Ancestory DNA

[steelslaver]

I just got done filling my test tube with spit and adding the preservative. Ready to send it off. Should be interesting. Family name orginally from Italy, but great great great.... grandfather showed up in America in 1630 from England, Great great grandmother and grandfather mixture of French/Indian from Quebec area. Another Great grandmother was German and another English. Gonna find out just what kind of a mongrel I am. Then send a copy to my blood brother and 4 sisters. My kids will get a here is my half copy.

Anybody else done this? Surprises?

 

[SC_Mike]

I've thought of doing this also, let us know how it turns out.

My great great grandfather was told to leave Great Britain and never return. I may not want to know.

 

[tlawler]

I've been wanting to do that too. Being adopted, I only have a vague idea of my genetic make up. On the subject of surprises, my sister in law found out that the man that she called Dad really wasn't and siblings were now half siblings. Much to the chagrin of her Mom, I might add...oops!

 

[chud333]

I want to get this done this year sometime also.
I half expect to be descendant from Jack the Ripper
or Genghis Khan. haha
I really know nothing past my Grandfathers on both
sides of my Parents. My last name really has no clues.
I would like to know where the family was located
in years past though.

What is the cost of this ?



Chuck

 

[steelslaver]

Think it was $90 or somewhere close.

I was lucky enough that all but one of my gret grandparents were alive when I was born. I remember my Mothers paternal Grandfather (English), her maternal grandmother (German) whom I knew well, lived till 101 and died when I was 22. My fathers Maternal grandmother was a grand old woman (French/Indian)who I got to know also.
Somewhere there is a picture of my Great grand mother, my grandma, my mom, me and my first son as a baby. 5 generations.

My Great great grandfather was a union officer, who after the civil war, rounded up some cows in Texas with his brother and headed them north into Wyoming and Montana. My one Great grandmother homesteaded on the Powder River as a Widow woman with 8 kids and lived in a soddy. My mother was born on her place and the house was still part sod then. Same for another Great grand father. 3 of his sons married 3 sisters from my great grandmother. Another set of great grandparents also came from Minn. in the early 1920s

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My second son and his wife did this just before Thanksgiving. The 54% NW European was no surprise. The 10% Scandinavian was expected. The 8 to 10% (I forget which) Jewish was (although his name is Judah!) Big surprise. The >1% Asian Indian and >1% Moroccan came as absolute surprise! There was a chunk of Brittan too, Must be the Scott and Irishman in the wood pile!

Ivan

 

[DWalt]

I wish I could trust in the accuracy of those ancestry tests, then I might order one. Right now I am not convinced. And in any event, I don't care that much what the results might be or their value to me. Call me a skeptic.

 

[steelslaver]

OK, your a skeptic. LOL

I think they figure that there is a +-4% on the percentages. They have gone quite a ways with hereditary DNA. I think they are probably reasonably accurate. It doesn't really make a hoot to me, but, I am a curious George. Plus, thought it would be kinda of a neat "gift" to my family. Luckily for me a know fair bit of my most of ancestors recent history in the Americas.

 

[paplinker]

When you send the sample away how much personal info do they ask for?

Also it would be cool if they could tell you if you were related to a famous family.

 

[Arik]

I did something similar about 10-12 years ago. It wasn't the Ancestry DNA but a NetGeo project to trace migration. I know where I'm from, I know where my parents and grandparents are from so I had a good starting point to know if I was being scammed. The information I got back was very interesting. My mitochondrial DNA....... DNA which changes very little over long periods of time..... last changed in the Russian stepe about 25k years ago. It then spread into Easter and later Western Europe. What I found interesting was that my Eastern European mitochondrial DNA is 96% identical to that of Spain and 75% to Ireland

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[gman51]

I would do it but I think it might come back 1% Cocker Spaniel.

 

[Drm50]

I did it a couple years ago, they had a sale offer going on. I think
it was $79.95. I knew a lot about our family history clear back
to old country. I was surprised at the percentage of Native
American blood. Sadly not enough to get a slice of the Casino
money. They can only tell you native blood, not tribe. About the
only way to prove this, is if your forefather married Indian girl
in church or civil service where a record might exist.

 

[Muss Muggins]

My second son and his wife did this just before Thanksgiving. The 54% NW European was no surprise. The 10% Scandinavian was expected. The 8 to 10% (I forget which) Jewish was (although his name is Judah!) Big surprise. The >1% Asian Indian and >1% Moroccan came as absolute surprise! There was a chunk of Brittan too, Must be the Scott and Irishman in the wood pile!

Ivan

Isn't Jewish a religion as opposed to a race of people?

 

[deadin]

Had mine done several years ago. Mostly Scots/Irish with a whiff of English and German. The only surprise was a measurable bit of Iberian Peninsula (Spanish). The only thing I can figure is some "Black Irish" got in there somehow. (When the remnants of the Armada sunk off the Irish coast many of the survivors assimilated into Ireland.)

 

[carpriver]

Isn't Jewish a religion as opposed to a race of people?

Most Jews are Hebrew or Araba .

 

[soFlaNative]

Isn't Jewish a religion as opposed to a race of people?

Most Jews are Hebrew or Araba .

How about Levantine, i.e. Eastern Mediterranean?

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

My wife is the family Genealogist, a very good one. She did the DNA thing and was able to make connections with other folks that have done the same.

Family history is a delicate subject and you can find out both good and bad information while doing research. Sometimes family history turns out to be family tradition with no documentation to back it up. When someone tells me that their family came over on the Mayflower, I ask for documentation. The paper trail is very important.

 

[Drm50]

I forgot to mention with Ancestory.Com you get updates and
links to possible relatives every so often to your PC.

 

[Kevin J.]

When you send the sample away how much personal info do they ask for?

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It don't get more personal than your DNA. But I do you think I know what you actual meant, but......

 

[steelslaver]

Basically they ask your name and when you were born. With ancestry you can start a tree with father, mother, grandparents, but, not necessary for DNA deal. They say the testing lab is given no information.