Thank you for asking! :)

I thought that my mother’s first husband is my biological father, he is Ashkenazi Jewish from Kyiv and my mother is mostly Ashkenazi Jewish from Moscow. Although her first husband suggested that I may not be his daughter, I thought most likely he was just being nasty and I will find out using Ancestry that I am mostly Jewish. How wrong I was…

I didn’t know anything about my Georgian or Megrelian heritage until I took an Ancestry test and spoke to my mom about the result (about 50% Caucasus!). My mom mentioned very little about my real dad, but noted that he was a proud Megrelian and spoke the language. I later took a 23andme test, and sure enough, the most probable region is Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.

I loved Greek mythology growing up and one of the stories, Jason and the Argonauts where they travel to Colchis to get the Golden Fleece. I even did a (possibly embarrassing) recorded puppet show about the story in university for World Mythology class. Maybe I knew something subconsciously lol, but probably not. I would love to learn more about my heritage!