Category: DNA
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Ancestry DNA finally comes through with the discovery of Steckler cousins
Thanks to Ancestry.com DNA matches, artful sleuthing on FamilySearch, and a bit of luck, I’ve discovered dozens of “new” cousins, descendants of my third great grandparents, Wolf Steckler and Pearl.
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The Slawitz family: Feige Slawitz Berman and Chaia Sarah Slawitz Stein
Confirmed! My third great grandmother Feige Slawitz Berman had a sister, Chaia Sarah Slawitz Stein.
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FamilyTreeDNA’s My Origins offers a glimpse of geographic ancestry
The new admixture analysis at FanilyTreeDNA offers customers a glimpse into geographic genetic history, but is there any use to this information?
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FamilyTreeDNA mitochondrial DNA results
My FamilyTreeDNA mitochondrial DNA results are in. The test has identified my haplogroup subclade as K2a2a1.
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FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder results
FamilyTreeDNA’s Family Finder suggests I have two close matches and hundreds of distant relatives.
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FamilyTreeDNA offers some insight
FamilyTreeDNA reveals my membership in haplogroup G2c through testing Y chromosome DNA.
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AncestryDNA results mildly interesting
The results of my AncestryDNA test pointed to a surprising component of my genetics, but where can I go from here?
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Autosomal DNA analysis
Ancestry.com now offers autosomal DNA testing for geogenealogy and finding relatives.