How would I find out exactly what my ancestry is by DNA??

Question

How is that done?Is it expensive?Where do you go to get it done?

WENDY:I know the difference..thank you.

Answer 1

This is such a great idea and you can go to Ancestory.com for the web site or a list of and they will tell you about it but you have to join in order to find out the price so I apologise here because I didn't want to join but you can find out where all your relatives are and I plan to do this not just now but I did give you a star because I think this is a wonderful question.

Answer 2

Ancestry (or family history) and genetic background are two distinct issues. In genetic terms, the classifications are extremely broad, like "european", "asian", so forth. It gets even more technical than that, but it isn't the same as your ancestry.
Genealogy is extremely focused and specific... not to be confused with the word "difficult". It is tracing your absolute family.. ie, finding that your grandparents were named such and such; they died on certain dates, etc. You don't need a lab test to do that, you use historical records.
There are many families who have ALREADY done the "paper" research, and a group of those will use dna testing in a slightly different way. Example, it might be known from research that there were 3 different Wade immigrants to Virginia. There are times when paper research is not done well (or documents have not been found), thus COMPARING dna from persons with the same name can support or rule out that they come from the same line. It does not replace the regular route, but it can supplement it.
Thus.. if you say you want to know your ancestry (and really mean your family history), you won't be getting what you want from DNA testing.

Answer 3

The only thing a DNA test will show is the percentage nothing more. It can be expensive so I would do your research before you even consider an ancestry DNA. Also just so you know you can not use it to prove Native American ancestry. The Tribes will not accept it.

Check with a local testing lab and see what they charge for an ancestry DNA. That just might change your mind. They run anywhere from $200 up.

Answer 4

Numerous labs have recently set up shop to help discover ancestry within broad populations, although the process involved (at least for the individual having the search done) is the same as it is when a legal guardian or a mother wishes to identify a baby's father--a cotton swab inside the cheek; for instance, such a test was done on Anna Nichole Smith's baby this spring.

Of course, these particular tests won't be that specific. They won't necessarily tell the customer if he or she is a direct descendant of Louis XIV or Genghis Khan, but they will determine the different ancestral groups to which the customer belongs, listing the matches where his or her DNA is most common. That means the haplogroups because certain gene mutations (or lack thereof) are more common in certain haplogroups.

The process isn't inexpensive particularly if the customer wants both his or her patrilineal (Y-DNA) and matrilineal (mt DNA) traced. Relative Genetics, the Provo, Utah, lab associated with Ancestry.com, for instance, charges $195 to chart the patrilineal line and $195 to analyze the matrilineal line, or else it offers a combination package at $345 (standard) and $385 (advanced), respectively. Similar labs quote similar prices:

http://www.relativegenetics.com/relativegenetics/

http://www.dnatribes.com

Answer 5

There's a lot of myth out there about what can and cannot be done with DNA concerning genealogy. Most of the previous posts are incorrect, as usual.

It may be interesting to know what some million/s of your hunter-gatherer ancestors were doing roaming the planet 10,000 and more years ago in prehistory if you've the money to toss away. But that's useless for genealogy.

What is useful then? First one does the usual genealogy research back at least around a couple hundred years. Maybe you get stuck and need a Clue which Smiths (for instance) are your John's ancestors. http://www.familytreedna.com/ has the largest database to compare your yDNA (male) surname lines with. That may mean if you're female including your brother, father, maybe grandpa of that surname in the testing.

Humans have ranged so widely over the planet swapping genes in our 100,000 years during which no records are kept other than fossil that at this time only yDNA markers' comparison is useful for genealogy.

Now to answer your specific questions. I showed a link above to read. They mail a pair of "buccal" swabs to rub inside your cheek then you mail them back your cells. In a couple of weeks you get your results. You can choose to make the results public and to have them included in the appropriate surname project to learn who you may match with - and don't - and about how far back. In the same results you do get that "deep ancestry" haplogroup information.

Cost is relative if you continue to spin your wheels frustratedly spending money - and it's a fact that research does have costs - without results or worse, with results that are "bad research". (It's often not Real Popular to tell folks what they may not want to hear, heh)

Answer 6

You need a piece of DNA from your ancestors. Then scientists will compare. They will confirm the relations through analysis on how the nucleotides are arranged. Everybody's DNA is different (except for identical twins), but family members are similar. DNA testing is expensive. But not as expensive as having your ancestors exhumed just so you can get a piece of their DNA.

Answer 7

What it will make difference if you could find what your ancestry is?
Dont worry about the things you need not to. There are already enough worries we are facing. Dont invite more.
Forget about your ancesters and go and spend your life in your own way and style.

Answer 8

dunno