If you ever get a chance and love doing family research, then I’d suggest getting a DNA test.
DNA tests, of course, don’t have all the answers, but they help those doing research in two ways: putting them in contact with people who may be able to fill in missing information in the family tree and letting you know if you’re going down a dead end.
What do I mean by “dead end?” Well, that’s essentially going down a route where you’ll find nothing, usually because of bad information. Like, on my dad’s side of the family, there were always stories of my father’s maternal grandmother being of Iroquoian descent. After I had a DNA test, I discovered that’s probably not the case as I was shown to be 100-percent European.
But, when one door closes, others open.
Finding the facts
I took the Family Tree DNA autosomal test, which is used more by people in Europe as compared to the Ancestry and 23andMe DNA tests.
Autosomal DNA tests compare the 22 non-gender chromosomes that you inherit from both your parents.
There are two other DNA tests, which cover your gender chromosomes.
One of those tests traces back the Y-chromosome, which is passed from father to son. The other traces the X-chromosome, which is…
