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The Burke family with their matriarch Mildred Burke. Photo courtesy of SAMUEL BURKE
Editor s note: Samuel Burke is a three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and the host of the new podcast “Suddenly Family.”
Confusion. Disbelief. Denial.
Those were the emotions cutting through me as I looked at my dad’s DNA results. We come from a small Jewish family, but this at-home test was showing a big discovery none of us could explain.
“Dad, it says you’re Mormon.” Words I never thought I’d utter. My father’s response shocked me even more.
“I know,” he said as my eyes widened. “I saw that when the results came in. But it’s so preposterous that I just ignored it.”