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I recently took a DNA test in parallel with collecting family records, government records, and church records (many of which are used by local/regional governments). I knew about many ancestors, but I've confirmed many more through discovering other family lines through DNA tests. I've identified more than 200 ancestors, and several hundred descendants through shared DNA, and hundreds, if not thousands, more by records of families of those with whom I share pieces of DNA.
Edit: I just discovered I have DNA matched to more than 18K persons, so far, with 433 close matches (4th cousins or closer).
I received DNA results in terms of number of cM (centi-Morgans) and numbers of segments.
https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Centimorgan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan
A niece shares more than 1600 cM, while three first cousins, 1x-removed, share 415, 350 and 286 cM, and some second cousins, 1x-removed share between 200 and 260 cM. Dozens of Extended family members share 45 to 170 cM of DNA, and there are hundreds of distant relatives with down to 8-10 cM of DNA. Some DNA may come from Poland, Ukraine and/or Russia/Belarus, and some appears to originate from the Mediterranean region.
The descendants are certainly more diverse than the ancestors, having scattered across the world. One relative has DNA from Europe and Africa, with the latter very diverse: Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Benin and Togo. Other relatives have Asian and South American Ancestry.
Seems parts of my ancestry love to go places.
In some cases, I'm wondering if there is common DNA that many of us share.While looking at some DNA research, I stumbled across the following:
David Reich, Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
2018 - Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Edit: I just discovered I have DNA matched to more than 18K persons, so far, with 433 close matches (4th cousins or closer).
I received DNA results in terms of number of cM (centi-Morgans) and numbers of segments.
https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Centimorgan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan
A niece shares more than 1600 cM, while three first cousins, 1x-removed, share 415, 350 and 286 cM, and some second cousins, 1x-removed share between 200 and 260 cM. Dozens of Extended family members share 45 to 170 cM of DNA, and there are hundreds of distant relatives with down to 8-10 cM of DNA. Some DNA may come from Poland, Ukraine and/or Russia/Belarus, and some appears to originate from the Mediterranean region.
The descendants are certainly more diverse than the ancestors, having scattered across the world. One relative has DNA from Europe and Africa, with the latter very diverse: Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Benin and Togo. Other relatives have Asian and South American Ancestry.
Seems parts of my ancestry love to go places.
In some cases, I'm wondering if there is common DNA that many of us share.While looking at some DNA research, I stumbled across the following:
David Reich, Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
2018 - Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
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