I don't think anything was an accident. Looking back, I think all the things over the years,

I think they were all leading up to some subconscious truth that I didn't even know,

something on a cellular level that was sort of leading me to discover something that needed to get discovered.

This is death, sex, and money.

You're my lawyer, so I think you should know. I've killed a lot of people.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

Wow, you must be rich.

And need to talk about more.

Not thinking about little afternoon sex or something?

I'm in a sale.

The first thing that was strange to me was that it said I had no Jewish ancestry.

And so I thought, oh, that's weird.

About a year and a half ago, a woman named Amy became one of the nearly 12 million people

who have taken a male-in DNA test to learn more about their genealogy. Amy used Ancestry.com.

I think I got influenced by the marketing efforts, and I just decided to take the test.

Did that involve, like, spitting?

Or what did that involve the DNA test?

Yes, it involves spitting a lot of saliva into a little container and sending it,

and it was about a month of weight.

And I had sort of forgotten almost.

I wasn't really anxiously waiting for results because I just took it on a whim.

Amy is in her 40s now, but she's been interested in her family history since she was a kid.

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