Comments on: Ancient Ancestry Finder™ – FREE best guess at your ancient origins.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:38:08 +0000

Arlene, if you are using a web based email like yahoo or hotmail,they put cookies on your computer in order to use keywords to send you advertisements designed to match whatever pages you search for or other places. That’s also why you need to have anti-spyware on your computer security programs in your computer like Norton Anti-virus, anti-spamware, anti-spyware.

More than likely it didn’t have anything to do with Ancestry.com reading your emails. It’s probably an electronic keyword program linked to your email program you use.

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:02:14 +0000

Arlene, your feedback is important to us. To ensure we understand your
concerns, someone from our team will contact you offline.

Ancestry.com DNA provides an email connection service for users to contact and collaborate with potential matches. Email addresses are not displayed by Ancestry.com.

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:55:17 +0000

Linda, in most cases the initial DNA sample will be sufficient for additional future upgraded testing.

By: arlene

arlene — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:44:23 +0000

How do you read my emails. Five minutes ago I wrote to my cousin about doing a family tree and your site pops up on my email. I do believe that is against the law. In any case, I want to know how you see it.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:20:10 +0000

I took the test on-line and it was interesting, but too general….so, I want to have my father tested (he’s 90!)…If I do the male chromosone test now, would I be able to use his sample later for the mtDNA test (I can’t afford both right now).

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:01:33 +0000

Maryann, the locus in question has been debated by the forensic and genealogical communities. Ancestry.com DNA follows the “TAGA” motif as presented by Butler et. al. Forensic Sci. Intl. 129: 10-24 for Y-GATA-H4. For a full listing of the markers tested, click here.

A comprehensive page which provides conversion information across the industry can be found here. It is a good resource to consult when comparing data from various groups.

Specific questions about your results or data, should be directed to our client services team at dna@ancestry.com.

By: Maryann

Maryann — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:14:02 +0000

I just received the results of my 33 marker test. I had the test run after my FTDNA test to double check the results. The markers that Ancestry uses doesn’t match up completely with FTDNA so it is hard to crosscheck, but one marker is off completely. How can I verify the results? Ancestry has Y-GATA-H4.1 on allele 22. FTNDA has GATAH4 on allele 11. Are they the same locus?

By: Wendy Jessen

Wendy Jessen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:07:21 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Marilyn. Your feedback is important to us. To ensure we address your concerns, someone from our team will be contacting you offline.

By: SB Tuscarora Tribalchair Marilyn Mejorado

SB Tuscarora Tribalchair Marilyn Mejorado — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:09:59 +0000

I have worked for nearly 20 years giving free ancestry information out, to Ancestry.com, usgenweb.com, and rootsweb.com now you charge others and try to charge me for the services we provided you free.

Stop charging or using my personal or Tribal information provided in your databases or we will sue you for distributing and selling it without compensating us from your profits you are making off our genealogy.

Even in an electronic format I still submitted it, and you never ask my permission to both use it for profit, nor to redistribute it publically.

Marilyn Mejorado
Southern Band Tuscarora Tribal chair/office manager
http://www.southernbandtuscarora.com
http://www.Dreamwalkersarts.com

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:29:55 +0000

I think this free quiz is a good idea and it adds some fun to the site. Besides advertising DNA testing it helps people researching other lines such as maternal Grandfather to have an idea of where the line came from if no one is left to take a DNA test.

The country selection in the quiz needs some improvement. Especially when clicking on England it favoureds naming republic of Ireland or Netherlands as the selected country, on either side of England!