DNA Test Reveals Unexpected Swiss Ancestry for American Man

When a DNA test reveals unexpected Swiss ancestry

At the age of 53, Robert Thayer discovered his genes didn’t match his presumed family tree. Finding himself suddenly connected to the Liechti family, he travelled to Switzerland to visit the hamlets his ancestors had lived in before emigrating to the United States. On a cloudy day in May, a small white car takes a right into Erlenbach im Simmental, a little village in the valley behind Spiez, canton Bern. Finding its way on the narrow streets through the houses, the car turns onto the single-...

By swissinfo.ch