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Has anyone built their family tree, done the DNA testing? I've really never been interested in such things but I guess being home so much gave me a lot of time to think about it. It's a good thing there is time to research because it's more involved than I thought it would be.
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I did the ancestry dna thing and it was pretty much what I thought. No surprise. Haven’t don’t the research cause they want more money to access records. Mum’s tree goes back al aways but dads ends with his parents. Was interesting.
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Yes, I've done the DNA testing. It was certainly interesting; no huge surprises except 1 small one. Nevertheless, a fun test.
Long before the DNA sites charged for every little thing I did a basic family tree. Now, that was fascinating. But paying $$$ to do it...oh, I don't know...I suppose I would if I had money to throw away. __________________ |
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My DNA was a surprise. Had always been told we were Dutch/Irish but the results showed otherwise. Also, confirmed a questionable family tree entry, 1% African (Bantu) My family certainly never said anything about this. But I'm okay with it and kind of always knew there was a connection to black people, black culture, etc. Which brings me to another question. How much does your DNA play into your behavior? Any thoughts on this? Another thing I found interesting was how people died. Helped me kind of get a better family health history. Plus, so many white immigrant descendants sold themselves into slavery to pay off their trip to America. That was interesting.
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I have relatives who've done Ancestry. com and I've looked up stuff on the Internet. My identical twin did the DNA test. It is interesting.
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I did Ancestry for less than $100. It confirmed I descended from where we thought, but extended the borders to the two neighboring countries. It also confirmed a paternity we questioned. When it showed me my close DNA matches to others who took the test, there was someone linked to me, only using a made up name, who I didn’t recognize. I messaged them, saying who I was and asking them who they are, but they never responded. I think DNA plays a huge part in our behavior. It may totally dictate everything about it. I took a different genetics test with a doctor due to susceptibility for BRCA. This pinpointed possible predispositions to medical issues. Fortunately, my test showed I am alright. My mom did great research on our ancestry. I don’t know how she managed it without spending any money. She even wrote a letter to the old country in their language (one she doesn’t speak) by doing her best to translate, asking for information from them which they did send her! She found the ship they came to America on, and even their graves back in their town. My aunt went there and took photos of the headstones. I joked that they didn’t speak to each other, just like our family barely does now. The headstones had the images of the people etched on them. They looked like us! __________________ "And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T Last edited by TishaBuv; Mar 01, 2021 at 07:00 AM.. Reason: Add more |
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Maybe you already know this but many public libraries subscribe to Ancestry/like sites so you can do the research for free.
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I didn’t know that! The problem is my dads father was born in Norway and changed his name . I don’t know how to find his original name. His mother has a common name. Think Smith, Jones. So common and comes from Great Britain.
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Sometimes there is information on what ships they came in on or what settlements they were a part of when they landed. It was interesting how the immigrants often had to sell themselves into slavery to pay for their trips to America. How the Irish were used as slaves mostly in the Northern USA. I have the full access plan which is kind of pricey but once I get to a place where I'm satisfied with what I know about my family I will cancel it. Another interesting point is who served in the civil war. With most of my relatives being from the NC area ,there were relatives on the Confederate and Union side of the war. __________________ "Caught in the Quiet" |
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You might want to start with what you know is true, like your Dad's name. Search that out and you may come up with even more information. Plus run your dad's siblings, just search every angle you can think of.
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It’s sad they came as slaves or indentured servants. Mine were just dumped onto the streets of NY. For you to learn about yours being in the Civil War is so interesting. Brothers against brothers from the north and south! Keep us posted. It’s so interesting to learn about this! __________________ "And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T |
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My daughter does very extensive genealogy research and ended up finding so many different old documents, photos and old papers and luckily a lot of old archives are digitized now, she also found relatives in different parts of the world that didn’t know of our existence, and we didn’t know about theirs. One relative she found and met ended up being somewhat famous. My daughter came in touch with several, including meeting some.
She belongs to genealogical societies of different kinds. In one of those societies everyone is so very elderly, no one young but her. It’s a huge hobby of her. We all enjoy seeing results of it but I can’t keep good track of it or remember how they are all linked. I don’t know how she keeps it all straight The most fascinating part was that several distant relatives she found living in other parts of the world did not know about our existence. They thought that our family line ended in WWII. They assumed my grandparents perished in Holocaust with all their many siblings and cousins and nieces and nephews, these people had no idea that although everyone else perished, my grandparents survived and carried on and we exist and next generations will be coming up probably soon. Fascinating stuff |
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I been working on my family tree for almost 20 years. I won’t do the DNA thing because when doing it in the US most have in small print they will keep your DNA. These banks of DNA can be used by different agencies to solve crimes and assist with missing people, alive or otherwise.
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I asked my mom and was told she had gone into the National Archives in Washington DC and was able to see microfiche. They knew the approximate date when my great grandparents sailed over from europe. They found the ship and found them on the manifest.
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Through DNA research I found out that my grandfather's ancestors came to America in the late 1600's. Could have been on the Mayflower, who knows!
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