On this TV court show, they had a boy take a DNA test to see where his ancestors came from. Where to go?

Question

I thought it was just the most interesting thing. I would love to see where my ancestors are from, since I am of mixed heritage. Where can one go to get this done?

Some were mixed and left on doorsteps as infants via the underground railroad, others were slaves and after three generations, we cannot trace back anymore. Then, some were gypsies that ran away from native american reservations and changed their names. So as you can see, it is difficult to trace.

Answer 1

It's not going to tell you quite as much as people think. What you will find is where your mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's mother ^nth was related by genomes and space. The other test will give you your father's father's father's father's (etc) father's genome type. It's not quite the same as "Your ancestors were from Anjou, Normandy; Bern, Switzerland; Schwern, Austria; Krakow, Poland and Monrovia, Liberia". Instead, you may only find that you're related to a bunch of Swedes on your mom's side and have an "Arabic" genotype on your dad's side.

As for "I have relatives all over the world," that's a bit of an understatement. Go back far enough and we're all related to the same people around the world. It's the simple reality that this globe only has so much room and our ancestors didn't just migrate from east to west...they went wherever the winds took them.

Answer 2

Family Tree DNA is the largest. Just put it into your search engine.

Y dna is passed from father to son.

Mitrochondrial is passed from mother to sons and daughters but only the daughters pass it on to their children.

Autosomal is what most of your DNA is. You get it 50-50 from both parents. Right now it is used to determine the paternity of a female. For genealogy it is mostly used for ethnic and racial testing. It will not help to match you up to particular family trees.

You would get a lot more tracing your ancestors starting with your parents. Anytime you wish to do this, there are a lot of people on this board who can give you good advice and ideas. Just ask.

Answer 3

DNA exams are on no account executed with the two events in a similar room. before everything, in basic terms the sequence is done in the Drs workplace. the unquestionably finding out is done in a lab the place contributors of the typical public are actually not allowed besides. If a DNA attempt became into finished in accordance with circumstances set out by utilising the courtroom, it is totally not likely it's going to order it redone. Richard

Answer 4

There are so many. I used www.familytreedna.com. They sent me a kit with 2 swabs, I rubbed the inside of my cheek, sent the kit back. They sent me a printed report and everything is available on the web. I have ancestors from all of Europe, even Iceland, islands in the Carribean, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, Innuits, Eskimos, American Indians, Central & South America, the Middle East, China, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Morocco, South Africa and some other parts of Africa.
Other sites are www.africanancestry.com, www.dnatribes.com, and others.
There are the two basic tests: yDNA (for father to his father and so on) and mtDNA (for mother to her mother and so on. DNA tests ONLY for straight lines (mother to mother to mother) and (father to father to father) so the further back you go, the less it will reflect you ancestry. But, I am thrilled by my results, which very much reflects my paper trail.

Answer 5

Ah, another potential philanthropist.

It's utterly useless for genealogy you know, that genographic project.

yDNA (male) can be useful to confirm or deny research on a father's surname line. http://www.familytreedna.com/ggene.html

To really learn where your ancestors "came from", follow the generations back one by one over time, history, and geography the old fashioned way, using historical documents and resources like your grandfather's birth certificate, his mother's death certificate, census &c.