my genealogy life

Family stories are my buried treasure

Tracing ancestors in Canada, England, Scotland & Ireland

Sharing my love of digging through old documents, uncovering family stories, and sharing the real papers that bring our ancestors back to life.

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Category: DNA

  • How Far Can DNA Take You?

    How Far Can DNA Take You?

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    Patricia Greber
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    Can DNA break down my long-standing brick wall? Good question, and one of the reasons I started doing DNA testing. Last night I found new information that may yet hammer down another wall and it was uncovered due to DNA. I have been on the hunt for information on a maternal great, great, grandmother for ages.…

  • Link your Tree to Your DNA Results on Ancestry

    Link your Tree to Your DNA Results on Ancestry

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    Patricia Greber
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    I would like to ask anyone who has done DNA testing at ancestry to link a tree to their test. You can make multiple trees at ancestry which means that you can create a DNA tree. This means that your whole family tree does not have to be made public. What I did is create…