I have been on Family Tree since 2003, and over the years have upgraded the test. The latest upgrade is the most complete upgrade. It will show my most recent ancestors and I am excited about that. However, My DNA test tracked my maternal lines from Colonial Virginia, back through Wales (LLewelyn), Germany, Switzerland, and into the Basque Region of Spain. This distant ancestor entered Europe over the Iberian Peninsula over 45, 000 years ago. Most of the links I have made was through researching and documenting on my own. When the Llewelyn (Lewis), surname showed up it was not a surprise as I had proved that line. More important then the DNA is the records and links that you leave for your descendants.
Anita
Mary and Patty Bowden Foundation
Anita Talks Genealogy - Blog Talk Radio
"If you believe people have no history worth mentioning, it's easy to believe they have no humanity worth defending."
— William Loren Katz
June 18, 2009
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> From: William M <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Is there a way to leave your DNA for the future.....
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>Dear Madaline Preston:
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>Family Tree DNA obtained enough DNA material from my cheek swabs 4 years ago to continue to offer to me - and perform - more sophisticated tests as they become available. The testing has come down in price significantly and from time to time they offer discounts or coupons.
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>At this point, I have learned that my distant ancestors were most certainly Celts who three to four thousand years ago lived in the mountain / lake districts of southern France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland before migrating north along the Rheine River to settle the coast of the English Channel from Normandy in France east to Denmark before successive waves over hundreds of years migrated to England.
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>How much more does one wish to know?
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>William Milam
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>From: Madaline Preston
>Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:10 PM
>Subject: DNA
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>Is there a way/location to leave your DNA for the future.....much like you
>do for sperm and embryos? I'd like for it to be available when science
>has progressed to a place when all these females in my lines will no longer
>hinder things AND at a time when my children decide to take some interest
>in our family history. As old as they are, their eyes still glaze over at
>the mention of their past. It is always an "oh there goes mother again"
>moment when the subject of who begat whom comes up.
>(Also when the testing becomes routine enough to be more affordable.)
>Wishful thinking???
>M. Preston
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