Questions tagged [dna]
For questions about using DNA to further knowledge of family history, relationships, ethnic origin, and overall ancestry. Most common tests include Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA.
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Finding Romanian birth certificate from 1957
Just a shot in the dark:
I am trying to find my mother's birth certificate from Bucharest. I don't know much about her, just her name, birthday and possibly her last name. She didn't have a middle ...
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I'm confused about my Ancestry DNA test
On my DNA results page, initially there is woman who matches as Close family - first cousin so I assumed she could be the daughter of my great uncle (my father's uncle). Then a recent update occured ...
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Why Wegene and Gedmatch (raw data uploaded from wegene) gives me similar results in everything except on the European part?
The first is wegene， the second is Gedmatch with raw data uploaded from wegene and the EUtest V2 K15.
In everything both websites seems to coincide.
However, what I cannot understand is how could ...
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Does 25% Spanish mean grandparent was born in Spain?
I took a DNA test through Ancestry; it shows I'm 44% Indigenous America's Mexico and 25% Spanish. These are the main percentages, there are many others! I'm wondering about the Spanish component.
Does ...
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How do you vet DNA cousin "matches" that reach out to you?
I did the DNA test thing back in January. One of the things I was hoping to get out of it was to make contact with other (distant) cousins. What I didn't think about was putting myself out there for ...
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Is there a way to declutter Endogamy in DNA comparisons?
I've recently taken an Acestry DNA test to try and confirm my paternal line's great grandfather. After getting the results, I thought I identified the correct one. One of the nearest matched ...
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Adopted first cousin - is her parent my aunt or my uncle?
I have a first cousin who was adopted at birth. My mom had two brothers and a sister. The adoption records are sealed and cannot be viewed due to Florida state law (1969). Is it possible to determine ...
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Confirming my real (genetic) grandfather from 23andMe results
I recently found a photo of my maternal grandparent’s wedding party. I’ll refer to my maternal grandparents as GM (grandmother) and GF (grandfather). I was surprised to see that one of the people in ...
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Identifying maternal grandfather using DNA
I have recently started the process of grouping my DNA matches on my mother’s side. It's starting to look like the man I thought was my grandfather may not be. I don't have my mother’s DNA but I have ...
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How can I share more DNA with a distant cousin's son than with the distant cousin?
My Heritage has brought up a 0.6% match with a suggested son of a 3rd Cousin / 4th Cousin. He is aged under 20.
Their tree is managed by the father aged in his 40's. However, there is only a 0.2% ...
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First Generation/Sibling Match? (using one to one DNA comparison)
Trying to wrap my head around this to determine if this is a legitimate sibling match (?)using report I got on GedMatch (one to one comparison DNA).
Report shows: 3557.3 total Autosomal cm/largest 206....
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Unknown grandfather
Is it possible to know if my grandfather is the same person as my cousins grandfather thru DNA? My grandmother and my cousin's grandmother are sisters. All of these grandparents are dead.
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Using DNA to identify deceased grandfather
After discovering my grandfather wasn't related (my DNA showed zero relative matches on all sites for this man) I had my 3 brothers, a sister, my niece, and 2 of my children (who are half-siblings) ...
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Are Y-DNA matches less accurate in a common haplogroup?
My maternal cousin recently took a Y-DNA test to help with research on my mother's family line. The results are back and he is in haplogroup R-M269. He has 347 matches at 37 markers.
I took a test ...
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DNA origins on Ancestry
About 6 months ago I had my DNA tested through Ancestry and am currently building my family tree. In my DNA origins it is showing, on my paternal side, that my ancestors 100% originated in East Mayo ...
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