Comments on: Fixed – Attaching DNA results to family trees

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:20:02 +0000

Shep, please check the relationship type. DNA will only propagate on biological relationships.

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:32:42 +0000

Ginger, this is the beauty of DNA testing–finding people you could be related to who you may not have suspected before. Our natural inclination is to search for things of like nature e.g. persons with similar last names; however, this excludes persons who could be related via non paternal events i.e. adoption, etc. Having a match with someone of a different surname within a genealogically relevant time frame indicates a strong likelihood of your sharing a common ancestor with this person. Using Ancestry.com’s connection service, you can contact this person, collaborate on your family history and work to determine where and whom this ancestor is.

By: Ginger Smith

Ginger Smith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:39:16 +0000

What does it mean when your results include people from different surnames for the y-chromosome test?

By: Shep

Shep — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:58:15 +0000

I’ve attached my DNA results to all my trees on Ancestry.
However, on my main tree it doesn’t link through to all paternal ancestors but it does on other trees?
Anyone know why this is?

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:40:09 +0000

Sherrie, if your father and his second wife had a son, this individual would still be representative of your paternal line as he would have inheritted the Y chromosome from your father. Sometimes, going up the lines to another branch and coming back down, say via an uncle’s line, will identify an appropriate male proxy candidate. Good luck.

By: Sherrie Conrad Nelson

Sherrie Conrad Nelson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:06:33 +0000

Thank you Wendy for explaining that too me. But I’m the sole remaining relative. All Males and Females of my linage are gone. I guess you could say I was an only child of 8. I was an only child of my biological parents. Even though they both remarried all siblings are half brothers and sisters.

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:58:54 +0000

Sherrie, the $79 test is a Y 33 DNA test or a Paternal Lineage test. Females do not carry the Y chromosome and therefore would not be able to contribute their individual DNA for this test. However, females may contact a male representative and have them contribute their DNA as representation of her paternal line.

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:49:33 +0000

Laura, for the most accurate and in debth answers, FTM questions should be addressed to their specific product area http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/category/products/ftm/.

By: Sherrie Conrad Nelson

Sherrie Conrad Nelson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:54:50 +0000

Do I understand correctly that only males can get their DNA checked for the advertised amount of $79.00? And the females is $179?

By: laura anderson

laura anderson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:53:57 +0000

can I transfer my data from 2008 FTM to 2009 FTM ??