Why You Should Use DNA Testing For Ancestry Research

In this age of computers and instant access to any type of information you want, how necessary is it to use DNA testing for your ancestry research? Especially when you can just go to the Internet and find out anything you want. A few years ago it was estimated that everyone is within 6 people […]

DNA And Family History Research – The Truth About Your Results

A lot of people are under the misconception that DNA testing will reveal their entire family history. I blame it on those cop shows where every case comes to a successful close based on DNA evidence alone and half of a smudged fingerprint. DNA and family history are related to a certain degree, but not […]

Use Caution When Researching Your Ancestry – DNA Testing Results Can Be Surprising

When trying to determine your ancestry, DNA testing can help you at least to determine a starting point. For example you may have been adopted as a young child and have no recollection of your natural parents or relatives. Therefore, you also can’t be sure of your ethnic or racial origin. Appearances aren’t everything and […]

Setting Up a DNA Surname Project

If you are like any other genealogist, you have spent quite a few years corresponding and working with other researchers in an attempt to prove surname connections, it may possibly have crossed your thoughts that a DNA Surname Study could aid the effort to fill in some of the missing holes. The finest way of […]

Ancestry DNA Testing

Made popular in recent years by its use in high-profile criminal investigations and paternity cases, DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, is most commonly used to prove a connection to a particular person. New tests produced in recent years, however, have also turned DNA into a favorite tool for determining ancestry. As DNA is passed down from […]