Would you do DNA testing for a geneological search?
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Comments (7)nadastimer has a good idea. There may be blood samples in a hospital or doctors office. If he has not been dead long, there may be hair on a hair brush or something similar to thataround the home. I think the problem would be to find the DNA markers from the father's sample, then look for the same markers on both the children. I may be wrong, but if the markers are missing, it proves only that he might not be the father, it doesn't PROVE that he could NOT possibily be the father. I think that you would have to find markers that could have been only received from another man to prove without a doubt that the child was not his....See MoreDNA Testing by National Geographic: $99 (Lindsey?)
Comments (15)Our son participated in this two years ago, I think. Very interesting....We are very Northern European, German, Scandinavian, Swiss and Scots. His information came back that his paternal ancestry is African... recently (like 1700-1800) from the west coast of Africa. We assume the slave trade. He was/is so thrilled, as he has always had best friends, since 3-4th grade that were black, and this explained to him why he had such a "kinship" with those friends. So facinating. DH husbands' father was adopted by a Swiss; our name is quite unusual... and yet his heritage there is African. Oh, the things we are going to learn in the future....See Moregeneology searches
Comments (7)Izzie, you can also find many free resources on the web just by using Google. As an example, try Googling, (name picked at random just for example), substitute the name you are looking for exactly as below. Using the "quote" marks will help pare down the results to a more manageable amount. "james reed" "genealogy" "tulsa" Or you can use just a last name like this" "reed" "family" "oklahoma" Try many different combinations of words like family, genealogy, with your family names and locations and you will be surprised how much free information you can find on line. There are some Google genealogy search tips at the site below. Here is a link that might be useful: Google Genealogy searches...See MoreHave you had your DNA tested?
Comments (49)"For one thing, they have a specific focus on Parkinson's Disease (the founder's husband is at high risk), and are involved in its research. They offer a free test kit to anyone diagnosed with the disease." alisande When I read that I went to their website and requested a free test since I have Parkinson's. Just received it earlier this week. After I went through the whole registration I found out I will only have access to ancestry information and not any health information. I would have liked to have had access to that health information but can't complain, it was free after all. Hope my DNA helps with the Parkinson's study. December 2013 – Pending an FDA decision, 23andMe no longer offers new customers access to health reports. Customers who received their health information prior to November 22, 2013 will still be able to see their health reports, but those who purchased after that time will only receive their ancestry information as well as access to their uninterpreted raw data....See Morechibimimi
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