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Being Irish, Being Brenda

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Channel: Music Is A Rainbow · 2017 · People & Blogs

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My husband is adopted and just found out through a DNA test that he is 19% Irish, which he's really excited about.  I've also been playing a joke on my friend Brenda by assuming her identity with her Target name badge.

Just for giggles, we ended up having a "Congratulations on being Irish" party for my husband after he got back from visiting his parents for their 50th anniversary, and they just so happened to get married on St. Patrick's Day!  I'm feeling so festive!  I made Shepherd's Pie for his party, but we'll probably just have green food for actual St. Patrick's Day.  I definitely don't have to cook for hours on Fridays.  

http://altonbrown.com/shepherds-pie-recipe/

The cool thing about ancestry.com is that when you get your DNA profile, it will link you up with people who are a DNA match.  We see people who are blood relatives of my husband because they were also tested, but he doesn't want to approach anyone and open a can of worms that either he or they can't handle.  When you find your birth parents, you have to be prepared to now have two families.

When my friend Brenda came to visit, I saw her name badge on our floor a couple days later and I was just about to message her when I realized I could have some fun with it and I was probably going to see her after our concert anyway. I decided I would wear it backstage, take photos with a bunch of friends while wearing it, and then I would amuse her by walking up to her after the concert with her badge on.  Unfortunately I couldn't find her, but then it led to one of the most entertaining weeks I've had, especially when Brenda drove all the way over to our house to put a hilarious poster on our door.  

Special thanks to my friend Heather for helping me decorate and to my friend Renee for the Music is a Rainbow sign she made me!  I have such wonderful friends and I'm very grateful for that.  They help me get through hard times.

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