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Molly, Jack, & Larry – A DNA Success Story.
[This week guest blogger, Carol Katzenmeyer, is sharing one of her DNA successes. Carol and I are both researching Darling ancestors in Michigan and New York.] In the early 1950’s a man named Fritz and a woman named Margie had … Continue reading
Determining Cousins – My Formula/Process
Determining Cousins I was recently asked by a family member how to figure out cousins, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so forth and what “removed” means. What makes someone a first cousin once removed, and so forth. First, there are many … Continue reading
Finding Family – Ancestry and AncestryDNA provided the tools to determine my biological father and half-siblings.
By Don Taylor Determining my biological father and discovering new half siblings is, by far, the greatest success I’ve had in my genealogical activities. Thanks to Ancestry and AncestryDNA, I have been successful in answering lifelong questions regarding my paternity and my ancestry. Don … Continue reading
Posted in DNA & Genetic Genealogy, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged Finding Family, Hugh Eugene Roberts, Ancestry DNA, atDNA, Roberts, Y-DNA, Ancestry
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Happy 4th birthday to me.
Today is my Blogging Anniversary. I received a post from Geneabloggers the other day about the sites that are having anniversaries that reminded me that my blog anniversary was coming up. I was startled to see them reporting that My blog … Continue reading
Half-Sisters – Part 1
DNA testing results have, for me, always been something of a mixed bag. In most cases it does a fantastic job of confirming relationships that I have been pretty certain existed. For example, it confirmed that my half-sister, who was … Continue reading
Posted in Howell-Hobbs, DNA & Genetic Genealogy
Tagged Howell/Hobbs, Clarence Howell, atDNA, DNA
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