DNA Day is here and many have been snapping up DNA test kits on sale this week at FamilyTreeDNA and Ancestry.
Most probably test because they want to learn what the test will tell about their ethnic makeup. But for serious genealogists and family historians, testing opens the doors to exciting yet often bewildering territory.
Here are my top three tips for getting the most out of testing your autosomal DNA:
“He who calls what has vanished back into being, enjoys a bliss like that of creating.”– Barthold Georg Niebuhr
FamilyTreeDNA just updated their myOrigins admixture mapping tool this week and my ethnic estimates have definitely changed.
When I initially tested, myOrigins broke down my ethnicity as follows: 31% Ashkenazi Jewish, 4% Middle East, 22% Scandinavian and 43% British Isles.
Those results initially had me puzzled. But the update also leaves me with some confusion.
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