My father is deceased and was adopted.. where can I?

Question: My father is deceased and was adopted!.!. where can I!?

Where can I go to figure out my ethnicity!. My family is out of touch with his family b/c my parents were divorced!. Is there any way I can have DNA testing, where they could tell my ethnicity!? I heard something about Halogroups maybe!? What is that!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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If you are not a male, it is unlikely you can tell using your own DNA!. You need to have a brother tested!. You do not inherit mtDNA or mitochondrial DNA from your father!. I am very familiar with your situation because my father was adopted and is deceased!. However, I am able to test myself!. I have a haplotype and a projected haplogroup near many in greater Russia/Eastern Europe!. I had no exposure to that culture in my life!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

In any adoption, the birth parents have TONS of paperwork!. Chances are, if you can get his adoption papers (and as a child of a deceased adopted person, you can!. Especially becuase you need to know medical history)!. Those should have ethnicicity on them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ancestry!.com has a DNA program!. You can check with them!. As to what it all means, I have to confess it's beyond me!Www@QuestionHome@Com