In recent times, I have taken mtDNA and mtDNA Plus and Family Finder at FTDNA, and AncestryDNA while researching on my D'Auria-Doria Family Tree projects to trace my ancestors in my search. Finally I became very, interested about my family genealogy when I was a junior-year college student at Gallaudet University on January 1977 after I watched "Roots" Part 1 and Part 2 in the special TV Movies in a fact.

.. I just have to listen to it a few times and be watching the website.. . family tree DNA is a fantastic company and I really appreciate your videos .. the best... You are very good at explaining also..

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough.

I took a DNA test through AncestryDNA and have the results. I recently took the family and mtDNA tests through FamilyTree DNA (just received the results) and 23andMe (waiting for results). My brother has also taken the Y-DNA test (waiting for results). Thank you for your videos, Connie. You're very helpful.

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gloria

Ive taken all 3 tests at ftdna

Thank you!

@GenealogyTV

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I started with AncestryDNA, uploaded to my Heritage. Had my brother take the Y-DNA at FTDNA. I took the Living DNA test this summer

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

How do you like Living DNA?

@kathleenkelley1299

4 жыл бұрын

No cousin matches yet from LivingDNA but realize they are new to the game. Along with ethnicity I did also gain my mDNA haplogroup. I did their test since majority of my immigrant ancestors were from Ireland and a few from England.

Just watched this video and found it most interesting. That said I am going to have to watch it again as I still find the subject so confusing. Having done a basic YDNA test (up to just 37 markers) with FTDNA several years ago I have recently done another test for the BigY . I am finding it particularly difficult to interpret the results for the BigY but hopefully with the help of your videos I will be able to gain a little understanding about it. Thank you.

@GenealogyTV

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

For someone that is at the absolute beginning of learning about DNA and how it assists with with their genealogy research (and on a budget) how critical is the YDNA or mtDNA test? I have one living parent, my father, but he is way up there in age and when he passes, there’s no chance of getting the mtDNA from anyone for his maternal side. And again, the $$$ is also an issue. I can budget it in and start saving for a specific test, but I don’t want to spend that money if I’m not well versed on how DNA works, and not sure if I’ll ever understand it. What is your opinion on these expensive tests for the average person studying their family history, but who are not likely not as intensive, as perhaps you are, in their research, but may be better educated on DNA in the future or not?

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

My first instinct is to do the lowest level (most affordable) YDNA you can unless there is another male descendant in the family. I would also do an autosomal (Family Finder or at Ancestry) too if you can. Once he’s past on, so has the opportunity. If that is beyond your budget, get a hair sample from him. There is some talk of that being an option in the future, but likely not for several years. Label it well and save it in a cool dry place, in a plastic ziplock bag. Hope that helps.

I was part of ancestry’s beta group for dna so started with them. I have since shared the data with Family tree dna and MyHeritage. A distant female cousin paid for a ydna test for my brother as he appears to be the last of that generation for our line. He is tested to the first three levels. His dna did not take us back further with our surname but I wonder if he I’d really the last male descendent, is it possible to do so. Anyway, my mother, daughter and numerous cousins have taken the ancestry test. I’m also seeing cousins on MyHeritage. This is helping to be more confident with match results.

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

Good. I hope it helped.

I did the Family Tree DNA test about 2-3 weeks ago haven’t gotten my results back though

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

It usually takes about 4-6 weeks.

Hello there, Why do I have a mother / daughter relationship range when I am my mother's son?

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

You may need to contact Ancestry support for that one. The only thing I can think of is if your profile labels you as a female.

My wife and I did the AncestryDNA, and a year later did 23andMe.

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I like to have my DNA on every site I can. You can also download that raw data and upload it to MyHeritage and others.

Hello which dna testing company would u recommend for people of East africa Since the west africa have large data base from African Americans tests And which country did Adam and eve started at (kenya or ethiopia) I v tested with ancestry dna,heritage dna 23 and me living dna They all got wrong on my Y chromosome And got right on my mtdna

@GenealogyTV

2 жыл бұрын

I think you have hit them all. The ethnicity estimates will never stay the same, they are constantly evolving. Focus on the cousin matches and their trees, and the traditional paper trail.

I am.an only child with no brothers. Is it possible for me to have the y test done. Reason asking is that I am trying to find my maternal grandfather's biological fathers family. No one knows who he is.

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

You can’t take the Y DNA test as a female, but if there are any male cousins in that line that are descendants of the grandfather you seek they could test. In other words if your mother had any brothers, who then had boys or male grandchildren then theyTest should I Take?” Video.

DNA taken are Ancestry, FTDNA, Uploaded to MyHeritage, 23 & Me and GEDmatch. My Brother's YDNA is done. My sister did Ancestry. Another sister's children did Ancestry. The third sister's son did 23 & Me. My parents crossed the rainbow bridge before public DNA was available.

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

You have a great set of DNA to work with.

@junebutka6571

4 жыл бұрын

@@GenealogyTV Thank you. The tools you provide us helps me understand and trimline the process.

I have been trying to find an answer to this question, sorry if it's been answered. But with the y DNA tests, will it show any relative on your paternal side or is it more specific?

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. Detailed answer. So if a male gets 100% of his Y-DNA from his father.. then he has the same Y-DNA up the paternal lined for hundreds and thousands of years up the father's, father's, father's (paternal) line. Pick any great grandfather on the paternal line... and then look at all the male descendants from that one great GF. All male descendants are going to have the same Y-DNA since each one handed down 100% to his sons, with maybe some slight variations over time. So a living male today, could have thousands and thousands of Y-DNA cousins with the same Y-DNA. Make sense?

@tibulcain4904

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenealogyTV that makes sense. I guess in my specific case, would ancestors from a paternal grandmother show as matches based strictly on the Y test?

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

No. Women don’t know inherit Y DNA. Now atDNA would be a different story. Also depending on the lineage mtDNA might play a role, but that is a little tricky to understand.

@tibulcain4904

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenealogyTV thank you so much! Very helpful!

Hello, I did some research about DNA. I found out that I don't share my DNA with every generation. It is said that autosmal DNA is random. It made me very sad that I can't share it with all of my ancestors. Is that true what i said? For example, I may not share dna with my great-grandfather (Maternal side)because it is random

@emilypeters3760

3 жыл бұрын

kartvel54 _ Yes, that is true. We get 50% of our DNA from Dad and 50% from Mom. Picture it this way - Your father’s father puts 50 red marbles into a bowl, and your father’s mother put 50 blue marbles into the same bowl. Your father reaches into the bowl and hauls out 50 marbles, randomly, to give to you. He’s not going to get exactly 25 red and 25 blue marbles. Say he got 28 blue and 22 red. Your mother’s father puts 50 green marbles into another bowl and her mother puts 50 yellow marbles into that bowl. Your mother reaches in and pulls out 50 marbles to give to you. Again she’s not going to get 25 green and 25 yellow marbles. Let’s say she got 20 green and 30 yellow to give to you. Now you’ve got 28 blue, 22 red, 20 green and 30 yellow. You’re going to reach into your bowl and haul out 50 marbles to give to your child, randomly. Your spouse has a similar bowl of differently colored marbles, and reaches in to give your child 50 marbles The odds of your child getting exactly 12 1/2 marbles of each 8 colors is remote. Once you get beyond great- great grandparents, you can miss out on getting some DNA from each ancestor.

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Great analogy Emily! Thank you for answering that in such a clear way.

I just received the results for a test I asked my brother to take. It shows that he is my Full sibling or half sibling. How do I know which one?

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Go to dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4 and plug in the cM you two have in common. You'll see that the full sibling and the half sibling does overlap in range (chart below). A full sibling should be around 2700 cM (+/- about 800 cM)... Click on each box in the chart, for half and full siblings and you can see the statistical averages for each. If that doesn't answer your question, then you'll need to examine the father's side DNA connections and the mother's side DNA connections. If you both have some of the same on both sides, then you should be full siblings. This is for autosomal DNA that I'm talking about.

hello is it possible for me to share dna with my great grandmother, and am I sharing dna with all my ancestors?

@alvin_power1232

4 жыл бұрын

You should share your dna with ancestors around 8 generations up

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely. Watch today's episode about Centimorgans. Also go to dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4 to see how much DNA you might have with a great grandparent. Yes you share DNA back about 200 years. or as Lina said 7-8 Generations. Keep in mind that you inherit 50% from your mother and 50% from your father, then 25% from each grandparent, 12.5% (roughly) of your great grandparents and so on. Keep halving it with each generation for autosomal DNA.

Why don't you show how to register a Y DNA kit. I received the kit for a male in my family and there is noway to register it.

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

You should be able to register it... and there should be instructions with the kit.

@eileenwatt8283

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenealogyTV No it doesn't what tool bar do I go under. I have kits on there already but somehow it does not show that I ordered this one and these is no place to select for registration. I tried opening an different account to register this kit and I see no place to do so. I will be managing the account so I want to keep it on my account.

I did Ancestry.com DNA test

I have the new dashboard.

Can I use my FTDNA 111 on Ancestry?

@GenealogyTV

Жыл бұрын

No. Ancestry is one that you can't transfer DNA. Besides. the FTDNA 111 is YDNA. Ancestry is Autosomal DNA. They are two different types of DNA tests.

Can you help me please with my results?

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Go here for more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/

My Oringins of FamilyTreedDNA need update urgent!!

@ozonokosilka324

4 жыл бұрын

already announced version 3, for MyOrigins

Both my wife and I took the Ancestry DNA test. She was hoping to find a match for her dad's father, who is unknown. So far nothing. I bought my mom and dad each a test for Ancestry. Nothing new from there. Still trying to get mom's test done. Dad won't get her a email account. So I guess I have to do it on my account. On my paternal side, I just now found a conclusion to a question. Long story short, we are who they said we are. My 3rd great grandfather had a wife and girlfriend, who were sisters in the same house, and of course had kids with both of them. Well DNA proved that to be true. Yes he was a Mormon, in Illinois.

@itrthho

3 жыл бұрын

I had to wait 14 years before I had a hit from a direct ancestry on my Fathers biological family ( he was adopted).

@randysprecher1421

3 жыл бұрын

@@itrthho Unreal. I wish Ancestry would allow multiple test results on a single account. It would make it easier to do research. I am not sure how the wife's father's family will be with the news. I have seen 1st hand the good and bad of these situations.

@GenealogyTV

3 жыл бұрын

I manage multiple accounts on Ancestry through one account but you can one attach one to a tree. Interesting what we can find through DNA.

@lawrencepayteniii7915

Жыл бұрын

Be patient. There's always people being added to the database. I'm sure eventually you will get a close hit.

@randysprecher1421

Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencepayteniii7915 I have been doing family research for over 25 years. You do finds things of interest at some point, and then again, you may never find what you are looking for the most. Its just funny how things work out.

the ums and uhs by one of the presenters was very distracting.

@lisareed5669

4 жыл бұрын

What's your channel?

@GenealogyTV

4 жыл бұрын

I have two... Genealogy TV and NC Ancestry.