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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Which DNA Database to use for child parent find.
« on: Wednesday 06 December 17 18:06 GMT (UK) »
It is possible I could have children in there 20's in Canada and or Scandinavia.
This week I just met a 1/2 sister who found us through a DNA database. I have 6, 1/2 siblings only meeting two of them at birth. I met a brother at 14, sister at 17, brother at 21 and this new sister at age 45. I met my DNA dad at 17 but only confirmed (for him) with a paternity test at 32. I met a daughter of mine 4 years ago.
Today I've happily married raising 2 teenage kids.
I've had a lifetime of not knowing immediate relatives and don't wish this upon anyone else. I'm not looking for judgemental statements on my past, in my 20's I met a lot of women while performing in entertainment venues.
I did not realize how well DNA databanks are growing and can work with a match.
I want to put my DNA in the best (maybe largest) database so that if I happen to be the birth father of someone who is looking, they will find me. I'd want them to find and contact me and not a 1/2 aunt ( the sister who I just met) or 1st cousin (DNA match to my 1/2 sister).
My DNA Database choices with estimate #'s from the wild web:
- AncestryDNA - 3 million January 2017
- 23andMe - 2 million in April.
- Family Tree DNA - 800,000 guess
- MyHeritage - Dunno but most likely the smallest.
I'm also interested to verify my ethnic regions but my main goal is, to give a chance to a child I don't know about if they're looking, the ability to find me.
Now that I've written this post which database size research and knowledge that my 1/2 sister's DNA is in 23andme, maybe I should submit to the larger AncestryDNA...
Unless anyone here has advice otherwise.
Thanks
GuitarManCan
This week I just met a 1/2 sister who found us through a DNA database. I have 6, 1/2 siblings only meeting two of them at birth. I met a brother at 14, sister at 17, brother at 21 and this new sister at age 45. I met my DNA dad at 17 but only confirmed (for him) with a paternity test at 32. I met a daughter of mine 4 years ago.
Today I've happily married raising 2 teenage kids.
I've had a lifetime of not knowing immediate relatives and don't wish this upon anyone else. I'm not looking for judgemental statements on my past, in my 20's I met a lot of women while performing in entertainment venues.
I did not realize how well DNA databanks are growing and can work with a match.
I want to put my DNA in the best (maybe largest) database so that if I happen to be the birth father of someone who is looking, they will find me. I'd want them to find and contact me and not a 1/2 aunt ( the sister who I just met) or 1st cousin (DNA match to my 1/2 sister).
My DNA Database choices with estimate #'s from the wild web:
- AncestryDNA - 3 million January 2017
- 23andMe - 2 million in April.
- Family Tree DNA - 800,000 guess
- MyHeritage - Dunno but most likely the smallest.
I'm also interested to verify my ethnic regions but my main goal is, to give a chance to a child I don't know about if they're looking, the ability to find me.
Now that I've written this post which database size research and knowledge that my 1/2 sister's DNA is in 23andme, maybe I should submit to the larger AncestryDNA...
Unless anyone here has advice otherwise.
Thanks
GuitarManCan