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Thirties Child

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19. 18 members of our family have done 23andMe

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2013, 06:34 PM

Oct 2013

23andMe tells you where your ancestors likely lived in the last 500 years, also gives Neanderthal percentages - 2.6% for me, which is on the low end. Mr. Thirties is .1% sub-Saharan African, which might answer a question about a possible AA paternal ancestor. A 5-great grandmother in 1750s Connecticut claimed that she many times she had lain with the slave named Lot. Many of the villagers testified in the subsequent divorce hearings, and several thought that the youngest child, a boy, Mr. Thirties 4g grandfather, was a mulatto. The story was NOT part of family lore, turned up in the 1950s when a genealogist uncovered it in court records. As I see it, the DNA supports the story.

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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