by Sunny Morton | May 23, 2022 | DNA testing stories, Uncategorized
Y-DNA can reveal a Scottish clan connection! A researcher uses YDNA to trace her Canadian great grandfather’s origins, and finds much deeper roots in the MacDougall clan. (Oh, and some more recent connections, too.) Margaret Clarke of British Columbia, Canada,... 
by Sunny Morton | Apr 6, 2022 | DNA testing stories
Combining DNA test types is a great strategy for tackling specific family tree questions. Here’s how one researcher used YDNA + Autosomal DNA to explore whether shared surnames in an ancestral place meant everyone was actually related. When tracing your family tree,... 
by Sunny Morton | Mar 23, 2022 | DNA testing for beginners
Exploring French DNA connections can be challenging. Testing remains illegal in France. You may not have many matches–but like Francois, you may have many questions. Here are some tips we gave Francois. During RootsTech 2022, we met Francois Caron from France.... 
by Diahan Southard | Nov 17, 2021 | Y-DNA
Y-DNA isn’t quite a “paternity test,” but can help you solve paternity mysteries, including those for your male ancestors! Here’s how one man used YDNA to help identify an ancestor’s birth father. Thanks to Bob Land for writing this story about how Y-DNA helped him... 
by Jayne Ekins | Oct 13, 2021 | Y-DNA
Y-chromosome haplogroup J, and its subgroups J1 and J2, are connected with origins in the Arabian Peninsula, Southern Europe and North Africa, and among many men of Ashkenazi Jewish, Arab Bedouin, Uygur and Uzbek origin. Explore J haplogroup maps and history here. If...
