24-12-2014, 05:29 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
Originally Posted by spitfire
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Why do you want to know who your forebears are?.
24-12-2014, 05:31 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
Originally Posted by Honey
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there are others ways to check and they are free, I found a lot of info from my local library, the census can give you even more details
24-12-2014, 08:42 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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DNA Testing.Does anyone know anything about having your DNA tested for finding out your ancestry ? I wouldn't mind having it done but is it a con?
I mean ancestors from 1000's of years ago not 2 or 3 hundreds of years.
I would lean to any adverts being a con.
I thought you had to have something that your ancestors actually used like a comb/brush (hair strands) of clothes or a body part in a pickled jar perhaps that you keep on your mantle piece for them to actually test against your own dna, ash's are no good by the way. I suppose if you don't mind them opening a crypt or digging up a grave of your ancestors then it may be done probably costing you a small fortune in the long run.
That King Richard fella springs to mind who they found under a car park tarmac not so long ago.
So it can be done.
But at what cost.
24-12-2014, 09:27 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
Originally Posted by longfellow
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Alan.I would lean to any adverts being a con.
I thought you had to have something that your ancestors actually used like a comb/brush (hair strands) of clothes or a body part in a pickled jar perhaps that you keep on your mantle piece for them to actually test against your own dna, ash's are no good by the way. I suppose if you don't mind them opening a crypt or digging up a grave of your ancestors then it may be done probably costing you a small fortune in the long run.
That King Richard fella springs to mind who they found under a car park tarmac not so long ago.
So it can be done.
But at what cost.
The results you received won't be specific, such as your ancestors came from a certain village in Germany or Greece! It will be more like .. your DNA shows that your ancestors originated in the Southern Mediterranean or in Central Europe!
24-12-2014, 09:34 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
Hi have had my DNA tested plus my Brother and one of my Sons.Its not a con and I have my mitrochondia and the male line on
my Brother and Sons lines.
Very interesting.
It just depends on how many people you want to go back on it Alan.
I only went back 12 Mothers and 12 Fathers for my men relations.
I paid about £38 for that. If you go back to a 130 Fathers on your
DNA that is about £120.
I will send you a PM Alan with who I used. They are an American
company and kosher. I know where my family came from to
get to the UK which includes Vikings on my Mothers side and from
the East of Africa on my Dads side. My Mums side walked through Macedonia first before Norway and my Dads side after coming out of Saudia Arabia went through Turkey and Greece over to Spain and
came to England that way. Good luck anyone who wants to do the same.
p.s. just read what ZsaZsa said. Yes I did the swab in
the mouth too from the saliva. They send you the kit
and you send it back and it takes about 3 to 4 weeks
to come back with the results. They sent my results
by e mail.
24-12-2014, 09:39 AM
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Re: DNA Testing.
I know where my ancesters come from with a maiden name of Moore (known as Moors) they originated in North Africa came to Spain and onto Southern Ireland and then from there spread out to England and America and France. I do have the family tree going back to the 1700s.Very interesting subject you can get quite intoxicated by all the knowledge you pick up on the way!
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