Julie M, The 3 major DNA testing companies are AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and Family Tree DNA. My Heritage is a newcomer to the DNA scene.
23andMe was founded more for medical. Most people there don't bother with us genealogists. AncestryDNA has removed about 48% of the family markers and replaced them with health. They strip your name and then sell your DNA to big pharmaceutical for a reported $750. So read their Terms & Conditions carefully (Big Pharma can pay ME $750, thank you). The chip that FTDNA uses does have the health on it, but FTDNA does nothing with it. But it's in your raw data file. If you are searching for your paternal side, you may need to test with more than one company. I would suggest a company that deals with genealogy (Family Tree DNA and probably AncestryDNA if you want to agree to their terms). If you want the health stuff, you can just download your raw file from either company and upload it to Promethease.com and get your report for $5. You can pay for interpretation - $50 on up. I think Ann Turner may do this (she's a retired M.D. and one of the authors of "Trace Your Roots with DNA.") If you want ethnicity estimates only (and yes, they are estimates) it's looks like FTDNA's is ka-phooey and you'd need to look at 23andMe and AncestryDNA or both. They each have their own population samples that they will compare you against so you will get different percentages at each company. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:12 AM, 'Julie Marsh' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > Who is this DNA test through? I have been think about 23andme. And at when > I am able ancestry only for the family connection part to see if I can find > my dads family. > > Julzz > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 5, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, this type part of DNA has only been around about 7 years, so it's > still developing. Yeah, maybe another 20 years and it will be more precise! > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Herb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cheri I checked mine. I am now 51% Iberian and 12% British Isles and 8% >> Western and Central Europe. Also looks like I picked up some Jewish DNA >> with these new estimates, 4% Sephardic Jew. It will be interesting to see >> the estimates in 20 years. By then I think we will really know with a high >> degree of certainty. Like Mary Ann my family lived in Sao Miguel for 500 >> plus years. I was born there. Not sure these or the previous results are >> clear and precise but it is all very interesting isn't it? And like you >> said a lot depends on the control groups. I doubt actual Azoreans were part >> of the control group. Herb >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
