Why Ancestry DNA is So Popular

Ancestry DNA is highly popular these days. Have you noticed?

There are ads on television, people give it as gifts, all with the desire to know more about where they came from and their family’s origin.

In other words, what they really want to know is:

Who am I?

We all want to know the answer to that. Who am I? Where did I come from? What makes me noteworthy in this big world with years of history? What’s my place in all of it?

During a prayer meeting, we were going through Psalm 47, and this verse jumped out:

He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loves. 

Psalm 47:4 

Are heritage and identity the same thing? I tend to think heritage is a portion of our identity.

It’s incredibly freeing to think God gave us our identity. He chose our heritage for us when He chose us to be His children. Even as more people discover their family origins through things like Ancestry DNA, our heavenly Father holds all the answers. 

He gave us the ultimate identity by calling us His children.

What a gift of a heritage!