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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.
Confirmed! My third great grandmother Feige Slawitz Berman had a sister, Chaia Sarah Slawitz Stein.
The new admixture analysis at FanilyTreeDNA offers customers a glimpse into geographic genetic history, but is there any use to this information?
My FamilyTreeDNA mitochondrial DNA results are in. The test has identified my haplogroup subclade as K2a2a1.
FamilyTreeDNA's Family Finder suggests I have two close matches and hundreds of distant relatives.
FamilyTreeDNA reveals my membership in haplogroup G2c through testing Y chromosome DNA.
The results of my AncestryDNA test pointed to a surprising component of my genetics, but where can I go from here?
Ancestry.com now offers autosomal DNA testing for geogenealogy and finding relatives.