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Detective has let me know about this.
My daughter, OH and myself have recently had our DNA analysed via 23andMe.
I believe in UK you can get a kit in Superdrug. If there is more than 1 wanting DNA analysis go online to order as there's a discount. We went online the packages were couriered to us and that's how we sent it back. It cost us about £109 when we converted it from Euros, that covers it all including p & p.
We have found relatives as they have a big data base, mainly Americans but some UK. I have a list of 903 relatives.
My husband has found more out about his maternal line as that was almost a complete mystery as his grandfather died when his mother was 1 and she was the only child of the marriage. OH's grandfather's parents came from Germany and Holland. It would now appear a strong link with Poland.
I have 3.1 % Neanderthal, that was a surprise.
Being female I only have my maternal line. I am in discussion with a male from my paternal line. My father and his brother both had girls only, so my grandfather's male line died out. However grandad's youngest brother had a son who had 2 sons and I'm in contact with 1 of them and he's considering it soon. Unfortunately his elderly mother is very ill so he's somewhat preoccupied.
Here is part of the breakdown for me
67.3%British & Irish
12.8%French & German
1.6%Scandinavian
16.1% Broadly Northwestern European
1.4% Broadly Southern European
0.6% Broadly European
0.2%East Asian & Native American
0.1 Yakut
< 0.1% Broadly East Asian
When you link up with a relative you can do comparisons to see where in your DNA the link is. I put my DNA against the relative and also compare my daughters DNA at the same time. If it's in my maternal line it shows up in her's as well as her maternal line (female to female) is the same as mine. This way I can see who could be related via my father's line. It's not too accurate but it gives me an idea.
This is info on my maternal line.
Haplogroup: H1, a subgroup of H
Age: 13,000 years
Region: Europe, Near East, Central Asia, Northwestern Africa
Example Populations: Spanish, Berbers, Lebanese
Highlight: H1 appears to have been common in Doggerland, an ancient land now flooded by the North Sea.
Hope this helps if you want more detail please PM me.
Pat :-)
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thanks Pat - in fact, I am considering having autosomal testing done at 23andMe for myself, and uploading the results (only partially is possible) to FTDNA for matching in the database there.
my understanding is that although many matches may be produced at 23andMe, most users are not testing for genealogical purposes and the response rate from matches is quite low, unfortunately.
so it depends to some extent on what one is looking for -- genetic information for one's own purposes, or for the purpose of finding matches to solve family history mysteries or break down brick walls and the like.
you've stepped onto the DNA ladder Rosalind :-)
... keep reading! but ... for myself, I found that until I had some results in hand, it was very difficult to understand what people were talking about
of course once you do have some results you need somebody who understands them and is good at explaining them and what to do with them
and that is what I have at FTDNA -- project administrators who discuss questions in the group forums, and who also generously advised me by personal email and analysed what I had and the matches I got, both in the large Y-haplogroup projects I put my two rellies' kits into and in the surname projects I joined
and amazingly, I am now able to give basic explanations and advice to people who contact me about possible matches :-)
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Hi
I am totally new to the DNA thing but I got my Dad a Y37 kit for christmas and I took the Family Finder, turns out my Dad's missing Grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish. We had heard a mention that it was a possibility but it is really exciting to find out it is true! I don't get out much! :-)
So apparently I am 70% British,
14% Southern Europe,
4% Eastern Europe,
9% Ashkenazi Diaspora &
4% Central/South Asian, which on the map appears to be Afghanistan.
Not sure why it adds up to 101, but it does and I assume British also includes Irish as I have a lot of Irish ancestors.
I am a bit bewildered by the rest of it so far but have I only just got my results. I was glad to see that a 2nd cousin I met through another website I can't remember the name of currently was my closest match and I kind of understand why my Dad won't appear as a match because I don't have the Y thing.
:-)
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My daughter shows as a match for my husband as well as myself. She claimed him on the 23andMe site and they confirmed she shared DNA with him. As her father's DNA was there it gave her her Y DNA history so she has a complete analysis. On her site it shows us as her parents. :-) She is also shown as the closest relative on both OH's and my relatives list.
You can transfer your results to GEDmatch. It's a free site that links other DNA sites e.g. Ancestry together so you have more results to compare with. It's easy to download results and in a couple of days I had my results compared on their database.
GEDmatch has confirmed a 3rd cousin I linked with on here who took the Ancestry DNA test.
:-)
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Ancestry only do an Autosomal DNA test now and I took adantage of their "discount" in January.
Have now uploaded the Raw Data to GEDMATCH and FTDNA with some interesting results
GEDMATCH is free and results are available within hours {about 2}
FTDNA is free to download the data and they inform you by e-mail when the data is ready {varies but can be several days} but there is a charge to view it !!! :-) currently $39
FTDNA has a very good "Forum" which is also Free to view {you have to register}
which covers a lot queeries etc
I am now waiting for one of their "offers" on Y DNA my brother has agreed {not very gracefully}to donate !
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