debut: 11/27/06
53,998 runs
He believed he was male until a genetic test
As she neared the end of her interrogation, I got the feeling that the test results were going to be different than I expected. I wanted to be weird, but not too weird. My mind drifted toward fun potential outcomes. A birthright trip anywhere outside of Western Europe was ideal, but mostly I’d just hoped for a good 30-second story to tell strangers when the topic comes up at happy hours.
Avery coughed, drawing me back into the phone.
“OK,” she said, interrupting my thoughts. “Based on your answers, we’ve identified a mismatch in your DNA.”
“A mismatch?”
“Well,” she said, searching for the best customer-friendly language, “you completed your profile as ‘male.’ But your DNA appears to be female.”
Avery coughed, drawing me back into the phone.
“OK,” she said, interrupting my thoughts. “Based on your answers, we’ve identified a mismatch in your DNA.”
“A mismatch?”
“Well,” she said, searching for the best customer-friendly language, “you completed your profile as ‘male.’ But your DNA appears to be female.”
