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First day as new me

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.

Yes, my first day knowing my new ethnicity estimate from 23andMe DNA-test. That kind of sound a bit strange but I’m writing about it now.

I woke up and look at my app and I immediately noticed something was different. It turns out they updated the ethnicity estimates so I went in depth about it. It made a lot more sense than the previous version because I could see a more realistic Finnish connection at 21% rather than 16% and just to mention I’m culturally Finnish influenced as well.

I remember sending my grandmother the updated results and her reaction to this message. It’s honestly very empowering knowing where my roots are, where I come from.

So in the smaller amounts I learned a lot also, I’m a very European person with strong Sámi and Reisende heritage in addition to traditional Scandinavian and Finnish ethnicity.

And it makes sense also that certain ethnic groups are suggested strongly by my DNA-tests I already suspected being of Reisende origins on my grandfathers side and this results with the Danish, German, Dutch, Belgian, Balkan and even slight South Asian Indian traces made it clear it had some substance to it.

I love genealogy research and learning new things, and this helps guide my research. And the avatar is based on me, just a bit younger. And blonde with light colour eyes! (I’m darker in real life, especially my hair that’s also straight and with thick coarse texture).

And hear this message, loud and clear:

No matter where you come from, you always belong on Earth.

Thanks for reading my blogs ❤

Meeting him again

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I met my father in Autumn 2007 after 12 years not knowing him. It was him who contacted us, we actually met three times at a spescific location with someone else present. I’m not going into details about why he didn’t visit our home.

I remember being very nervous and excited about meeting him, btw I was an emo kid so I wore heavy black eyeliner on that faithful day.

When I saw him walking past the room I was like ‘omg, he really is just like me!’ and that was true every time we met, I was used to see how I was similar to my mother in political views and philosophy etc but my appearance is more like his and the way we think and respond to others.

This was profound in every way, and I am grateful for those moments and when the conversations were friendly (they were not always, I mention again he wasn’t in our home), and I learned a lot about him and myself in these experiences. I hope this was interesting to others, and true Sámi passion forever ❤

My taste of work life

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in 9th grade I spent a couple days working at the local library as part of my education, everyone had to choose somewhere they wanted to work and I love books of all kinds. I spoke with the adults working there and sorting through the books, keeping it tidy and organized well. I was quite psychotic at the time with voice-hearing constantly, along with the anxiety-related symptoms affecting my ability to do the tasks confidently and easily. One of the days I got nausea so strongly I just had to go home. But it was a useful experience, seeing how adults interact in work environment and what goes on behind the scenes in a library.

Surgery

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I don’t know if it’s relevant to this question but I will share some of my experiences with the first day after surgery.

I have had many minor procedures in both of my lower limbs due to extremely painful condition. I don’t want to write too much about the reason or graphic detail. Walking is impossible in this state and the first time this surgery I had to be wheeled around the pharmacy to get the pain medications. And you really really need the medications ASAP to be able to fall and stay asleep. And you also need help with anything involving walking or standing for several days after the surgery.

It’s been 4 years since last time thank God and Nature I got treatments that works to prevent this condition.

be strong within yourself ❤