Category Archives: DNA

Y-DNA – Post2: The Test, Results, & Roberts Connection

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Don Taylor

I was excited to get the test. I did the cheek swabs and sent it back the following day.  Then the long wait – It seemed like months. but was probably only a few weeks.  I don’t recall when I … Continue reading →

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Y-DNA – Post 1: Why I started down this path.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor I have always wondered who my natural father was. Being the illegitimate child of an illegitimate child has always made my perception of father figures somewhat misty. My mother did not know her father during her childhood. … Continue reading →

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Roots Tech: Y-DNA Solutions to Common Genealogical Problems

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Don Taylor

In keeping with my goal to watch all of the presentations from this past RootsTech conference I decided to watch GeneTech: YDNA Solutions to Common Genealogical Problems by Nathan Murphy.  The presentation was originally given at RootsTech but was re-recorded somewhere else … Continue reading →

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Ancestry’s Autosomal DNA Results

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Don Taylor

I have been waiting for several months for the results of my autosomal DNA testing from Ancestry and finally received them.  The critical component they report is your Genetic Ethnicity.  No surprise, the results show I am 75% from the … Continue reading →

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