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@svds-b3w
June 11, 2026 at 2:37 pm
not ll cool j finding out his whole identity was a mystery 😭
@FullVyper
June 11, 2026 at 8:00 pm
It was on TV dipshit
@jftytg
June 11, 2026 at 2:44 pm
imagine finding out your entire family history is basically a plot twist in a movie
@pvorster8042
June 11, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Hate, just hate this DNA garbage.
@ReaganGrace-h2k
June 11, 2026 at 2:56 pm
Great job, everything looks polished
@mossyroots6631
June 11, 2026 at 3:05 pm
She just allowed to give that private information out.
@Ottophil
June 11, 2026 at 3:09 pm
Its not private
@Eddywap
June 11, 2026 at 5:52 pm
Deadass I’d be pissed if that’s me
@klausnaomi
June 11, 2026 at 6:57 pm
it was on an episode of finding your roots, it’s public knowledge
@haroldfrets5468
June 11, 2026 at 9:08 pm
I think that’s what you release once you give your DNA….
@mossyroots6631
June 11, 2026 at 10:17 pm
@haroldfrets5468 that unethical and should be illegal dna as a doctor’s records.
@Knittwist
June 11, 2026 at 3:58 pm
My niece found me when she was in her late 30s. I finally got to meet her right before she turned 40.
The interesting bit was when I had to explain why her DNA test was so odd.
Now she knows that her mother and her father are half siblings and she can get more adequate medical care
@josephreber43
June 11, 2026 at 6:12 pm
😬
@okipullup..
June 12, 2026 at 4:17 am
FAHHHHHH
@EUtravelling
June 11, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Wow and there is approval to speak about this very personal family matter, very tackey!
@jpierce3498
June 11, 2026 at 6:09 pm
This was not new news to the family. It was part of a popular family tree t.v. show on PBS a year or so ago
@nicjones7102
June 11, 2026 at 6:24 pm
It was all on a TV show hence why she is talking about it 😂
@nicjones7102
June 11, 2026 at 6:25 pm
Found out a month ago through DNA testing that my grandmother was not who she said she was and kind of made up an identity. We have contacted 1 new family member and are uncovering more and more.
@nathalyescobar2950
June 11, 2026 at 11:08 pm
What??? Omg keep us updated!!! I am invested
@Natsordinarylife
June 11, 2026 at 11:08 pm
What??? Omg keep us updated!!! I am invested
@piratemousie
June 13, 2026 at 5:50 am
Seriously, I’m now invested in this! If I follow you, can you post an update in the community section??
@MrKeychange
June 11, 2026 at 7:13 pm
Has LL Cool J ever been the most interesting anything? 😂
@Spearca
June 11, 2026 at 7:33 pm
He was the most important rapper in the period between Run DMC’s second and third albums.
@MrKeychange
June 12, 2026 at 11:42 am
@Spearca haha I suppose he was.
@missvness730
June 12, 2026 at 1:08 pm
The rapper that invented the term G.O.A.T.? Who also has been a star since a teenager in the 80s and a huge part of a music genre’s foundation; pioneered in receiving accolades in that genre, and is still relevant and recognized to this day (by a larger and more diverse audience, of old and young) through his move of crossing over into acting and hosting, amongst other things?
Sounds super boring
@MrKeychange
June 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
@missvness730 Lonnie Ali coined the term “G.O.A.T”. Jay Smith just took credit for it. 🙂
@missvness730
June 14, 2026 at 3:21 pm
@MrKeychange with the phrase not *the acronymic moniker 🤠
@haroldfrets5468
June 11, 2026 at 8:13 pm
That happens to a lot of people, just because it was Cool Is Mom it has to be special?!? Wth!?
Lol
@NJ-Cathie
June 11, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Wild!
@GetFitNick
June 11, 2026 at 9:35 pm
For me it was finding out that almost all of the heritage my family claimed was a lie. They claimed we were Cherokee and Apache and related to famous people. All wrong
@maguscluster
June 12, 2026 at 9:44 am
Every white family in America:
@gayliljaehyun
June 11, 2026 at 10:04 pm
why would you adopt a child and then just never tell them they’re adopted. i don’t understand this
@Br4dleyBrown
June 11, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Test “parm beach pete” !!!
@Robby43932
June 11, 2026 at 10:34 pm
“I ruined an entire family”
@Gutan_pro
June 12, 2026 at 4:05 am
Im Nigerian
Igala, i just discovered im not fully african
Something happened in this world and we will all find out only when we live this earth
@maguscluster
June 12, 2026 at 9:43 am
How you gonna just out Cool J like that?
@DrakeShattuck
June 12, 2026 at 10:32 am
The greatest discovery with DNA is that when identical twins submit their DNA separately they have different results when scientifically they should be identical. All the DNA firms are just scams.
@noblepenn4816
June 13, 2026 at 2:08 am
This clip has reminded me of the difference between genetics and genealogy 😅
@anonnymowse
June 16, 2026 at 12:34 pm
Does it matter. She raised him because she thought she was his grandmother.