We are on the cusp of the next genetic genealogy advance: affordable autosomal DNA testing. Until now, males have been able to use Y-DNA to trace their direct paternal line (father's father's...father

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We are on the cusp of the next genetic genealogy advance: affordable autosomal DNA testing. Until now, males have been able to use Y-DNA to trace their direct paternal line (father's father's...father

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If Jean has a brother who can have his Y-DNA tested, she would be able to see if he matches my Kaplan line. My maternal grandmother's father was a Kaplan >from Rezekne, Latvia. Their name was original

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If Jean has a brother who can have his Y-DNA tested, she would be able to see if he matches my Kaplan line. My maternal grandmother's father was a Kaplan >from Rezekne, Latvia. Their name was original

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Miriam Camitta writes: I am researching my husband's paternal surname, which, in its Eastern European iteration is a variation of Kometau.... snip... It is possible that DNA testing can provide you wi

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Miriam Camitta writes: I am researching my husband's paternal surname, which, in its Eastern European iteration is a variation of Kometau.... snip... It is possible that DNA testing can provide you wi

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I have also had bad experiences with GENI. Several of my relatives have their family trees up on Geni and one distant cousin asked me to add my information to his tree. I added only the branch of my f

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I have also had bad experiences with GENI. Several of my relatives have their family trees up on Geni and one distant cousin asked me to add my information to his tree. I added only the branch of my f

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I have recently started a DNA project at Family Tree DNA tracing families in the glassmaking business. Glassmaking was a Jewish art spread of glassmaking was parallel to and coincident with the Jewish

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I have recently started a DNA project at Family Tree DNA tracing families in the glassmaking business. Glassmaking was a Jewish art spread of glassmaking was parallel to and coincident with the Jewish

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I have recently started a DNA project at Family Tree DNA tracing families in the glassmaking business. Glassmaking was a Jewish art spread of glassmaking was parallel to and coincident with the Jewish

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I have recently started a DNA project at Family Tree DNA tracing families in the glassmaking business. Glassmaking was a Jewish art spread of glassmaking was parallel to and coincident with the Jewish

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Sonia asked if her surname PASIS could be Sephardic. The name search engine at Sephardim.com lists PASI, PASSI and PASSOS as surnames that were used by Sephardim. Here's the link: http://www.sephardim

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Sonia asked if her surname PASIS could be Sephardic. The name search engine at Sephardim.com lists PASI, PASSI and PASSOS as surnames that were used by Sephardim. Here's the link: http://www.sephardim

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I have found Y-DNA extremely helpful in tracing the migrations of my BROSGOL ancestors with roots in northern Spain. The Y-DNA, oral histories and recent ancestral geographic locations of our matches

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I have found Y-DNA extremely helpful in tracing the migrations of my BROSGOL ancestors with roots in northern Spain. The Y-DNA, oral histories and recent ancestral geographic locations of our matches

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Has anyone researched the Sephardim who settled in County Cork, Ireland in the late 1490's after fleeing Portugal? Judy Simon Stony Brook NY

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Has anyone researched the Sephardim who settled in County Cork, Ireland in the late 1490's after fleeing Portugal? Judy Simon Stony Brook NY

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Your estimate is based on a tiny sample size of only two males and therefore the variability is high and confidence limits are large. unlikely (>from Family Tree DNA, anyway, where their results are h

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Your estimate is based on a tiny sample size of only two males and therefore the variability is high and confidence limits are large. unlikely (>from Family Tree DNA, anyway, where their results are h

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