Ancestry/Genealogy

csziggy

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2. Do you agree with the Legal Genealogist on testing?

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:46 PM

Jun 2014

She recommends:

Step 1. Test with AncestryDNA first. It’ll cost you $99. (The big change for 2014 is that you can no longer use 23andMe for this first step because its raw data today using its new V4 testing chip isn’t compatible with the Family Tree DNA system.)

Step 2. The minute you get your results from the first test, transfer your raw data to Family Tree DNA for $69. When I say “transfer,” that doesn’t end your matches at the other company, it just gets you into the Family Tree DNA system with all of its benefits.

Step 3. When you can afford it, test with 23andMe for another $99.

My sister has been talking about getting tested, but she's not a member of Ancestry so has no tree to link to. I'm not clear if I could link her data to my tree. When we talked today, my sister sounded more interested in the National Geographic project, but that wouldn't help much for our genealogy. We pretty much know what our general ancestry is - Northern European, English, Welsh, Irish, German, and a little French.

The one thing Nat Geo DNA could eliminate is the persistent rumor among some of my distant cousin that we are descended from Native Americans. From my research I am sure there is no NA in our background.

I'd like to see what my DNA might tell, but haven't made the jump into the DNA part of genealogy. I'd mostly want to connect the data to my family tree. So the idea of doing Ancestry DNA, then taking it into Family Tree DNA is attractive at that price!

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DNA testing: Let's revisit it. [View all] CBHagman Jun 2014 OP

Just got a report late tonight from 123andme kickysnana Jun 2014 #1

Do you agree with the Legal Genealogist on testing? csziggy Jun 2014 #2

I haven't looked into the so-called benefits of the Family Tree DNA system. CBHagman Jun 2014 #3

Aside from the hope it could give clues on my brick walls csziggy Jun 2014 #4