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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Survey: unknown parentage and DNA testing
« on: Sunday 03 January 21 16:37 GMT (UK) »
Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for passing it on to living adoptees.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Survey: unknown parentage and DNA testing
« on: Sunday 03 January 21 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Sorry I stand corrected. The survey is just limited to living people. Historical cases would be an interesting subject for a future survey.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Survey: unknown parentage and DNA testing
« on: Saturday 02 January 21 16:02 GMT (UK) »
Flemming and Brigidmac Yes we would welcome a response from people acting on behalf of a deceased adoptee but it would be helpful if you could mention that when you complete the survey.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Survey: unknown parentage and DNA testing
« on: Tuesday 29 December 20 21:34 GMT (UK) »
How successful is DNA in helping British & Irish adoptees (and other people of unknown parentage) find their biological family? That’s what this survey aims to find out.
If you or one (or both) of your parents were born in Britain or Ireland and you have taken a DNA test, then please complete the 14 questions in this brief survey. It takes about two minutes to complete and the results will help inform future research. (Please note that NO identifying information is stored - it is completely anonymous).
Please feel free to share the link with friends & family and on mailing lists and social media.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will endeavour to answer it as quickly as possible. Here is the link to the survey.
https://forms.gle/B2ngzbDdi2tEtSJQA
If you or one (or both) of your parents were born in Britain or Ireland and you have taken a DNA test, then please complete the 14 questions in this brief survey. It takes about two minutes to complete and the results will help inform future research. (Please note that NO identifying information is stored - it is completely anonymous).
Please feel free to share the link with friends & family and on mailing lists and social media.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will endeavour to answer it as quickly as possible. Here is the link to the survey.
https://forms.gle/B2ngzbDdi2tEtSJQA
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: new beta on ancestry dna results
« on: Wednesday 06 March 19 14:31 GMT (UK) »
Pheno
There isn't currently an option to hide or delete wrong record cards. I will pass on this Feedback along with the suggestion of reverting to unseen matches.
There isn't currently an option to hide or delete wrong record cards. I will pass on this Feedback along with the suggestion of reverting to unseen matches.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: new beta on ancestry dna results
« on: Wednesday 06 March 19 13:43 GMT (UK) »
In case it's of any interest I've written a blog post about the new AncestryDNA features:
https://cruwys.blogspot.com/2019/03/ancestry-updates-at-rootstech-thrulines.html
https://cruwys.blogspot.com/2019/03/ancestry-updates-at-rootstech-thrulines.html
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / DNA Hub at Family Tree Live
« on: Saturday 23 February 19 13:46 GMT (UK) »
Family Tree Live is the big new family history show coming to Alexandra Palace, London, in April. The show is supported by the Federation of Family History Societies and Family Tree Magazine. You can find out more about the show here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live
There will be a big DNA component to Family Tree Live with a series of DNA lectures, DNA workshops and Ask the DNA Expert sessions.
You can pre-book the DNA lectures here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/lecture-programme
Note that some places will still be available on the day on a first-come first-served basis.
You can pre-book the DNA Workshop sessions here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/workshops
You can book a 20-minute session with a DNA expert here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/expert-advice
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live
There will be a big DNA component to Family Tree Live with a series of DNA lectures, DNA workshops and Ask the DNA Expert sessions.
You can pre-book the DNA lectures here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/lecture-programme
Note that some places will still be available on the day on a first-come first-served basis.
You can pre-book the DNA Workshop sessions here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/workshops
You can book a 20-minute session with a DNA expert here:
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/expert-advice
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: mtDNA? (in paper trail terms)
« on: Sunday 16 December 18 17:42 GMT (UK) »
You would be highly unlikely to get a match that would help you with this line. Even if you have an exact mtDNA match with the highest resolution test (the full mtDNA sequence test) you could still potentially share common ancestors over 1000 years ago. Also remember that mtDNA only traces the direct maternal line. It doesn't represent all the ancestors on your mother's side. See the ISOGG Wiki article on mtDNA tests:
https://isogg.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA_tests
https://isogg.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA_tests
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA tests on Northumbrians?
« on: Friday 30 November 18 09:40 GMT (UK) »
Two new companies have entered the DNA market in the last two years: MyHeritage DNA and Living DNA.
Living DNA provides regional breakdowns within Britain and one of the regions is Northumbria. There are various reviews you can read here:
https://isogg.org/wiki/Living_DNA
AncestryDNA now also provide regional breakdowns within Britain though they don't have a specific region for Northumbria. They have a region for Northern England and another one for Yorkshire and the Pennines. You can see the full list of regions here:
https://support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/DNA-Regions
It's always difficult to find information about the distribution of haplogroups within a country. If you've not already done so you can join the haplogoup K project at Family Tree DNA:
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mt-dna-k/about/background
The results page of that project will give you an idea of the distribution of your subclade.
Living DNA provides regional breakdowns within Britain and one of the regions is Northumbria. There are various reviews you can read here:
https://isogg.org/wiki/Living_DNA
AncestryDNA now also provide regional breakdowns within Britain though they don't have a specific region for Northumbria. They have a region for Northern England and another one for Yorkshire and the Pennines. You can see the full list of regions here:
https://support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/DNA-Regions
It's always difficult to find information about the distribution of haplogroups within a country. If you've not already done so you can join the haplogoup K project at Family Tree DNA:
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mt-dna-k/about/background
The results page of that project will give you an idea of the distribution of your subclade.