Or like a multi-faceted diamond, so also stories can have more than one side and with many rivers and tributaries and family myths to follow there are many possibilities in tracking the truth. I think my Aunt would have liked to throttle me at times, and my great Aunt Ethel, in memory, over us telling … Continue reading The Byrd’s Of Virginia ~ There Are Always Two Sides To A River & A Story, ~ The Limits Of at-DNA
Colonial America
Who begat whom? Choose your y-DNA testing candidate(s) carefully.
There are no two ways about it; non-paternity events happen and have happened forever. I am a haplogroup enthusiast and also insist on trying to prove every ancestral line with DNA, which means not only testing the recent ancestry with autosomal but also using y-DNA and mt-DNA to researching families identify all ancestors' haplogroups. Using … Continue reading Who begat whom? Choose your y-DNA testing candidate(s) carefully.
Admixture: A Comparison – One Person’s Admixture At Eight Companies
[This is only talking about admixture, these companies/sites have many other features - and most are more about the other features and the admixture is secondary - or even third] This page is always in need of updates and is being updated all along - admixture changes like the seasons. Don't get me wrong - I … Continue reading Admixture: A Comparison – One Person’s Admixture At Eight Companies
I Have My Genealogy ~ Why Do I Need DNA For Anything? & Simplistic Questions, We Need Those The Most
I’m not laughing or amused at simple questions, I am here to answer questions. I might only have 14 years of reading DNA and genetics for genealogy and anthropology, and I might only go back about 35 years working in journalism and digging up people and stories, and I might have only followed my grandmother … Continue reading I Have My Genealogy ~ Why Do I Need DNA For Anything? & Simplistic Questions, We Need Those The Most
Honoring Jean Manco ~ She took me on my Ancestral Journey
Update August 19, 2024: Still to this day, nothing to take the place are her wonderful and magical pages for locations of DNA sequenced skeletons - Thank you again - Jean!!! Update February 20, 2022: To this day, I and so many still treasure the pages of Jean Manco where she collected data from archaeological … Continue reading Honoring Jean Manco ~ She took me on my Ancestral Journey
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 