DNA Ancestry? What do you think?
By raydene
@raydene (9871)
United States
November 3, 2007 8:20am CST
I know I have Scots in my blood. I would love to know if I might be related to some Scots frinds.
Also my American Indian ancestry ..I know I am Hunk Papa Souix and another type of Indian from Canada/USA NE boarder..
I think I might try this if I could afford it.
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Would you try this?
What is your interest level?
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11 responses
@raychill (6525)
• United States
3 Nov 07
I probably wouldn't. Simply because I know a lot about my family history. I am American Indian also on my mothers side, though I can never remember what tribe or anything. My great grandmothers grandparents were 100% indian. so basically my great great great granparents. SO it's not so deep in my blood, but i do know that.
My great grandparents on my fathers side were 100% Irish straight from Ireland. So that's still pretty deep within my blood. However, my great grandparents had their children taken away (they had 5 kids) and my grandfather grew up in an orphanage. So while we know our history, there is a lot to take into consideration. and it'd be tough to find.
It is interesting for sure, but I don't think I'd do it.
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@rominchal (39)
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4 Nov 07
Check out National Geographic they are doing something called the Genographic project. You order a kit which simply involves cheek swabs and send them to the address given. (Laboratory in the USA) and after a few weeks get your results on line. I have particpated and would recommend this project. Take a look at the online guide etc. Also with a name like this you know its not a scam.
@rominchal (39)
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5 Nov 07
Cost was about £50 sterling from memory but the National Geographic site would give you the exact costs. As for what I got out of the test, it has proven my family history and added new areas of possible research. I have Romany Gypsy or as we prefer to say Roma ancestry. DNA links prove this. However one branch of the family we thought was English proves to be from Persia (Iran)!! I also found that I have some Native American DNA.Now it seems that a Locota (Forgive spelling if wrong) Sioux chief called Rolling Thunder stayed over in Salford Manchester after the visit by Buffalo Bill and his wild west show. He married and settled in the area and it is possible that my DNA link is through a distant relative of his family marrying into mine but research will be needed to prove that link. I think you would agree that for the money that link alone is worth the expenditure.
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@atulleo25 (484)
• India
4 Nov 07
Ancestral connects are defined using DNA investigations being done these done on the various geographic samples collected from the earth and scientists are proving some very strange things to us. It is uncommon to have such declarations, thus I would await for your results.
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@spiritwolf52 (2300)
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4 Nov 07
I would do it but it is so expensive to have the detailed analysis done. I may not have to though. My brother is thinking of doing this next year sometime. At least the the Ancestry.com one they take both male and female and a lot of them don't. I am only second generation American as my grandfather was born in Scotland. I feel more connected to Scotland than I ever did to America. Through my own research I have found some cousins over here that I never knew I had. I even found a relative living in New Zealand. I am finding more relatives through Genes Reunited than I ever did through Ancestry.com. It has always fascinated me what our history really is.
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
4 Nov 07
When I get some extra money I'd like to do it. It would be cool to find out what all my ancestors are. I know about some but have questions about some. My father told me his mother had French and Irish blood but I'm not too sure so I'd like to find out for sure.
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@weemam (13372)
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3 Nov 07
No sis I wouldn't do this , My hubby has family he would rather forget because they are not nice people , I would rather go by my heart and my instincts . I have lots of family and rfiends and I love them all (in different ways) but I still love them , love is something I am not short of , I get lots given to me and I send lots back , You are in my heart whether you have Scottish bloood or not pal , and I know of people close to me , my neighbours who feel the same way about you , I don't know if Ihave quite explained what I mean her , I hope you understand , xxxx
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@VKXY62 (1605)
• Australia
3 Nov 07
Hi, both of my own parents came from Scotland, I was born in Australia, we could be related to each other and that is a wonderful thing. I love to know about history and people, where we came from and the adventures and history of the past. I saw a program on the tele about the DNA project, they had a couple of folks get together after testing and introduced them to each other, it was interesting to see that these people were in fact related, despite coming from so called different races.
In Scotland they have a saying,
We're all Jock's Bairns.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
4 Nov 07
I like that..Some of my favorite people are Scots..I feel very comfortable and at home when chatting with my Scots friends whom I now call family..I seem drawn to indians also...Kinda like I'm finally with my people...Ma was the same she was always happy when we were up at the res..One of my fav places as a kid
@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
3 Nov 07
I was brought up in a family that talked about our racial heritage a lot, at least my mom did. Believe it or not, I believe a lot of it stemmed from her dad. He was into breeding registered Hereford cattle, and always said that human beings should pay as much attention to bloodlines when they had kids as they did to their livestock bloodlines. Of course he did not, and none of our family did, but they talked about it.My mom's mother was on the Dawe's rolls of 1907-1909. Those are the documents that are used to determine if you have any tribal benefits coming to you from Indian heritage. It was, I think, the official count of Native Americans. There are some tribes that do not have benefits, or branches of tribes, because they hid out and refused to be enumerated. I know a lot of what we have as genetic heritage, but not everything. I think it would be interesting, but not to the point that I would spend a ton of money on it.
@Darkwing (21583)
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6 Nov 07
That all sounds very interesting to me. I have trouble with tracing my ancestors because my name was so common, or my grandad's name was. I think you might very well have some Scottish blood too because I have a Native American friend, who very coincidentally, has the name Two Hawks in his Native name, and my name is Hawke. hmmmmmmm. Anyway, his surname is Robinson and he's traced back to part Scottish, part English and part Native American... how's that? He's also visited England and Scotland to learn more about the life of his ancestors. Great, huh?
I would definitely have no qualms about this type of process in order to find my ancestors. In fact, with a common name like West, it may be the only way for me to find out my line of ancestry! lol.
Brightest Blessings, my friend. xxxx
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
3 Nov 07
Well, I know that that I have Irish, my great grandmother on my mother's father's side still has relatives in Ireland. I know I have German, my other great-grandmother from that side is from there. There's English on both sides, infact, on my father's father's side we go back to a member on the Mayflower.
So, while the only native American I can relate back to is the one that saved Penolopy Van Princess' life, that I know about, my familys have been in the Americas a good while.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
4 Nov 07
Very impressive..You know alot really..
I love to delve in my bloodlines..I find it so interesting..I had a great great gran on ma's side that was orhpaned and my granmama on my da's side was left with her brother and sister on the steps of an orphanage...strange, no?
xoxoxoxo
