Alyssa Grenfell's DNA test short video goes viral with 118K views
August 14, 2026 at 4:07 AM MT · via YouTube / Alyssa Grenfell · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
Ex-Mormon YouTuber Alyssa Grenfell posted a short-form video discussing something that "literally showed up on my DNA test," drawing 118,000 views in 43 hours at a rate of nearly 2,800 views per hour. The 60-second clip teases a longer discussion about her ancestry results and their connection to her Mormon heritage. The video generated 362 comments, many from viewers requesting the full story. Grenfell frequently creates viral shorts that drive traffic to her longer-form content examining life after Mormonism.
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