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Ancestry/Genealogy

appalachiablue

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7. Forgot to mention, some companies permit you to match/find relatives with same DNA

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 09:17 PM

Feb 2015

if it's in their data base & you want to. So interested people with links contact each other I guess. An article I read was about a young woman who used the '23andMe' kit & linked to a sibling by her father before his marriage to her mother I believe. Maybe this is another issue. I ordered a kit from Ancestry.com, discussed mostly how far back the tracing can go. If you call them (free 800 no.) I'm sure they could tell you more about the system. Best of luck.

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anyone familiar with this Dr. Spence who claims that DNA analysis is a HOAX? [View all] grasswire Feb 2015 OP

My Grandmother was Dutch. Turbineguy Feb 2015 #1

Uh oh...sounds like somebody is afraid... ret5hd Feb 2015 #2

well I never thought of that possibility grasswire Feb 2015 #3

anti-vaxxer and... ret5hd Feb 2015 #4

ha! grasswire Feb 2015 #5

I read the link & the Telegraph article. Hmm, just about to send in my kit too. I wonder if there appalachiablue Feb 2015 #6

Well the test I did pipi_k Feb 2015 #8

Thanks for the info., good to know. 46 pages of relations interesting. Looking forward to our appalachiablue Mar 2015 #11

Found some interesting info myself. PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 #14

You could ask the people at this blog llink: http://www.uncommondescent.com/off-topic/ba77s-off-topi Joe Chi Minh Apr 2015 #13

Forgot to mention, some companies permit you to match/find relatives with same DNA appalachiablue Feb 2015 #7

Something about that webpage made me feel like I need to run Norton. DebJ Mar 2015 #9

yeah, weird grasswire Mar 2015 #10

I don't know anything about this Dr. Spence, Matilda Mar 2015 #12