ancestry.com

[hooligan]

anyone else use it and end up going down rabbit holes for hours? I had used it a little in the past but was clearing out some boxes at my grandma's and she had paper family history that my grandpa had done before he passed. I was surprised at how accurate the ancestry.com stuff was based on what I know to be true and now on my dad's side we've been able to get back to the 1600s with people

[jake03]

A family friend put together a complete binder for my grandparents' 70th anniversary. Fascinating stuff....and yes, can get lost for hours.

[hog_down]

Absolutely, I use it for hours a day for heirship/work.

[Robert]

A guy I work with got a new daddy because he used it. It was quite the rabbit hole.

[Playa]

No. You can call me a nut or conspiracy theorist, but I have a high level of suspicion that the genetic research companies are corporate fronts for the intelligence community to collect genetic data on citizens. At the very least it makes it identifiable and searchable and in a centralized location

[hooligan]

No. You can call me a nut or conspiracy theorist, but I have a high level of suspicion that the genetic research companies are corporate fronts for the intelligence community to collect genetic data on citizens. At the very least it makes it identifiable and searchable and in a centralized location

I'm just talking about the records aspect of it. I haven't done the dna test because from what I've read most do not have any type of privacy policy against selling your dna data or giving it to any group they want.

[Landrover]

Been on it for probably 7 or 8 years ............and still get hits! The dreaded DNA stuff has been a game changer for us and have zero regrets. Our history is so scattered and fragmented it was the only way to get anything significant.

[hooligan]

Been on it for probably 7 or 8 years ............and still get hits! The dreaded DNA stuff has been a game changer for us and have zero regrets. Our history is so scattered and fragmented it was the only way to get anything significant.

Anything good from the dna test? I know absolutely nothing on my moms side so that could be interesting. My buddy offered me one he ordered, said he changed his mind and didn’t want any surprise child support requests to pop up from it

[Bill]

ancestry.com

It’s addicting- why else would I pay $240/ year to subscribe? Besides my wife’s and my families, I use it to research historical figures here in Montana. I’ve learned a bunch about the people who settled this area during and after the 1863 gold rush.

I researched on ancestry the family who had a homestead patent very close to our property and have become friends with one of their descendants. I wrote an article that appeared in our local newspaper.

http://www.madisoniannews.com/community/tribute-dehortys-madison-county-pioneers

The other thing I’ve found amazing are Facebook ancestry/genealogy groups by country. I was able to connect with my maternal grandmother’s family in Slovakia thru posting on a Slovak group. We’re going to meet them in their little town in Slovakia in May!

DNA testing is optional and an additional cost. What I learned was 1/3 of my DNA is not Czech/Slovak as I had thought but Scandinavian/ Baltic. Digging deeper it appears to be from my maternal grandmother’s family. What I’m guessing is during the 30 years war in Europe in the 1600s, Sweden sent an army of 100,000 men and many remained in Slovakia/ Moravia and married local woman.


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[tx_basser]

Yes.. found quite a few surprises that I had heard but all of it came together then.

[bigtex76]

It's awesome.

[Bard]

Created by Darpa to collect records on the citizens. You don't have to use it to be included at this point. They have you tied to someone that has used it. It's the DNA part that is a no-no.

[Voodoo]

It is flawed somewhat in my opinion. It gives you these specialized groups you belong to, like “early Alabama settlers”, “Cajun” or whatever. Now for me, based on one uncle marrying a Mormon, it has linked me to her group showing me as “Early LDS Arizona and Utah settlers”. Thats absolutely not my lineage at all.

On the other hand my wife’s estranged mother died when she was young and it has linked her to kin folk and they were physically instantly recognizable with love at first meeting.

[Horsefly]

I was adopted as a newborn in 1964. My mother encouraged me to test as she had. She had spent lots of hours researching family history at libraries and such. But through Ancestry.com I found out who my birth father was and a new half brother and many new cousins and aunts and uncles. It’s very interesting to say the least. Funniest thing was I had worked with a younger guy that went to school with my son…..we were related all along. Ancestry.com has some pretty good search information.

[Bill]

It is flawed somewhat in my opinion. It gives you these specialized groups you belong to, like “early Alabama settlers”, “Cajun” or whatever. Now for me, based on one uncle marrying a Mormon, it has linked me to her group showing me as “Early LDS Arizona and Utah settlers”. Thats absolutely not my lineage at all.

On the other hand my wife’s estranged mother died when she was young and it has linked her to kin folk and they were physically instantly recognizable with love at first meeting.

I don’t know what report on ancestryDNA you’re referring to. All I’ve seen is geographic areas of the world where there are common segments of DNA. My wife’s said 100% Irish, nothing about Irish immigrants during the great famine, etc.

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