tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post4688455845799678022..comments2023-07-06T08:55:09.782-07:00Comments on Your Genetic Genealogist: New Information on Ancestry.com's AncestryDNA ProductYour Genetic Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-84953822854619151632015-12-10T03:51:01.958-08:002015-12-10T03:51:01.958-08:00Any updates on all of this since it is now over 3 ...Any updates on all of this since it is now over 3 years since the last post? While I submitted a couple samples to National Geographic over the years I just recently became interested in family matches. I uploaded my NG data to FtDNA for autosomal testing and I am in the process of submitting a sample to AncestryDNA after building a family tree on their site.daveagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905072165945346899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-18301789408764022492012-10-11T20:31:45.175-07:002012-10-11T20:31:45.175-07:00I have already sent 2 tests in. I was informed wi...I have already sent 2 tests in. I was informed within a week that they were unable to retrieve a dna sample. The second took about a month before I got the same message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-47675689742227108162012-07-03T06:36:31.915-07:002012-07-03T06:36:31.915-07:00Just FYI, you left a username in the text just abo...Just FYI, you left a username in the text just above the contact button on the sixth image when sanitizing the images.Brandon Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389941654570828483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-20795036426707840282012-05-05T06:26:33.842-07:002012-05-05T06:26:33.842-07:00Yes it seems like it is a waste of money to order ...Yes it seems like it is a waste of money to order a test you have already taken---but uploading your results is likely to cost close to $99 and I look at it as casting a broader net. <br /><br />I had signed up to be notified when the test became available. I got an email two days ago saying that current Ancestry.com customers who has signed up should keep an eye open for an invite which I received yesterday. <br /><br />I have no intention to order more than one test here at this time. <br /><br />As to Sorenson I read there privacy statement back when I first was dipping my toe into the DNA pool and I did not like it---that's why I went with FTDNA. I can't remember the language but it basically left them in control indefinitely of your results. They came from a research model whereby once you gave your consent most of your rights were gone.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156138063259382099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-22551961517491722062012-05-03T22:34:36.061-07:002012-05-03T22:34:36.061-07:00With the beta announcement it appears I will have ...With the beta announcement it appears I will have to purchase a redundant DNA test for Ancestry that I may have already taken at 23&Me. I am hoping both companies consider embracing the new, Portable Legal Consent process to help “create the world’s largest pool of openly available,user-contributed data about health and genomics.” Is there any reason that process cannot extend to ancestral mapping and relative finder for family tree accuracy? Article can be found via this link: http://www.nature.com/news/open-data-project-aims-to-ease-the-way-for-genomic-research-1.10507Kevin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09806149369647081213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-49013573936907385442012-04-29T17:21:06.530-07:002012-04-29T17:21:06.530-07:00Sorry, my email address is incorrect above. It sho...Sorry, my email address is incorrect above. It should read yourgeneticgenealogist@gmail.com.Your Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-79252818279906612152012-04-29T17:19:59.027-07:002012-04-29T17:19:59.027-07:00Hi JLW,
I'm assuming that you are female sinc...Hi JLW, <br />I'm assuming that you are female since you did not take a Y-DNA test as well. Is that correct?<br />I really don't think there is a mistake. Family Tree DNA has a lot of expertise in Jewish DNA. How many matches do you have? Have you contacted your matches to see if they all have Jewish ancestry? Do you have any close matches? <br />You may want to also test at 23andMe. I always recommend that adoptees be in both databases if possible - "fishing in both ponds" for a close relative. They also have a feature called Ancestry Finder that shows how many of the segments that you have matches on are of Jewish descent. That would be valuable to see. That feature is usually the first thing that I look at when I am helping an adoptee. You can write to me at my email address yourgeneticgenealogts@gmail.com if you wish.<br />Thanks for commenting!<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-53518212947338555182012-04-29T16:48:28.995-07:002012-04-29T16:48:28.995-07:00Inspired by this show, I decided to take a Family ...Inspired by this show, I decided to take a Family Finder test. As an adult adoptee, I have some non identifying info on my birthparents, my mother's family was Jewish, my father's was not. I got back results which said I was 100 middle eastern Jewish. Is there any chance that there is an error in the testing? I know that there are all kinds of irregularities with inbred populations, and wonder if it's worth taking another test? It was the paternal line that was of interest to me, and I therefore waited for the combined test. I wouldn't be shocked if all of the information on my records was false, but should I have a question about the accuracy of my results?JLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544565104173952628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-88073471219065029532012-04-19T05:37:50.852-07:002012-04-19T05:37:50.852-07:00Unfortunately I am still waiting.Unfortunately I am still waiting.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332906986810635878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-31049788303717060912012-04-17T23:35:12.845-07:002012-04-17T23:35:12.845-07:00Terrific insights, Quentin! Yes, this is a very di...Terrific insights, Quentin! Yes, this is a very difficult subject to learn, but is so fascinating that it really keeps your attention when you are learning! Just immerse yourself in it - work with your matches and read everything you can and you will get it! I appreciate your comments on wanting the actual genetic data - I can assure you that you will want and need it for your research. Please be sure and let them know that you feel it is important in your feedback to them. If you wouldn't mind, please send me an email and let me in on your "very large surprise". Now, you've got me curious!! :-)<br />CeCe<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-427065688912939482012-04-17T23:28:24.438-07:002012-04-17T23:28:24.438-07:00That's really too bad, AJ! I also received tha...That's really too bad, AJ! I also received that email, but then got my results only two days later! Any news on yours?<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-20640157020638899002012-04-17T23:26:30.655-07:002012-04-17T23:26:30.655-07:00Hi Courtney,
No, I don't think you should wait...Hi Courtney,<br />No, I don't think you should wait because we don't have any idea when it will be offered to the public or the price. If you can only afford one test, I would go with 23andMe since they give you the most "bang for your buck" right now (i.e.- matching plus haplogroups, the very active forums and Ancestry Finder). Then you can transfer your results to FTDNA's family Finder for $89 at a later time.<br />Good luck with your test!<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-51933579711312842362012-04-17T23:23:53.018-07:002012-04-17T23:23:53.018-07:00Hi BES,
I wish we knew what the pricing will be, ...Hi BES, <br />I wish we knew what the pricing will be, but so far they have been silent on this subject. I agree with you about FTDNA and, incidentally, 23andMe also. Neither have the vast resources to pore into this venture, although both have been trailblazers for autosomal DNA testing for genealogy. Let's hope they will not be buried by the "600 pound gorilla"! Honestly, if AncestryDNA does not provide the segment info and the raw data, they will not appeal to those who know what they are doing and/or read our opinions. I want everyone to succeed and try very hard to be fair, but let's face it, the admixture tools still have a long way to go at all of these companies. It will take time to get this part of the science where we need it to be.<br />Thanks for your comment,<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-7741637640297911302012-04-17T23:18:13.048-07:002012-04-17T23:18:13.048-07:00Wish I knew, Jackson! They just said that it wasn&...Wish I knew, Jackson! They just said that it wasn't at the top of their priority list and they wanted to get out a bare bones Beta in order to get feedback and better learn what we want. Hopefully, everyone is sending feedback in that regard. If many are clamoring for it, I am quite confident that they will add this info in the future.<br />Thanks,<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-76155149057668651892012-04-17T23:16:21.797-07:002012-04-17T23:16:21.797-07:00Hi WayneK,
I did ask them about the "Ashkenaz...Hi WayneK,<br />I did ask them about the "Ashkenazi problem" and other highly endogamous populations and they said that they are aware of it and working on a solution. In answer to one of the bloggers questions about the incorrect/misleading family trees, they just said that authentic DNA matches will show up regardless of people's trees and hopefully will help sort out some of the bad info that has been put out there.<br />Thanks,<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-50459419511828560292012-04-17T23:13:07.183-07:002012-04-17T23:13:07.183-07:00Nice job Elizabeth! I definitely think that the Sc...Nice job Elizabeth! I definitely think that the Scandinavian ancestry is grossly overestimated for many, including myself! Since they are still in Beta, I'm sure there will be adjustments. Did you send them Feedback?<br />Thanks for the update,<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-43999241951758725382012-04-17T23:11:05.427-07:002012-04-17T23:11:05.427-07:00Hi Dean,
I completely agree! Did you receive your ...Hi Dean,<br />I completely agree! Did you receive your results yet. They seem to be rolling in almost every day now!<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-45891640089063541772012-04-15T18:09:11.423-07:002012-04-15T18:09:11.423-07:00Update - I received the email from ancestryDNA on ...Update - I received the email from ancestryDNA on Thursday, and blogged about my results tonight at <a href="http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2012/04/dna-test-results-from-ancestrydna.html" rel="nofollow">DNA Test Results from AncestryDNA</a>.Elizabeth Handlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529452862369140506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-33489454678442607532012-04-15T11:11:16.618-07:002012-04-15T11:11:16.618-07:00My results finally went live on my DNA page this w...My results finally went live on my DNA page this week. What exciting stuff. The results were certainly at least partially expected, but it also contained a very large surprise which I'm still trying to figure out. <br /><br />There was a downside along with the excitement. I had been pretty smug about the tree I've been building at Ancestry, being very careful to include lots and lots of documentation, photographs, and original source material. However, building such a tree takes a lot of time so I have been concentrating on my direct ancestors more than on their siblings and this has shown me just how important knowledge of those siblings actually is. Because I've not yet included a lot of those siblings (at least on some branches) I am missing a lot of married surnames for the many female siblings. That is going to make finding connections with genetic matches a little more difficult for me. <br /><br />Another eye opening realization is just how important "place of birth" information is. It is easy to get lazy and enter Indiana, or Ohio in the place of birth for an ancestor....sometimes that is all we know based on a census, BUT I now see just how important it will be to be able to narrow that down to a county or town. If my genetic match has three people born in PA, and I have 5 people born in PA we really are not able to take full advantage of the tools this project has provided....it would be so much better if the genetic match and I could narrow it down to a much more specific location. So....I have my work cut out....go back and be as specific as I can with birth places....and start uploading ALL of the siblings for those families where I had not yet included them. <br /><br />As for my results: British Isles 65% was certainly no surprise. Central Europe 26% was certainly no surprise...in fact a larger percent there would not have been a surprise. MIDDLE EASTERN 9%.....Now that was a surprise! I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one. <br /><br />The whole genealogy by DNA is new for me so having the straight forward well explained approach was something I appreciate...but I believe that I will want more, that I will want access to the actual numbers. I wish I could know my haplogroup for example. I told a friend that I'm trying to take a crash course in this subject....but there is so much to learn....I feel as if I was just handed a book on aeronautical engineering written in Latin and told to follow the instructions and build a rocket. Yes, I am just about that lost.Quentinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051789050536045417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-17603509148265830152012-04-05T10:38:21.102-07:002012-04-05T10:38:21.102-07:00I was hoping to test both my parents in order to d...I was hoping to test both my parents in order to distinguish which side of the family the matches come from. <br /><br />My Dad's order has been "processing" since Nov 15, 2011.<br /><br />I called customer service yesterday (April 4, 2012) to check the status of the test and to ask if there was a problem with the sample.<br /> I was told that there was no problem with the sample and that if there was a issue, I would have been notified long ago.<br /><br />Later that same day I received an email saying:<br /><br />"Unfortunately, after multiple attempts, we were unable to use the DNA sample you previously sent to Ancestry.com."<br /><br />It took 4 and 1/2 months for Ancestry DNA to determine this?<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />:'(<br /><br />A.J.<br /><br />P.S. Ancestry DNA is sending another kit for retesting. I wonder how long this is going take? ZzzzzzzzzA.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16813673205578242630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-51401382886477959472012-04-02T13:57:27.031-07:002012-04-02T13:57:27.031-07:00Just a heads up - I just received my mother's ...Just a heads up - I just received my mother's DNA results at Ancestry.com. I just looked and they were there even though I did not receive an email notification. It says they were completed on Feb 14th, which is strange since they weren't there yesterday.<br />Go check your DNA page everyone!<br />CeCeYour Genetic Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696248341534125135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-54146451171933898062012-04-01T14:53:01.245-07:002012-04-01T14:53:01.245-07:00I am looking to take an autosomal test as well as ...I am looking to take an autosomal test as well as a maternal dna test. Which company do you recommend. I am looking for one that will test the most ancestors back on the autosomal test but still be accurate results. I can only afford to take it once right now. Do you think I should wait for the ancestry test to go public?Courtney Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266754196840210245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-44310586805827293942012-04-01T07:52:57.222-07:002012-04-01T07:52:57.222-07:00Thanks, CeCe, for this fascinating, detailed revie...Thanks, CeCe, for this fascinating, detailed review of what you've learned! It is impressive what they've developed -- I feel sorry for FTDNA, who have done so much for us with nowhere near the resources Ancestry has. Hopefully they'll be able to learn from this and adopt some of the more useful features. <br /><br />Personally I think I'll have to try it, for the genetic ethnicity estimates especially. I'm curious about what they'll say in comparison with FTDNA's estimates of my matching 89% with the Orcadians, 11% with Middle Eastern populations, while my father and brother are 100% matches to the French!<br /><br />If there's any chance to become one of the Beta testers, I hope you'll let me know about it. Otherwise, I hope it will be affordable!BEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078272595547867802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-34052970073903521982012-04-01T04:28:11.500-07:002012-04-01T04:28:11.500-07:00what is the reason for not providing the segment i...what is the reason for not providing the segment info like 23andMe?Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349095646306549141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773058005679938889.post-65492268709849381692012-03-31T14:27:01.729-07:002012-03-31T14:27:01.729-07:00I was invited to participate in early November and...I was invited to participate in early November and have a December 16 email from ancestryDNA letting me know that had received my sample and they would have my results in early 2012. I haven't heard anything since and when I log in to ancestry.com and view the ancestryDNA page, I see "In process 11/15/2011" which is probably about a week after I mailed in my swab.<br /><br />Any news on when ancestryDNA will let us know that our results are available?Elizabeth Handlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529452862369140506noreply@blogger.com