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A Great Week in Genealogy and It’s Only Thursday
First, I registered for Course 4: Writing and Publishing for Genealogists taught by Tom Jones, one of the best genealogy writers and editors. The week-long course is taught at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) in Birmingham, Alabama. … Continue reading
The Search for Dovey Continues – Reverse Genealogy & DNA to Find Living Relatives
With few results from the search for documents on the possible father of Dovey Alpine Piearcy, DNA offers some hope to try to find family for Dovey. As you may recall, Dovey, my father’s mother’s mother, my great-grandmother, was born … Continue reading
Finding Todd, Haynes and Francis Cousins with DNA
Before DNA testing on four more known relatives is done, this week I worked on my parents Family Tree DNA autosomal testing results, looking for cousins. For my mother, we already have DNA matches with two known distant Todd cousins … Continue reading
DNA – Maternal Lineage Test Results
A few years ago, I had my maternal line DNA testing done through GeneTree. Then I joined Ancestry.com and entered by mtDNA results in their data base. From both data bases, I got dozens of matches from all over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Almeda Todd, DNA, Edith McIntire, Margaret Elliott, mtDNA, U5a, Zula McIntire
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DNA Testing Results – Southern European Ethnicity
As you’ve seen in a earlier post, my AncestoryDNA testing results showed 59% of my genetic ethnicity from Scandinavian, surprisingly. However, Vikings did control much of Northern Europe, so the results do make sense, as we go back in history. My next two major ethnic groups at 14% … Continue reading
DNA Results Eastern European Ethnicity
While our family stories don’t include any Eastern European origins, my DNA shows 14% Eastern European ethnicity – the same percentage as my British Isles ethnicity. Below is the Eastern European information from AncestryDNA. Modern Day Location Poland, Greece, Macedonia, … Continue reading
DNA Result – British Isles Ethnicity
Almost all of our ancestors arrived in American from the British Isles. Our ancestors were mostly Puritans, Quakers, plantation owners and their indentured servants who came to Virginia and Maryland and Scots and English, who lived on either side of the border between … Continue reading
DNA Results – Scandinavian Genetic Ethnicity
My DNA results through Ancestry.com are back with a match with a Buckmaster 2nd cousin who attended the reunion for the first time this year and with about 35 4th cousins. I’ll check those matches to see if we can extend the … Continue reading