Genealogy Thread

[Black Haven]

My Gedmatch ancestry DNA results
# Population Percent
1 Sub-Saharan 83.98
2 ENF 4.97
3 WHG 3.21
4 CHG 2.98
5 Amerindian 1.75
6 Oceanian 1.57
7 Siberian 1.55
Population/Tribes I'm closely related to
# Population (source) Distance
1 African_American 8.26
2 Kikuyu 10.14
3 N.E_Bantu 11.14
4 Gambian 16.54
5 Mandinka 16.95
6 Mende 18.38
7 Esan 19.21
8 Yoruba 19.45
9 Maasai 23.97
10 Somali 47.03
11 Ethiopian 58.37
12 Algerian 88.15
13 Moroccan 88.31
14 Tunisian 88.62
15 Yemeni 91.15
16 Egyptian 97.01
17 Jordanian 100.11
18 Syrian 100.12
19 Uzbek 101.01
20 Nogai 102.01

 

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I'm struggling like hell to find anything on my black ancestors but I've been able to trace back to my Scottish side 1642 (Isle of Skye, Scotland)

It's confusing as hell I wish I had the money to get someone to do it for me

 

[im_sleep]

I'm struggling like hell to find anything on my black ancestors but I've been able to trace back to my Scottish side 1642 (Isle of Skye, Scotland)

It's confusing as hell I wish I had the money to get someone to do it for me

If you don't mind me asking is it lack of information that's making it difficult? Or are you just stuck at a certain point?

 

[JahFocus CS]

FamilyTreeDNA is running a sale for a few more days, until 4/25 I think. Good chance to buy your test if you haven't yet

 

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If you don't mind me asking is it lack of information that's making it difficult? Or are you just stuck at a certain point?

It's hard on the black side because it's a lack of information. I can't get past my great-great grandmother on my mom's side at all. I would have to see if I can order birth and death certificates but that will eventually start adding up. And as far as my biological dad's side, the same thing. I'm an outside baby so there is no way in hell they would ever tell me anything. I also turned off the monthly subscription because things are tight here too. I'm trying to research without spending much but that's hard. I don't know where else to look besides ancestry.com and I've been on there for a minute

 

[JahFocus CS]

It's hard on the black side because it's a lack of information. I can't get past my great-great grandmother on my mom's side at all. I would have to see if I can order birth and death certificates but that will eventually start adding up. And as far as my biological dad's side, the same thing. I'm an outside baby so there is no way in hell they would ever tell me anything. I also turned off the monthly subscription because things are tight here too. I'm trying to research without spending much but that's hard. I don't know where else to look besides ancestry.com and I've been on there for a minute

Familysearch.org

 

[Asicz]

I think I found massa in my family tree

 

[JulesWinfield]

Always been interested in taking the DNA tests. I have about 100 years worth of history passed down from person to person in my family. My cousin took the ancestryDNA test and it confirmed what we already knew. My great grandmother was mixed (black, chinese, and carib indian) and those were all accounted for in the test. I was surprised to find out that we have more indigenous ancestry than asian (my whole life I was told my grandmother was half chinese but my cousin's test showed 15% south american, and 8% east asian). 68% african with roots in Ivory Coast, Benin/Togo, Cameroon/Congo, and Nigeria with trace amounts in a couple other places. She also had 7% european.

 

[VladTheImpaler]

Did you even read my entire post? Calm your remedial self down.

 

[Asicz]

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Are you not aware that some black people have European ancestry due to slavery?
Is there a problem?

 

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Are you not aware that some black people have European ancestry due to slavery?
Is there a problem?

 

[Black Haven]

@xoxodede on Familysearch.org where exactly did you start off to find your families history? @im_sleep @Donovan Gumby @BlackPearl The Empress do any of you have any tips on where to start as well?

 

[im_sleep]

@xoxodede on Familysearch.org where exactly did you start off to find your families history? @im_sleep @Donovan Gumby @BlackPearl The Empress do any of you have any tips on where to start as well?

Start with any immediate family members born during or before 1940. Definitely helps to know where they were born too.

Vital records(Birth/Death certificates/etc) are great at filling in gaps when it comes to maiden names, actual birthdays, etc. But just know certain states(like Mississippi) are shytty when it comes to those kind of records while other states(like Texas) are a lot better.

 

[JahFocus CS]

23andMe rolled out their update recently with more granularity for African and Asian regions.

 

[JahFocus CS]

AncestryDNA just rolled out refined results based on their new algorithm