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Title: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Friday 08 December 17 19:06 GMT (UK)
I think I have found the company I want to order my DNA test from.

Does anyone know if I have to create a tree on that site or can I upload a gedcom?

Thanks.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: davidft on Friday 08 December 17 19:13 GMT (UK)
It would help if you named the company rather than let people try to guess it
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Friday 08 December 17 19:26 GMT (UK)
My Heritage.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: weste on Saturday 09 December 17 11:44 GMT (UK)
you can upload a gedcom
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Saturday 09 December 17 14:07 GMT (UK)
Great, thanks a lot.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: mgeneas on Saturday 09 December 17 17:10 GMT (UK)
If you test with ancestry first you can then upload your results to My Heritage at no charge.
Family Tree DNA too. So triple exposure for the one outlay.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Saturday 09 December 17 17:16 GMT (UK)
I will not be using ancestry as I have heard a lot of bad things about them.

My Heritage is also a reasonable price at the moment and seems to offer what I want.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Kerrill on Saturday 09 December 17 18:11 GMT (UK)
Have heard some bad things about both but went with Ancestry and have not had any problems.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: weste on Sunday 10 December 17 06:27 GMT (UK)
yes ancestry is the best decision. I would then upload your raw autosomal data to ftdna and gedmatch for free. This way you'll get matches from people that have tested at other sites.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: hurworth on Sunday 10 December 17 07:45 GMT (UK)
Quote from: weste on Sunday 10 December 17 06:27 GMT (UK)
yes ancestry is the best decision.

Why?
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: weste on Sunday 10 December 17 17:43 GMT (UK)
The size of its database.Also the fact you can download raw data and put it ftdna, my heritage and gedmatch.com. Also i've got familytreemaker 2017 and got my tree linked to it and also linked my dna to that tree as well as other family members who have tested. Also find ancestry kits tend to arrive within about 5 days but i ordered 2 from ftdna, higher level tests on the day before black friday and still waiting for them.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Sunday 10 December 17 17:47 GMT (UK)
No more replies, thanks.

Just wanted the answer to my question which I now have.

I will not be using ancestry as I do not like their ethics.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: hurworth on Sunday 10 December 17 18:01 GMT (UK)
Gibby - I know you didn't want any more answers but there are two other things i would consider.

Firstly, My Heritage uses imputing.  I'm not sure whether this has a noticeable effect on matching or not.  There's an article about it here. https://dna-explained.com/2017/09/05/concepts-imputation/

Secondly, most companies do not keep your sample.  I know for a fact that FamilyTreeDNA does for 25 years.

I will say that people who transfer from MyHeritage to FamilyTreeDNA get many more matches than people who transfer from Ancestry to FtDNA.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: weste on Sunday 10 December 17 20:41 GMT (UK)
also if you are taking a sub out, my heritage give you smart matches, i.e. records based on the info which you put in although you do get occasional wrong one whereas ancestry gives you a chance to browse through.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: alphonsus123 on Monday 12 February 18 18:54 GMT (UK)
Hello. Had my DNA Profile done by MyHeritage with some very surprising results. Took quite some time though as they had to send it off to Texas USA. :D
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Monday 12 February 18 19:25 GMT (UK)
I ordered my kit two weeks before Christmas and it arrived two days after Christmas.

Sent it back on 2 January and got my results on 7 February.

My Heritage keep you in the loop every step of the way and email you when your results are ready.

I am 64.4% English, 22% Irish, Scottish and Welsh and 13.6% Scandinavian.

I knew there would be some Irish there as my 2x and 3x great grandparents are Irish.  I am hoping to find out more about the Scottish, Welsh and Scandinavian bits of my DNA.

The process two about a month.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: Gibby1968 on Monday 12 February 18 19:26 GMT (UK)
If you ignore any hints on My Heritage they stay ignored unlike ancestry.

I have not had a problem with this at all.
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: alphonsus123 on Monday 12 February 18 20:03 GMT (UK)
Hello. Got my results back with some very these facts first. I was born in Greenore county louth Ireland. My mother and Father were both born in the republic (Dundalk and Clare? so i would have thought/expected 100% Irish results from the DNA, but no my results were as follows, 97.9% Irish, Scottish and Welsh. 1.2% North African and wait for it 0.9% Nigerian, now where have these results come from? Any suggestions? Have a great week. Alphonsus123
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: hurworth on Monday 12 February 18 20:33 GMT (UK)
Alphonsus - I've noticed that for some reason some of the matches are coming up with a small amount of North African and Nigerian.  Many of them have the Irish flag next to their name or have mostly Irish ancestry.  I doubt they have any Nigerian or North African ancestry, but MyHeritage thinks they do.

     
Title: Re: DNA testing
Post by: alphonsus123 on Monday 12 February 18 20:46 GMT (UK)
Hello.  So would we possibly say that the MyHeritage results are a little offset? How much credit should i attach to my results then? Thank you for the heads up. Alphonsus123