Week 15: DNA
I asked for a DNA kit a few years ago for my birthday and my parents got it for me. We had started watching the show "Who do you Think you are" on TLC and It really inspired me to take it. I was the first in my immediate family to take it. Now both parents, my aunt, great aunts, 1 grandma and many cousins have taken theirs. I did mine through ancestry.com and have been happy with the results. Things made sense and I really didn't have anything unusual pop up like some people have had!
Here's a brief summary of my results:
England, Whales & Northwestern Europe: 36%
Germanic Europe: 33%
Sweden: 17%
Ireland & Scotland: 7%
Norway: 4%
France: 2%
Finland: 1%
Ancestry DNA now has what they call "ThruLines" that allows you to pick an ancestor you have on your tree and it shows how many DNA matches you have through that ancestor. It's pretty neat and I can't wait to explore it more. One cool thing is that it shows you potential ancestors that you don't have in your tree based on the fact that you share DNA matches with them!! How cool is that. Can't wait to do some more looking into some of the new names!!
I encourage everyone to do their DNA. Not only does it give you an idea of who you are but it allows more accuracy with your research the more DNA connections you have. In some cases it allows people to find long lost relatives that they never knew about. All it takes is a little spit in a tube and a whole world is opened up!
Ancestry DNA now has what they call "ThruLines" that allows you to pick an ancestor you have on your tree and it shows how many DNA matches you have through that ancestor. It's pretty neat and I can't wait to explore it more. One cool thing is that it shows you potential ancestors that you don't have in your tree based on the fact that you share DNA matches with them!! How cool is that. Can't wait to do some more looking into some of the new names!!
I encourage everyone to do their DNA. Not only does it give you an idea of who you are but it allows more accuracy with your research the more DNA connections you have. In some cases it allows people to find long lost relatives that they never knew about. All it takes is a little spit in a tube and a whole world is opened up!
