DNA Genealogy

[WVHighlander]

Well for my Christmas present my wife ordered the 37 test. I will keep you all posted on the results. I am kinda excited to see what I find out. Right now there are 73 people participating
in the surname project. Hopefully I will match up with a few to help with my research.

[Dram]

Well for my Christmas present my wife ordered the 37 test. I will keep you all posted on the results. I am kinda excited to see what I find out. Right now there are 73 people participating
in the surname project. Hopefully I will match up with a few to help with my research.

Excellent! That's a nice gift. I'm sure you'll get plenty of matches and this process will start you on a fun journey.

Can't wait to hear your results. As far as 73 others in your surname project that's a great start, and keep in mind the database grows daily. Look around at other projects you can join...such as British Isles DNA, sometimes you can find more matches this way also. There's no limit to the amount of projects you can join.

[Ui Meachair]

I just finished reading "Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree"

There are other books out there, such as the previously mentioned "Seven Daughters of Eve", but this one seemed to be a good primer on the subject. Very informative on what the various tests can - and cannot - tell you. The title is a little misleading. Most of the examples use DNA to prove or disprove a suspected relationship found the old-fashioned way. And is any family tree ever complete? My other beef with the book is the way the authors kept using the term "match" without defining it. A perfect match on a 12-marker test is a far cry from a perfect match on a 37- or 67-marker test (to be fair, the book was written in 2004 and there weren't that many tests back then).

The science is evolving rapidly - new relavent markers are being found all the time. Your project administrator(s) can advise you on further tests to consider after you join the project(s) with your initial N-marker test.

I was able to get my clan society to put a link to a clan-related Y-DNA project on the clan website. I'm hoping it will generate some interest in DNA testing with the other clan members.

Projects I'm currently part of:
Meagher surname
Ely Carroll
Ireland yDNA

[Gregmc]

Well for my Christmas present my wife ordered the 37 test. I will keep you all posted on the results. I am kinda excited to see what I find out. Right now there are 73 people participating
in the surname project. Hopefully I will match up with a few to help with my research.

Boy that's great! When you update; tell us how it works as well.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!