AncestryDNA

The Ancestry DNA test is very easy to use and it comes with a prepaid envelop. I do wish that you got your results faster. Mine took almost 2 months before I was able to see the results.

The results are interesting though. I have plenty of European heritage that I know and guessed I had but was surprised to see a percentage of Asian DNA. I was not expecting that and will make an interesting branch on my Family Tree when I start one. I am really curious how that happen and I hope when I start researching I will be able to find out. I just retired so this will be a perfect thing for me to work on, on rainy days.

My results for the most part from Ancestrydna did not surprise me. I was 60% English which is not shocking as most of my aunts, uncles and grandparents still live in England. What surprised me is that I have nothing from France. We live in New Orleans and my mother and her mother were born in France as well so I was expecting some French unless my Grandmothers parents had both immigrated from somewhere else. My mother when she was alive never mentioned that and unfortunately I never asked.

So either the DNA test got it wrong or I am not part French. Weird!

As I am 5th generation in Australia to carry the Prussian surname, I discovered that only a small percentage of me was East European. I was ecstatic to find that I am over 50% British (mainly because I could easily research UK and because of this I found that I have 2 Convicts in the family tree plus a free person arriving on the 2nd fleet when Sydney Australia was 1 Year old. (definitely an Aussie! :))

Just recently, i received an email from Ancestry with an update of my DNA and now know that the Eastern European side has been broken down again with someone coming from Lithuania.  I have now confirmed this with my research of an ancestor's christening record.   

Also, I completed the surveys that were emailed to me which as I understand, were looking for the next step; genetic makeup in regards to personality traits and physical attributes EG: short fat toes... etc.  After sighting photos of a family member from 1840's I've learnt that I have his eyelids and he looks remarkably like my brother and my son.

My biggest take knowing this information is, I now know my roots and where I am from.

 I am absolutely loving the journey of discovery so happy to help with any further research.

I bought an Ancestry DNA kit a few months ago and the results I got  provided closure for some questions I had. Not what I wanted to be but happy I found out. The whole collection process was easy enough and it comes with a box to mail back your samples. The results took 5 weeks.

I also gave this as a gift for Christmas to my mother-in-law. It was a perfect gift for her and she was very excited to receive it.

In my opinion the DNA testing kit is a must have for Ancestry.com subscribers. For the past 6 months I had grown my family tree to just 32 members. I couldn't find anymore and I thought I was stuck. 

For Christmas last year someone in my family gave me the Ancestry DNA testing kit. I sent in my results any in 2 long months (way to long to wait) I got my results. While the ethnicity estimate is interesting what I found I really liked with the DNA Circles tool. I never knew about this tool before but it allows you to find other people that match in part your DNA there by potentially filling in your family tree more. I found 2 really close matches and have been expanding my family tree every since.

Really glad I did the DNA test and those of you who have a family tree on Ancestry.com will be too.