What can DNA tests really tell us about our ancestry? Ted-Ed - Professional Genealogist Reacts

In this Professional Genealogist Reacts I watch "What can DNA tests really tell us about our ancestry?" by Prosanta Chakrabarty from Ted-Ed.

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[sadfaery]

I uploaded my (U.S.) Ancestry data to MyHeritage, and it shows a surprising number of DNA matches in Europe, which is especially helpful on the Eastern European side of my family. It's also really interesting to see my matches in other colonized countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico, and surprisingly, Brazil. MyHeritage gives me some really rich DNA match results.

[godisloveireland]

To add to rosalind franklin and frick, there is maurice wilkins. A cousin of mine!

[VickieCarla]

as far as testing DNA of deceased ancestors...of course no one wants to dig up graves but how about cemetery core sampling? (tongue firmly implanted in cheek)

[MuriKakari]

The updates are really interesting- I lost Welsh out of my British/Scottish/Irish breakdown in my most recent update.

[serenacoils]

Thanks for sharing Jarrett, that explains the question i put to you, so much to learn

[linusfotograf]

I've ordered a test from Family Tree DNA because it's the company most used by Swedes

[nextlifetimebrendan]

Hm thinking about doing my heritage maybe because I’m about 17% Eastern European and my dad is more than 25% yet 23&me doesn’t have a single location pinpointed! Lol thankfully we know the town my grandpa is from in hungary. It would be nice to know some more information though...

[iamme]

I have a question. If my 4x great grandparents had two daughters who married into different branches of my family, then one of them had two daughters who did the same how much would this affect my DNA?
I've seen pictures of these ladies and suspect they are the source of some unexpected test results.

[mygenealogyroots]

This is great to explain the process. I can't ever seem to articulate it to others as well. I have tested at Ancestry, 23 and Me, and My Heritage and the later was definitely different than the 1st two. Makes sense now why that is.

[aydenlunsford]

So if I have cards that my great aunt gave to her sister, I have her dna in my house?

[danblair]

What if your one out of eight Grest grandparents had no records from your Grest grandparents era? As I am trying to find my grandpa’s fsther and my grandpa was born during the Grest Depression.

[debbief]

Hi. I've not yet embarked on DNA testing. I've been using mostly Ancestry.com to trace ancestors. I don't have any living parents or grandparents, and I'm not aware of other family members, apart from my sister who I'm in touch with. It's just one of those things. My mother's parents came to the UK from Ireland around a 100 years ago, and my dad's family are simply not around any more, or not known to me. Is DNA testing still a good idea for me, in terms of family history research? Many thanks. I'm in the UK, aged 57.

[niceguyinpenn]

I would be interested if you have done a video on chromosomes? Each one has two segments and upper and lower. On 23andMe you can tell on what chromosome that two percent Scandivanivan appears. Is there a way to know what parent it came from? Matches with my mother always seem to appear on the upper segment is this just coincidence? What do the two segments upper and lower on each chromosome mean?

[nextlifetimebrendan]

Lol so i tried my heritage by uploading raw 23&me data and it’s significantly worse lolol like doesn’t match up between my father and grandmother and i, nor does it it support my already known family tree lol

[nancysheplor]

Why would one database company give me 55% Scots and another 45% German. How can they be so different? Opinions?

[mattpotter]

Not sure the claim in this video that without recombination you'd get 25% of DNA from each grandparent. Surely there would still be a random chance of which chromosome you inherit from each parent wants you might end up inheriting nearly all from one grandparent and not equally from each. I think the video also oversimplifies the ethnicity stating it is about comparing your DNA to "people living in France" and not a sample population that has been vetted to only contain "French" DNA, which suggests that if you are Japanese but living in France your DNA would be considered French. It's not wrong per se, but it's a little misleading.