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Question:

Genetic testing to determine ancestry/race?

I have heard that genetic testing can be done to determine all the races in your ancestry. Does anyone know where I can get more information on this?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Kendra,

To some extent the first person is correct. If you alone get a DNA Test it will not tell you anything. The point is to trace your ancestry and validate converging branches with DNA. If someone else, and in a project that can be many hundreds of people, matches your surname line, then you have a confirmation of ancestry. When you get thousands of people in a database, you can clearly see who does and does not have Surname connections. There is also a maternal trace that goes up your mother - to her mother etc. So, if you know what a Genealogical Tree looks like, you will know that you are only getting a small portion of your race proven. You need to get multiple tests from cousins, uncles, aunts to do more. DNA is not as advanced as telling you exactly where you came from.

In a case of a surname, where you are trying to prove that you are in one tribe or another, and you know it is the surname path you want to prove, then this is useful.

There is a lot of information about projects, not just from the SALES people. There are also FREE tests you can take, but that is like stores selling chicken cheap to get you in the door, they want you to upgrade to a test that uses more DNA Markers.

The ISSOG, below is great for information, as are some of the other sites. Don't spend any money until you know what you are trying to get, and are sure that is what you will get. To me, it sounds like you are expecting more than they can deliver.