Round-Up of My DNA Testing Articles
I'm still getting a lot of traffic to my DNA Ancestry series and the other posts I've written about my testing experiences. I thought I'd milk the subject one more time by gathering my DNA links in one post and then move onto something else.
Family Tree DNA - Is it Worth the Price? This was my very first post on Oct 24, 2006 and you can see I've gotten very lazy since then because this was my longest post ever...I think. My opinion was Family Tree DNA delivers as advertised. My experience was expensive and confusing however.
The Genetic Genealogist. Shortly after I got my results at FTDNA, I ordered a Deep SNP test to further resolve my results. This process was very frustrating. The test was supposed to take about a month, but there were continuous delays and, despite many emails, the FTDNA folks were never able to explain why it was taking so long. After awhile I forgot about it, then about a year later my Deep SNP results came in and...of course there was no explanation on the results and being the history major I am, never was able to find the answer on the FTDNA site. I sent an email to Blaine at the Genetic Genealogist with my results and asked if he could explain them to me. He did and wrote about it in his blog.
DNA Ancestry Review - Part 1. This is the first in a series of posts about my experience with DNA Ancestry. I cover researching the DNA Ancestry site and ordering the test.
DNA Ancestry Review - Part 2. Part 2 covers the testing kit, getting the sample and sending it off.
DNA Ancestry Review Part 2.5. This was a quick post when I learned DNA Ancestry received my kit.
DNA Ancestry Review - Alert. This post announced that my results were in. I was surprised it only took 9 days.
DNA Ancestry Review - Part 3. This is the final part of the series. Make sure you read the comments in this post and all of the others.
I have to tell you I did get a high resolution mtDNA test at FTDNA a year ago, but I found the results more confusing than Y-DNA tests. From what my small mind can understand, these results told me my maternal line came from somewhere in western Europe and since there are currently no surname matches there's no place for me to go here. I know there are better tests now than the one I took,and I might do it again someday, but it will probably be in the distant future.
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