A lot of people have all kinds of questions about DNA tests and family tree research. Genetic genealogy has exploded over the last 15 years or so. In this video, I talk about ethnicity reports and some of the different types of tests available to genealogy researchers, including autosomal DNA, mtDNA, and Y-DNA. I also give my two cents about the pros and cons of the different DNA sites as well as my opinion on the validity of ethnicity reports.
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Beeblem
My brother took a Y-DNA test with FTDNA at the 111 marker. Almost ALL of the matches are a different surname than ours. That surname also shows up in my autosomal DNA results at Ancestry in 2-3 cousins. To make matters worse, my father also had a maternal great-grandmother with the same surname!
I have since upgraded my brother’s results to the big-Y and I have also completed a family tree of my unknown cousins trying to figure out where we fit in.
Thank you for the video!
Carol
Hello Sara!
Thank you for that informative video. I am on Ancestry, 23&me, and Family Tree DNA. I have a brother who is on Family Tree DNA, but that is all. A cousin who was interested paid for the Family Tree kits for us, hoping to find out more information about a paternal line, which is why my brother is on there. I had also hoped it would help me for my paternal side, but the Family Tree site is a little daunting for me to understand. I know that I have an unknown grandfather on my maternal side, and through Ancestry I believe I narrowed it down, but still could not figure it out. My question is about GED Match. Can I put all my DNA results, along with my brother’s (who I manage); and, if so, would it help identify which relatives are paternal and which maternal? Could it possibly help identify that branch that is unknown on my maternal side? Thank you!