The new season of this excellent genealogy series starts Tuesday, July 23 at 9 on TLC.
The new season of this excellent genealogy series starts Tuesday, July 23 at 9 on TLC.
Last edited by iris lily; 7-15-13 at 10:34am.
Should be interesting. Related to that, does anyone know the efficacy of the DNA genealogy tests that are advertised? Supposedly they can break down your entire ethnicity - e.g., you're 25% French, 15% Italian, etc.
I would guess that's it's accurate.
We had the test done on my father's side of the family hoping to match up with Scottish ancestors to figure out where our immigrant ancestor came from, he is a mystery. We've not had good matches, but have had some discussions with people that have some of our markers.
Just a mountainview company that's wants all your (biological) data, what could possibly go wrong ...
Basically they do DNA testing for ancestry and disease susceptibility for $100, but I've raised the concern before on how private it would be kept ....
Trees don't grow on money
I'm too old to worry about what somebody might do with my DNA, so I sent mine off to Ancestry.com. Imagine my surprise when I found out I was Scandinavian. Also, it appears my long-ago ancestor was adopted, so I'm not really a "member of the family."
23 and Me is legitimate; it was used on some genealogy program that escapes me*. I haven't signed up because I don't want to know what diseases I'm subject to...
ETA: *Finding Your Roots, PBS
I love this show as well. I wish there was a lottery so an ordinary (read "not rich") person could get the same valuable resources thrown at them. I've done genealogy on all of my roots -Polish, Irish and Swedish and want to go to all 3 countries just to walk the roads etc. My niece died recently and I ask her out loud to find out where one line of my family is from in Ireland. I figure someday one of the ancient ancestors will give me a clue!
It's back! Check your local listings--Wednesday July 23 on TLC. Good stuff.
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