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grasswire

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9. there has been discussion over in the genealogy forum

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2013, 05:05 PM

Oct 2013

I notice that ancestry.com has a $99 special price, with some new advanced features. Also, the ancestry platform will link you up with cousins who are members there, once you get the genome test done.

I haven't decided which source to use for the test.

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just got my Geno 2.0 kit from National Geographic [View all] arely staircase Oct 2013 OP

I haven't heard of this, it sounds fascinating!! arcane1 Oct 2013 #1

it was a gift arely staircase Oct 2013 #2

I may have to check that out some day. arcane1 Oct 2013 #3

six to eight weeks from the time the lab receives the samples arely staircase Oct 2013 #4

I'm interested in doing it. Can you post instructions? nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #5

my kit was a gift arely staircase Oct 2013 #6

Love the video! Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #8

You might also want to check out tigervalentine Oct 2013 #12

My best friend did 23andme and had her father do it too. They found out.... dorkzilla Oct 2013 #18

Let us know the results... haikugal Oct 2013 #7

there has been discussion over in the genealogy forum grasswire Oct 2013 #9

absolutely nt arely staircase Oct 2013 #14

As our family genealogist, I've traced every single branch of the family tree back to kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #10

I think there is in my ancestry too although no one Cleita Oct 2013 #11

my great grandmother was a cherokee arely staircase Oct 2013 #15

even tracing to Western Europe may not give you the whole story grasswire Oct 2013 #16

Well we do also go back to Scandinavians. I consider them Western European. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #17

I did the original geno testing warrior1 Oct 2013 #13

18 members of our family have done 23andMe Thirties Child Oct 2013 #19

I think people of pure subsaharan lineage arely staircase Oct 2013 #20