Unexpected Results From DNA Tests

Self | January 12, 2016 | Self

[mad_as_he$$]

Be very careful sending out your DNA to any service. 23 and me the biggest one has NO guarantee of privacy. Pretty sure Ancestry has the same or similar TOU’s even though they make a big deal out of privacy. That means the can map your DNA for everything including disease possibilities and defects and sell it to any one that will pay.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/23andme-is-terrifying-but-not-for-the-reasons-the-fda-thinks/

[bert]

-——There were WAY more peasants-——

yes but....... he likely screwed around and there is no accurate count of his actual progeny.

[AndyJackson]

I’d had no idea there was any Scandinavian in me!

We Vikings kind of got around. The smart ones sought a Mediterranean climate and went to Sicily. The less ambitious ended up in Scottland and Ireland. The stay at homes became muslim apologist socialists.

[bert]

-—killed his wife with a hatchet in 2012-—

you should thank goodness he didn’t use a gun

[null and void]

I did it and was surprised to find 1% Neanderthal

10% wouldn't have surprised me...

[null and void]

Those who are serious about their genealogical research, and what to crack research brick walls. However, if you are a law breaker, it's probably not the brightest thing to do.

Under obama we are all bitter clinging criminals.

[Hawthorn]

>> Ancestry.com does it. I think there are others as well <<

I think you’ll find that the best-informed people in the genealogy community will usually recommend Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). This company offers many more options, and they have much better customer service than does either Ancestry or the “23andMe” company.

But if you did use Ancestry.com, not to worry — because FTDNA will allow you to copy your results data from Ancestry into the FTDNA database for free. That way, you can approximately double your chances of finding useful matches.

(Full disclosure: I’ve been a very satisfied FTDNA customer since 2002. My DNA marker values have been “out in the open” since then, and nothing bad has happened as a result. On the other hand, I’ve made some very important genealogical research breakthroughs thanks to DNA.)

[Hawthorn]

>> I did it hoping to confirm old family lore that there was a Native American in the family tree. Nary a trace <<

Same situation for me. But such outcomes don’t necessarily mean our family legends are false, because after six or seven generations, the Indian DNA sometimes will be so diluted that it simply can’t be detected by today’s technology.

[refreshed]

Most surprising to me, I have as much Portugese in me as British islander. You wouldn’t know it looking at me.

[mountainlion]

There are many free places to do your Ancestry. Family Search is a free site that will store your tree free and is easily accessible. Libraries often subscribe to several ancestry sites like Ancestry.com and My Heritage. Census,military records and such are maintained by the federal government.

[pabianice]

I’m descended from the Goa’uld, which explains a lot.

[Hawthorn]

>> Ancestry has better tools to work with searches and matches <<

Ancestry certainly has more tools than does FTDNA or 23andMe. But the people in the DNA genealogy community whom I trust the most seem to think that Ancestry's tools give misleading and incorrect results in a high percentage of the cases.

For example, you might want to read some of the posts in Roberta Estes' blog, DNAeXplained, where she has very unfavorable comments about Ancestry's offerings.

[Hawthorn]

>> People related through that ancestor *may* have some of their DNA, perhaps all of it has survived in different family lines <<

Exactly. Autosomal DNA testing will almost always show a match with one of your third cousins. But if you could test 100 of your proven fourth cousins, you probably would find matches with only 20 to 30 of them. And if you could test 100 of your proven fifth cousins, you'd be lucky to find matches with more than five or six.

On the other hand, Y-chromosome testing can give reliable results about your unbroken male-to-male line of ancestry going back thousands of years. And ditto for mitochondrial DNA testing, when it comes to your unbroken female-to-female line of ancestry.

[Cold Heart]

Article here on FR not too long ago about police agencies getting DNA info from ancestry.com & others

[redhead]

"I’ve a line to Katherine Swynford nee DeRoet who married John of Gaunt and to every English monarch since. That, and Two-Fifty, will get me a cup of coffee anywhere."

We're related. Also Feinnes, and the "ancestral pile" is Hurstmonceux Castle, now the British Naval Observatory. I'm also related to John Howland, who fell overboard from the Mayflower, but, fortunately for me, was rescued.

[killermosquito]

I’m related to John Galt.

[UnRuley1]

Hey cousin! I also am a descendant of Charles “the hammer” Martel.

[gorush]

Katherine lived most of her life in and around Lincolshire and is buried in the Lincoln Cathedral.
Maybe I’ll see you at Thanksgiving dinner... :{)

[Little Bill]

Tried them all. The problem with MT DNA and your mother is Irish you can get a match but finding a relationship before 1800 is very difficult.

Y is the way to go because only 14% of people in the UK share my Y Chromosome it is easy to eliminate all of the R1B’s with the same last name. It also helps to have a place to start, in my case I had seven generations in one town so that hitting the local Historical groups helps.

The upside is that they were prominent, in some cases, the down side is they bred like rats.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Melungeon. Hope I spelled it right.