The DNA thing can be just as much fun with dogs. I adopted my older dog as a puppy from a humane society that advertised him as half Great Dane and half Lab. When I took him to puppy basic training the trainer told me he was probably half Pit Bull and half Lab. However, by then he’d worked his puppy magic on me and I wasn’t about to return him. Then, a couple of years ago, I was dropping him off at the vet and I ran into a full blooded American Staffordshire Terrier (AST, aka Pit Bull) that, from dead on in front, looked very much like my dog.
That did it. I had the vet do a DNA test on him. Turned out that he’s half AST, a quarter Lab, an eighth Golden, and an eighth Cocker Spaniel. Quite a surprise, but he’s a great dog.
I had my parakeet’s DNA tested. Turns out he is 1/1024th Bald Eagle. Since then he has been demanding a bigger cage, and has practiced dive bombing our fish bowl, and eating our gold fish. DNA can be a dangerous thing.