tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post6014826663792119164..comments2024-03-10T00:44:49.280-05:00Comments on This & That: Last Names, Genealogy, Ancestry StuffSusannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-76138775365391463752016-08-18T07:47:33.196-05:002016-08-18T07:47:33.196-05:00Steph, I didn't realize I had saved this artic...Steph, I didn't realize I had saved this article until I was glancing through all the links/posts I have saved on Facebook just now. I need to do that more often! <br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/06/dna_testing_cannot_determine_ancestry_including_elizabeth_warren_s.htmlSusannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-73431695200124206852016-07-21T20:23:14.953-05:002016-07-21T20:23:14.953-05:00Steph, I tried to google one of the articles I saw...Steph, I tried to google one of the articles I saw, but couldn't find it. It was partly about Elizabeth Warren and her Native American heritage and how a DNA test wouldn't likely prove it. I would love to see your results if you ever take the test! I think I remember your maiden name from Facebook, and always thought it was German. :) It would be interesting to learn more about where your family comes from. <br /><br /><br />Niki, that's great to know! You and Amber sharing your results made me want to do this more. I've often enjoyed the family tidbits you share. Do you still have your Ancestry.com account, and did you do both the US and International one or just the US one? (I'm guessing both since you mentioned European countries.) That's sweet that you helped the person looking for information on her biological family!<br /><br /><br /><br />Nancy, I think they stayed in China a few more years (until the missionaries had to leave) except for furloughs to the US. My g-grandpa remarried so at least my grandfather had a stepmom to care for him. :) But it is weird to think that I have a great-grandmother buried in China. I've sometimes wondered where she was buried. <br /><br />I'm really not sure what I'd like to find at this point, but thank you for your thoughtful offer. :)Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-51853650273779927922016-07-21T12:41:53.482-05:002016-07-21T12:41:53.482-05:00How fun! That China story is fascinating; what a h...How fun! That China story is fascinating; what a hard thing to have to do (bury your wife and then move halfway around the world with young children in tow)! <br /><br />Genealogy is fascinating! If you ever want to look things up on Ancestry, I have an account. :) Just let me know what you'd like to find!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-28693025377557527282016-07-19T15:41:25.421-05:002016-07-19T15:41:25.421-05:00For me, the DNA test confirmed what my research ha...For me, the DNA test confirmed what my research had already found. Even the Scandinavian, French, Portuguese, and Spanish (Portugal and Spain being called the Iberian Peninsula), which are further back than my other roots. I was surprised those showed up, but it showed me that I was on the right track in terms of where my ancestors came from.<br /><br />Since taking the DNA test, I've been contacted by distant cousins. The most recent being a 3rd cousin who contacted me on June 30th wanting information about her birth family. She was adopted and just found her birth mother this past November, but her birth mother doesn't want to see her, talk to her, or even tell her anything about her family or ancestors. I've never met her part of the family (we have the same great-great-grandparents), so I couldn't help there, but I did allow her to view my tree so that she can at least see our ancestors.Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936343470015553888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-37044596965198568962016-07-19T10:36:51.343-05:002016-07-19T10:36:51.343-05:00I'm curious about the articles saying it's...I'm curious about the articles saying it's bogus. Someone told me not to get one because it's not very interesting or accurate, they just tell you the very general region where your ancestors likely lived...but that's all I want! Sheesh, I didn't think they were going to use my DNA to tell me the street address where my great great great great grandma lived! :D Is that all the articles you read meant, or is even that vague-ish information unreliable?<br /><br />I think I will probably get one of these tests anyway at some point. My family has almost no idea where we come from, people who study last names are always stumped by my dad's, and genealogy websites always turn up a great big nothing. Even a vague idea sounds pretty good to me.<br /><br />It was interesting reading about your family members here. Thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382787889525110718noreply@blogger.com