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Honeys_Mom


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It's comparatively new as an offering to the general public for "tracing their roots".  My dad wants to do it - he's seen advertisements on T.V. for the Ancestry.com version.

I searched a bit and the few sites I found are all over the board on both promises and price - has anyone done this?  Does anyone have information that might be useful before I buy it for Dad for Christmas?



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There was a thread about this on another board. People had good things to say about it. I want to do it too. Apparently 23andme.com is a lot more detailed, but about twice the price of Ancestry, but Ancestry provides good info too. This is just info I got from other posters though.

From what I saw, Ancestry is about $100, and 23andme about $200.

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Some only give you maternal results. Ancestry gives both maternal and paternal results. I want to do it too. I'd like to do it as well.

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We've only done DNA testing on Jupiter.

It was the blood test, which costs more than the swab test.

And, it cost $144.

So, price wise....for people, this doesn't sound outlandish, to me.



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Thanks all - Dad's father was adopted, so it may be quite interesting.  I'll go ahead and buy him the kit from Ancestry.com.  We know a lot about his mother's side of the family but half of his ancestry is a mystery.  I'll share what we find!



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Honeys_Mom wrote:

Thanks all - Dad's father was adopted, so it may be quite interesting.  I'll go ahead and buy him the kit from Ancestry.com.  We know a lot about his mother's side of the family but half of his ancestry is a mystery.  I'll share what we find!

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Jesse wants to do it.

I don't think it's a good idea.

It's data gathering.



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I didn't do the dna test yet from ancestry.com but found out King Edward the 3 is my great grandfather (20TH)

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That's really cool!

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I had a friend do it. It said she was a descendant of Aaron...the biblical Aaron. I don't believe it. Now she jokes about her uncle Moses...

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