Has anyone ever had their D.N.A. tested?

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[Patty55]

Nope, not me, I know I was born in the Bronx. As far as I'm concerned I am American.

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[NotGolfer]

I for one am fascinated with geneology. I'd begin working on the family tree---both sides but folks have already done that but not yet shared the fruits of their labor.

I've watched the t.v. shows on PBS and I believe network t.v. too where dna was taken to trace the "roots" of famous people. Fascinating to me!!! I've wondered where I could get a hold of a test for myself and if so, would it be expensive to get the results.

What little I do know is some of my ancestors were Scandanavian, Irish, Dutch, Prussian and ??? That's why I'd love to take the dna test.

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[Patty55]

I'm into the whole genealogy thing, just not from a DNA testing standpoint. I like knowing the story behind the facts. My mother's family is relatively easy to track, they've been in this country forever, fought in the Civil War and owned property.

I find it fascinating to go on google and look up the addresses, see how they look now and think about how it was back then.

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[Golfingnut]

Don't forget, that DNA goes much farther back than where we came from in Europe or Asia. We are all of African Decent if you go back far enough. That is fine with me. I have gone back to 1800's Italy and 1400's Britain, but I have no Idea what African tribal area I am from thousands of years ago. I may just take a look into that.

[LittleDog]

I was adopted and about 15 years ago I found my birth family. I had a brother who was "illegimate" and he thought that we might have the same father. He was raised by his grandparents as a change of life baby. So we did a dna test and it proved that we did have the same father. I found out his family came from Italy and I always wondered why I liked Italian food so much which explained it. :1rotfl:

Just recently I took another dna test that showed your background as others have mentioned in this thread. I haven't gotten the results back yet.

John

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[graciegirl]

Had a buccal test to see if Williams Syndrome showed any genetic markers from the parents.

DNA is nailing a lot of criminals these days as are surveillance cameras.

WHOOPS. Little hijacking here. Need coffee.

[asianthree]

this is a great topic

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[Cantwaittoarrive]

Mine said I am from Mars and funny enough my wife's said she is from Venus?? go figure

[Cisco Kid]

I'm pretty sure mine would say I was a mongrel.

[graciegirl]

Nope, not me, I know I was born in the Bronx. As far as I'm concerned I am American.

Well, if they traced me way back...I am pretty sure my ggggggggg grandfather was Adam and my ggggggggg grandmother was Eve.

No one in my immediate family dresses like that though.

[DAnder2829]

Yup- took advantaged of the Ancestry.com promotion a while back and it came back 72% West African, 18% Scanadavian, 7% Welsh, 3% Other. Hmmmmm- could Other be alien? LOL

[applesoffh]

I just submitted a DNA sample to Ancestry.com for testing. I was adopted from Quebec as an infant 62 years ago and am really, really curious. The P of Q never opened adoption files so I'm trying to find a starting place.

[duffysmom]

I just submitted a DNA sample to Ancestry.com for testing. I was adopted from Quebec as an infant 62 years ago and am really, really curious. The P of Q never opened adoption files so I'm trying to find a starting place.

How exciting that you are able to find a starting place with DNA. I wish you only the best and please keep us informed.

[14thMed]

Another site is 23andme It will put you in contact with relatives you did'nt know you had. (if you want)

[Cantwaittoarrive]

Another site is 23andme It will put you in contact with relatives you did'nt know you had. (if you want)

I have enough to do to handle the relatives I know I have I think I will pass on this :)

[CaptJohn]

Well, if they traced me way back...I am pretty sure my ggggggggg grandfather was Adam and my ggggggggg grandmother was Eve.

No one in my immediate family dresses like that though.

You should do another check. I just saw a program on PBS that concludes they wore banana leaves instead of bikini fig leaves! Seriously!

[applesoffh]

How exciting that you are able to find a starting place with DNA. I wish you only the best and please keep us informed.

Thanks! Will do!

[llaran]

Genealogy dna meeting Laural Manor 2nd friday 10 am,, get there early....

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[Lark7]

I did the Ancestry.com test: British Isles:50%, Scandinavian: 38%, Persian/Turkish/Caucasus: 9%, Uncertain: 3%. My wife says that the uncertain 3% explains a lot about me. :)

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