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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm this close to doing the DNA test from Ancestry.com.....
Don't have the $99 they need to do the test, but I might start saving up for one.... anyone ever get their DNA testing done with ancestry.com??
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)through the genealogy website GENI.com. The tests cost a bit less for GENI members.
I paid $129 for a mitochondrial DNA plus test and am not sure it was worth it.
Collecting the sample was easy
I was surprised that the two closest genetic matches I have in their database were women from Ireland and West Virginia. To the best of my knowledge my maternal ancestors were
all Estonian peasants. The results showed that I was a T haplotype through the maternal line, whereas most Estonians are U haplotypes. I'm actually wondering whether they mixed me up with someone else.
a kennedy
(29,699 posts)It'll be quite awhile before I scrape up enough money anyway....so this info is great.
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a kennedy
(29,699 posts)out there for me to go with. Thanks. I'll be a while before I get the cash to anything anyway, but this is good info. Thanks again.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)The Geno 2.0 - Genographic Project Participation and DNA Ancestry Kit.
It's $200 but it's nicely detailed and provides you with a lot of information.
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/about/
a kennedy
(29,699 posts)more expensive, but as long as I've got to save for it, might as well save more for a better result. Thanks for the info.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)Mainly, because I'm fascinated with Spencer Wells' research and the fee you pay goes directly towards that.
They show this periodically on PBS, and I watch every time it airs. Really cool stuff:
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)applegrove
(118,759 posts)csziggy
(34,137 posts)Just about every one has specials every so often and you can get a great discount.
I haven't done any of them - I know too much about my genealogy for a general DNA test to tell me much. I'm tempted to ask a cousin to get his DNA tested to trace the direct male line. We have a brick wall on that side four or five generations back and Y-DNA might give us clues as to where the first ancestor we know of came from. There is no point for me as a woman to get tested to trace that line, it wouldn't be specific enough to help.
Here is the Ancestry new forum for their DNA tests - you don't have to be an Ancestry member or sign up to read the messages. http://ancestryforums.custhelp.com/hives/543291e013/summary