July 12, 201610 yr Has anyone taken the DNA test or worked on family tree research? I've done both recently and have learned fascinating things.
July 12, 201610 yr Is there a fork in your family tree? My uncle put together a family tree for my moms side of the family. It included birth places, addresses and grave sites. Pretty cool.
July 12, 201610 yr I've never sprung for the DNA test. We can reliably go back to 1715 on my mother's side of the family.
July 12, 201610 yr I've never sprung for the DNA test. We can reliably go back to 1715 BC on my mother's side of the family. Fixed that for you!
July 12, 201610 yr I have an account. I have one branch of my family traced back as far as the late 1600's in Germany. Most of my family didn't come to the US until after the Civil War, but I found out my wife is eligible to become a member of the DAR through her dad's family. I also came up with a handful of pictures of my relatives from way back that I would have otherwise never seen without Ancestry. Edited July 12, 201610 yr by Colonels_Wear_Blue
July 12, 201610 yr I have an account. I have one branch of my family traced back as far as the late 1600's in Germany. Most of my family didn't me to the US until after the Civil War, but I found out my wife is eligible to become a member of the DAR. I also came up with a handful of pictures of my relatives from way back that I would have otherwise never seen. I am able to go back to 1655 when the English side of my family decided being Catholic in England in the mid 1600's was for the birds so they went to Maryland in Charles County. A century later we came to Kentucky in the Bardstown/Fairfield area. Great Grandfather came to Louisville and haven't left yet. On the other side of my family, one strand of the tree came from the Alsace Lorraine area. That stretch of land went back and fourth between France and the German Empire/German Confederation/Holy Roman Empire so many times so I don't know if that would make them French or German??????
July 12, 201610 yr I have never looked into this or seriously considered it. How much does this cost?
July 12, 201610 yr Author I have never looked into this or seriously considered it. How much does this cost? About $108 with taxes/shipping.
July 12, 201610 yr My son and I did this a few years ago...we were able to trace my wife's paternal side of the family back to around 1200 I think. One interesting find along the way was, a many times over great grandfather was a Templar Knight that was still a TK when the end came for the Templars. He was tortured before being released and accepted back into the church. My mom has some research from my side of the family that shows we are very distant cousins with Gen Patton and a former way back grandfather served a term as the Sheriff of Nottingham :lol2:
July 12, 201610 yr Coolest old name I've found was for a great great grandfather, "Socrates Crattus Hart." Wish I known about that family name before I had kids to name! My wife probably wouldn't have went along with it though. :lol2:
July 12, 201610 yr Author Has anyone taken the DNA test or worked on family tree research? I've done both recently and have learned fascinating things. My DNA results: 26% Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) 25% Irish 17% Native American 10% Western Europe 7% Italy/Greece 5% Great Britian 7% trace regions 3% Africa
July 12, 201610 yr What do they ship you? DNA Collection Kit and then results of DNA search...I think that is what you get.
July 12, 201610 yr My DNA results: 26% Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) 25% Irish 17% Native American 10% Western Europe 7% Italy/Greece 5% Great Britian 7% trace regions 3% Africa So from what I can infer, "Western Europe" doesn't include Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy or Greece. I guess that means it's basically Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Monaco, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, and Scandinavian Countries all lumped together? Poland too maybe?
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