An Aussie-Kerel has unveiled a former flame that he met through an online dating app turned out to be his long-lost cousin.
Hunter Smith said he met the man on Tinder and later received an ominous message after the relationship ended and said they “had to talk.”
Smith said his mind immediately racing with all possible scenarios.
“Did he need money? To stay somewhere? He was full of illness, “he wrote this month in a column for Mamamia.
He said that when the couple finally spoke, the shocking reality exceeded them all.
“It turns out that our grandfathers were related, but alienated and there is no way we could not have known,” he said.
“We are cousins … cousins, I promise, but anyway.”
Mr. Smith, a recipient of Pakenham Youth of the Year from 2004, said that his ex-Fling had made the sobering discovery by going off an Ancestry.com 'Rabbit hole'.
Hunter Smith (photo) revealed that his ex-fling had made the sobering discovery by taking an ancestry.com 'rabbit hole' after they were dated
Mr. Smith said the couple met through Tinder, but there was “no way they could have known”
Mr. Smith mocked the trend that has emerged in recent years for curious Australians to delve into their pedigree.
'They will stick to every connection with Australian history. If they can use Ancestry to prove that they are descending from someone on board the first fleet, then they become an ancestors A-Lister, “he wrote.
'Unfortunately, most will have to settle for a little less grand.
“You knew Harold Holt? Did your grandfather work the snowy Hydro? Has your cousin built the big banana? Big Whoop.
'We are now so deepened by family trees that we have entire TV shows that focus on the average history of serious celebrities.
'Do you want to see how a Wiebel discovered that their grandmother was the first woman to sell gelatin in Geraldton? Wake up Jeff, you are bored to sleep. '
He said that this trend went even further with companies that offer DNA tests to tell a person his genetic makeup.
“People everywhere are self -swabbing and send their data to business laboratories to find out their geographical origin,” he wrote.
Mr. Smith (photo) was shocked when he discovered that his former Fling was a distant cousin
'Australians everywhere learn that they are not only Australian. They are special. They are four percent French or Dutch or Samoan or Irish and they will make this little exotic the new cornerstone of their personality. '
Smith said that he longed for the days when it was discovered of such exciting, painful or often nonsensical information, by talking to family members or by watching old boxes with possessions.
Or, in the case of an unfortunate Tinder tryst with a distant family member, perhaps not to know at all.
Hunter Smith is a comedian and writer for the project based in Melbourne. His show Bushranger will debut in Melbourne International Comedy Festival in March.
