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.
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Admixture: A Comparison – One Person’s Admixture At Eight Companies
What this page shows is to remember to understand what every test is for that they are different and reading admixture or ethnicity is only one feature of the wonderful DNA for genealogy testing. [This is only talking about admixture, these companies/sites have many other features - and most are more about the other features … 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 