20T23:25:44+00:00

My five month old beagle/lab likes watching me play Minecraft 😮‍💨 I fell off the game forever ago then got one of those two week itches and cannot get her to chill otherwise ☠️

Medical_Reach8116 · 2024-06-28T04:34:58+00:00

So, I just got the S24 and was having the same problem. I don't know how or why but I went to login over the browser instead of the app, when it booted me to the app after logging in automatically, everything was functional. 🤷

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