52
Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week (April
23-29)
Prompt:
DNA
#52ancestors
During the COVID shutdown, I decided to see if DNA could help
me get past the "brick wall" in my husband's family history. He used FTdna (FamilyTree) as it is the only
genealogical DNA company that tests the Ydna.
Unfortunately, it hasn't helped so far.
It does seem to indicate that he is related to an Evans line in America
but the documentation research is fairly iffy.
I suspect the connection is further back than what is listed in the
ancestry trees.
Even more disappointing is that when I tested, there is no
Native American ethnicity in my DNA. I have documented Chickasaw ancestry, well
sort of. My Uncle and Aunt have been tested now and no Native American ancestry
for them either. As you can read in one
of my previous
posts, the "sort of documentation" indicates my Native
American ancestor would be either my 4th or 5th great grandmother. The court
records are a little fuzzy and it is possible that one generation was left out
in the case trying to prove Chickasaw ancestry.
If Nancy Frasier was my 4th Great Grandmother, I should be 1/32th
Chickasaw. If she was my 5th Great Grandmother, I would be 1/64th Chickasaw. Since DNA is not handed down 50/50, then it
is possible that I didn't receive any of the dna from so far back. Plus, my understanding is that ancestry.com
nor any other dna company tests your complete dna. They only test parts of your dna. It could still be hidden in me somewhere.
I've seen a new company that is advertising that they can do
a more complete dna analysis than 23andMe, ancestry.com, and FTdna. However, I haven't seen any reviews or other
information about their reliability.
More research is needed into this new company. Meanwhile, I still have
hope, fading but still hope.
