Like I mentioned in my other post I don’t think its possible to come from my state or certain of the surrounding states and have a bland family history. We just don’t do that here. And it goes further back. My grandparents love genealogy and went digging through archives over our state and maybe one… Continue reading Family Tree Stories
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Ancestry Updates
This is probably totally boring to most people, but I think it’s fun, especially trying to tie back to my favorite Rosemary Sutcliff Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion. I want to be related to those fictional characters! Yes, I’m nuts. Original Test Update 1 I was so sad I lost Scotland/Ireland. I know I don’t… Continue reading Ancestry Updates
Ancestry DNA Update
I think DNA is fascinating. One of the aspects of Ancestry DNA is that they update our results as more research becomes available (just re-affirms that this is a new science, and they are trying for accuracy). So, here are my results. My heritage isn’t particularly spectacularly interesting to any but me except in point… Continue reading Ancestry DNA Update
My AncestryDNA Results
I ordered my AncestryDNA test during the Black Friday sale and then in January received a notification that I would have to send a new sample (I got a free second kit), so people, the instructions on the package are NOT STRICT ENOUGH. My email (after the AncesteryDNA people couldn’t retrieve my results) stated to… Continue reading My AncestryDNA Results
I Finally Bought the Ancestry Test
Things to Bear in Mind (watch this video, focus especially on his explanations after the comparisons). 1. DNA test are new, sketchy, and general and humans are dumb. 2. In order to determine ethnicity matches, we must have reference populations. These are MODERN, so may/probably don’t reflect when my ancestors came over. For non-Europeans, the… Continue reading I Finally Bought the Ancestry Test
Link Love: Genealogy and DNA
I mistakenly assumed that my DNA ethnic breakdown would exactly match my siblings. I also assumed it would proportionally match my ancestry. Genes are far more complex and random than that. For example, my grandfather is of 1/4 Swiss ancestry. Yet, his DNA might not show 25% Swiss genes nor mine 6.25% although it could.… Continue reading Link Love: Genealogy and DNA