Helping the present understand the past
In May 2014 the spousal unit and I paid a visit to the Iowa kin en route from Nebraska back home. I was working a conference in Nebraska and it was a great opportunity to stop in, see family, and talk some genealogy. They were gracious enough to let me photograph and scan some items in…
I’m obviously really excited to have been able to do my DNA. My problem now is that I really want to understand more about my DNA, not just take the pie chart Ancestry provided and be happy about it. I know I have DNA that didn’t show up on the Ancestry pie chart and I’ve…
I’ve been on such a genealogy-high since getting my DNA results back. I honestly didn’t think I could get much more excited until…first contact!!!!! I had pages of hints to review from AncestryDNA and as I was beginning to review each match on my DNA profile I received an email through Ancestry from one of…
I had a few minutes today to take a look at my AncestryDNA results and surprisingly…there were NO SURPRISES! Between my grandparents’ knowledge and stories and the work the family has done on the genealogy already I was well prepared for what Ancestry told me. Which, I have to say, was almost disappointing, LOL. I’d…
I don’t know if I’ve received a more exciting email. Short, sweet and to the point, that email means my AncestryDNA results that are ready for viewing!! That was so much faster than I expected and now I can’t wait to view them. Sadly I’m not sure I’ll have time to view them right away…