Some time ago, I finally decided to "bite the bullet" and take a DNA test. Of course, I decided to start with MyHeritage.com because I have already got over 100,000 SmartMatches and that means I already have a large number of "relatives" on the website. Unlike many, I am not seeking to find any more relatives. I have written a number of posts about DNA testing and if you want an interesting perspective on DNA testing you can do a quick Google search on "James Tanner genealogy DNA" and get some interesting posts and other information.
I got the test kit in the mail on December 24, 2016. Since I am involved in family Christmas activities, it will probably be a couple of days before I take the test and send it back to the testing facility which I understand is in Texas.
Here is the packaged opened.
Here is the testing part of the packaging:
You can assume that in the next few days, I will have taken the DNA test (I am worried I might fail!) so the next post on this particular subject will be on the test results. Now, this does not mean that I won't write some rank speculation about the results before they come. It will be interesting to see if my well-developed expectations will match the matching.
Stay tuned.
Oh, the suspense. Let me guess. Does it show ethnicity? If so, it'll show you're 1/4 Danish and almost 3/4 British Isles with a little bit of other European.
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, I'll be glad if it clears up the Defriez question, since a distant cousin once explained the problem with that line, and how a test from this side of the family could clarify the genealogy.
It is possible that there will be some surprises.
DeleteI and my husband did the Ancestry DNA testing and got interesting results that match pretty much with what research we've done on our lines. But I am interested in what you say about the size of the samples on MyHeritage. Ancestry reported only about 180-195 people that I was being compared with. That doesn't sound like enough to be conclusive. I hate to spend the money, but maybe I'll also take MyHeritage's offering.
ReplyDeleteThe size and composition of the comparison group is very important.
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