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Benefits of DNA - had an email on Ancestry from what is now a 5th cousin and she has a Photo of my Grandparents (never seen them before) & Great Grandfather and a tree so i can compare my research with her family info. She also thinks she may have a picture of my father too - it would be nice to see what he looks like.

All his wives and family tore their photos up.

My husband had a couple of matches on his too -

I think its worth the money and will only get better in time.

Bit like Genes when it first started - use to get matches with peoples trees and a lot of help.

Thanks Maggie. I will go with them too, I think it's much cheaper than Ancestry

Lizxx

I got mine through My Heritage.
I'm not a member, but have access to build a tree, and have notifications of others with similar DNA - ie my nephew and sister!
Not sure if I can contact the other notifications - they're as 'close' as 4th cousins twice removed- not sure I would gain much if I did contact them :-S

Oops, silly me, Bob. I am glad you enjoyed your celebrations.

Florence, my son's half Maltese. Although he is very like my maternal side of the family. he also has some facial features of his Maltese grandmother, like his cheekbones, and thick hair like his dad.

O.h. just agreed to pay for both our dna tests if I arrange them. Now do I go with My Heritage at £45 or Ancestry at £71? I am not a member of either.

Lizxx

Joy,
My brain cells are letting me down, I used to know more or less who was who on here,
but lately ....."err"???

hope your day went well..

Liz
you mis-understood me, the gathering was last week but yes a most enjoyable weekend...


Elizabeth,EoS thank you..
Bob

Same as mine, Bob :)

Bob, I hope you will enjoy your family get together this weekend.


Lol Annx

Lizx

Liz, the greatest concentration of my OH's surname is in Ireland, so I thought he would have a lot of Irish DNA, but guess who had double the Irish DNA he has and didn't know she had any at all.....me!! :-) :-) :-)

thank you Joy, spot on with the date....


yes Liz, Florence61, who knows what skellingbones might come out of the closet....(or Pandoras' box!!

actually there was a small gathering on the Thursday, Me, Jean, our son n Dil, my brother and his wife had midday "afternoon tea"...then orf to Wakefield Friday for a larger gathering,( MY clan on Saturday......) 4 generations....

Belated happy birthday 30th November.

Belated 80th birthday greetings Bob.

I want to get my dna done and see where my roots are. I'd like to get o.h's done too as I am sure he is descended from Irish tinkers lol

Lizxx

Happy belated birthday Bob.i also had my birthday on the 4th, not sure what date yours was though...fellow saggitarians :-) :-) :-)

I have thought about this DNA thing too but not yet decided whether to get it done. My gg grandfather was maltese.well supposedly so I guess I'm a little maltesa! mum and her side have all very sallow skin so look "continental" especially in the summer months.
Dads side I think are all from the north of England, but you never know what the result would show up!

Florence
in the hebrides

Dear Bob

Hello

Fancy keeping that a secret from your GR friends and colleagues!

A belated but very happy birthday to you.
May you have many good times to cherish, good health and peace.


Take gentle care
With best wishes to you and your family,
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

I'm finding 'My Heritage' quite funny at the moment.
I have a very small tree on there - my nephew is increasing his - through information I'm giving him, and 'My Heritage' keep e-mailing me about 'great new breakthroughs'!

I did mine through Ancestry
I thought the female side was more difficult but mine showed the largest percentage was the german side
My paternal grandfather was german
His mothers name was Maria marteus which isn't German name .so she may have been born Germany of scandavian descent

My DNA showed this too!!!

My nearest cousin showed as a match and we are already in contact
My maternal grandfathers mum was born in 1852,and this contact is descended from one of her brothers
Another contact was through my mums maternal side
The lady was a widow when she married my male ancestor in 1845 and one of their sons was my maternal grans father
That contact was from the ladies first marriage

Sooooo the DNA test really does work

Happy belated birthday Bob

Good for you - its an eye opener - i had ours done as it was my OH 65th this year

All my family tree so far are all South of Englad - look what my DNA showed

Cant get in tot he site at the moment - but its basic

46% Europe West
21% Great Britain
4% other

Happy birthday Bob. Hope it was a good one. <3 <3

Belated Birthday Wishes Bob..hope you had a fab day <3 <3

Hope you had a happy 80th Bob! I got mine done a couple of years ago (Ancestry).

48% Ireland,Scotland Wales
28% Europe West
13% Scandinavia
10% Great Britain

There was rumour and speculation (I discovered in my 60s from an elderly aunt weeks before she died in her 90s) that there may be question mark as to whether my grandfather was my actual biological grandfather. Apparently, (news to me), my grandmother, who had my mother at age 50, had left my grandfather when my mother was born to go and live with another man for several years before returning home. It was wondered who had fathered my mother? After following up one of my DNA matches following the DNA test, I discovered that the ancestors we had in common were brothers, one being my grandfather's father, so in a way that proved who my grandfather really was!

well, with a maternal grandfather that was an Evans..I should expect some welsh ingredients maybe...

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