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woman shares her crazy ancestry DNA story in a tiktok

“This f***ing text message right here changed my life forever”: Stranger tells woman to get an Ancestry DNA test, revealing truth about her parentage

'He watched me date my boyfriend, get married, have babies, everything, all from the outside, not able to know me.'

On Dec 6, 2022 by Jack Alban

Internet Culture IRL

gray walls with caption 'I have a hard time with clothes that are SO tight...' with red flag emoji (l) gray walls caption 'me: 'go blind'' (c) gray walls with caption 'if you weren't my DAUGHTER and I saw you dressed like that... I'd struggle with it :(' with red flag emojis

‘All my lesbian friends can control themselves’: TikToker records stepdad saying that he ‘struggles’ to see her in tight clothes

'I’m so sorry you even had to hear these words.'

On Sep 10, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

IRL

young woman speaking into microphone with captions 'Guest are meant to earn their keep', 'You got served last? Boo hoo', 'It's their vacation they can do what they want', 'It wasn't your trip', 'I wouldn't want to pay for someone else's kid', 'Guests shouldn't be involved in plans', and 'You're admitting that you are a bad host'

‘Why is no one talking about how she was treated like the help???’: TikToker says friend’s family kicked her out of vacation 3 days in

'I would never talk to said friend ever again.'

On Jul 11, 2022 by Braden Bjella

IRL

woman at table of wedding reception holding wine glass captions 'I got kicked out of my own brother's wedding reception by my own mother -part 2' 'Is she drunk?' 'I think Sophi is drunk' 'mom made an executive decision once I broke a wine glass by setting it down on the table too hard' (l) woman with tongue out with man at wedding reception (c) woman standing outside of wedding reception hand on head caption 'mom walked us to the Uber, deceived me that she was coming home with us she made the right decision to send me home' (r)

‘She made the right choice, i was wrecked’: Woman says mom kicked her out of brother’s wedding

'I’m not saying you’re an alcoholic but if you have to get kicked out…'

On Jun 22, 2022 by Melina Khan

IRL

Woman with caption 'When I did the AncestryDNA thing' (l) woman with caption 'Me as a child: Grandma, who was your grandma?' (c) woman with caption 'They do not know their grandparents.' (r)

‘I’d have to ask a white person if their folks kept ‘good’ records’: Black TikToker calls attention to lack of public records on enslaved ancestors

'It's one of the reasons I'd avoided dna test for so long.'

On Jun 6, 2022 by Lauren Castro

Internet Culture

family standing in yard daughter car just pulled up caption 'My sister brought her boyfriend over for the first time... she told us not to be 'weird' (l) family arms up outside boyfriend walking underneath arm tunnel caption 'My sister brought her boyfriend over for the first time... she told us not to be 'weird' (c) family outside daughter now in middle of group caption 'My sister brought her boyfriend over for the first time... she told us not to be 'weird' (r)

Girl brings boyfriend to meet her family for first time, asks them not to do anything ‘weird’—it backfires

'It's giving Get Out.'

On May 12, 2022 by Siobhan Ball

IRL

Teen buries face in knees while holding phone.

‘This is literally terrifying’: TikToker records stepdad screaming at her for wanting to keep her own paycheck, forgetting to flush toilet

Concerned followers contacted CPS.

On Jan 20, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

IRL

woman crying in front of storage unit with captions 'I went to my storage unit and unlocked it to find that my belongings were thrown everywhere', 'The workers at the unit didn't even call me after the break in', 'My dead fathers things are gone, mortuary makeup all oer the ground, broken antiques.'

‘My dead father’s things are gone’: TikToker says U-Haul storage unit was robbed—and company didn’t inform her

'The workers didn't even call me after the break in.'

On Oct 5, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture IRL

10 family-friendly Halloween movies to stream on Disney Plus

Not everyone is into the whole “spooky” thing.

On Sep 28, 2021 by Jaime Carrillo

Movies

Three panel screenshot from TikTok where daughter stands up to her dead mother-in-law's cheating exboyfriend

‘Are you that much of a p*ssy?’: TikToker curses out mother-in-law’s boyfriend for alleged cheating

The video has more than 29 million views.

On Jul 30, 2021 by Jennifer Xia

IRL

Ring doorbell camera screenshot of man walking up to porch of father in law's house as he calls him a 'dickhead'

Man feels instant regret for calling father-in-law a ‘d*ckhead’ when he sees doorbell camera

'If regret was a video.'

On Jul 23, 2021 by Jennifer Xia

IRL

‘I didn’t know!’: Woman meets biological father after taking 23andMe test in viral TikTok

'I hope you feel more loved than you ever imagined.'

On Jul 17, 2021 by Cecilia Lenzen

IRL

People online are obsessed, confused with concept of ‘Apology Dinner’ after Reddit post goes viral

‘This sounds like something I would love to attend at least once in my life.'

On Apr 29, 2021 by Stacey Ritzen

Internet Culture

Kids without courtship: Families are now easier to make—thanks to these apps

Services for non-romantic coupling begin to boom.

On Nov 23, 2020 by Matt Silverman

IRL

Mom throws daughter with disabilities in TikTok video

Viewers were stunned—but the family says 14-year-old Abbie is fine.

On Apr 8, 2020 by Allyson Waller

IRL