Ancestry DNA?
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| 1 | Just wondering if going down this path would assist me to locate my birth father or his relatives. I am adopted but have no details on my birth father whatsoever and my birth mother will not divulge any info regarding him. I don't really have much contact with her anymore and her other relatives are tight-lipped about the past. Thanks ! doms02 - 2019-08-19 17:34:00 |
| 2 | It will depend on who else has tested, but it is very possible. You will still need to do a tree to work out where your matches fit together and distinguish those who are your mother's side and those on your father's. There is a lot of help available out there (especially on Facebook) if you decide to do it. rednicnz - 2019-08-19 20:38:00 |
| 3 | Yes definitely will help, but you'll need to put in a bit of work to link your dna matches together, searching births/deaths/marriage records etc. If you have tree of your mothers side that would be helpful in determining if each of the hundreds of dna matches you get are on your mother or fathers side, so you can focus on linking together matches on your fathers side. If you're lucky you might get close matches like 1st or 2nd cousins. lucky.gadgets - 2019-08-19 20:44:00 |
| 4 | I have watched the American version of Lost and Found - Long Lost Family and they have managed to find peoples family, in this situation. I know that it only takes a few minutes of tele but reality is way different. I would say go for it you don't have anything to lose. kiwiwendy - 2019-08-20 07:52:00 |
| 5 | doms02 wrote:
I so feel for you very close to my situation, but my original birth certificate had 'birth fathers name' on it. Only this year to find out it was a load of lies! I had asked my birth mother more than once to check my father was just that my birth father (he was/is dead) My birth mother said why would I lie (she's dead now as well other wise there would be words lol) The 'man' who's name is down as my father on my Birth Cert and birth mother married him as well' Has not a scrap of matching DNA I thought it was going to be so easy. Do test and be happy that this was as I believed. My birth father's (would be birth father) second wife said he wasn't any relation to me... I thought just the 2nd wife's opinion.... No she's so right. Do the test get some help with some of the wonderful people that are so good with genetics here or on FB Though over 6 mths into searching I know I would never have been happy if I didn't at least try to find my birth father. anne1955 - 2019-08-20 09:02:00 |
| 6 | Any tips if we don't know either birth parents? We've ordered the test, just waiting for it to arrive. unouwanit - 2019-08-20 19:59:00 |
| 7 | unouwanit wrote:
Request your Original Birth Certificate (OBC). dracu1a - 2019-08-20 22:12:00 |
| 8 | Done that, it's blocked. unouwanit - 2019-08-21 08:05:00 |
| 9 | You mean veto? dracu1a - 2019-08-24 02:36:00 |
| 10 | Yes sorry a veto unouwanit - 2019-08-24 18:25:00 |
| 11 | Yes this is a great way to start, you can get new matches that pop up all the time. You will notice matches share the same grandparents. You can colour code who is related to who, you will work out that one side must be your mothers & one is your fathers. There are also Facebook groups too. j.k - 2019-08-25 01:43:00 |
| 12 | unouwanit wrote: bryalea - 2019-08-25 06:53:00 |
| 13 | Thanks guys. Still waiting for the test to arrive, nervous and excited at the same time. unouwanit - 2019-08-25 08:26:00 |
| 14 | Well my 75 year old dad submitted his DNA to Ancestry and we found cousins on his birth father's side and are in contact with then .Luckily we knew quite a bit about his birth mother's side with research. We knew nothing previously about his birth father except his name which was not a helpful clue as there were several others with the same name. Worth a shot I say. mnkool - 2019-08-25 11:04:00 |
| 15 | You can then upload your DNA results to GEDmatch too. It costs nothing and it'll let you match your DNA to others on there. It also gives you each match's email address. All the best with your search. amusos - 2019-08-25 22:27:00 |
| 16 | Upload to MyHeritage as well. nbrob - 2019-08-26 11:32:00 |
| 17 | amusos wrote: bryalea - 2019-08-26 15:32:00 |
| 18 | You have to register then follow their instructions. nbrob - 2019-08-26 16:16:00 |
| 19 | nbrob wrote: Edited by bryalea at 10:43 am, Tue 27 Aug bryalea - 2019-08-27 10:34:00 |
| 20 | If you are on Facebook you can join DNA detectives - on their files page they have instructions "How to download DNA and upload to various other sites" plus other files about how to search for bio parents. Hope this helps. catsmeat1 - 2019-08-27 10:38:00 |
| 21 | bryalea wrote:
I searched Youtube for a clip showing how to upload. Needed to download DNA results from Ancestry. On Ancestry find the thin black banner at the top of the page, click on DNA. The next page has Settings in the top right, click on that and select Download Raw DNA Data from the Actions box. Once you've got that downloaded, go into GEDmatch to upload. amusos - 2019-08-27 22:23:00 |
| 22 | Thanks all... got it but now have to wait till it's ready. 2 days? Very impatient... bryalea - 2019-08-28 06:41:00 |
| 23 | As others have said OP, that you already know your birth mother’s name is a big advantage and building a family tree for her will help identify which of your DNA matches are related to you on your mother's side. Then you turn your attention to whoever’s left, and in particular those who you share the most DNA with, and how they might be related to each other. I know of someone who knew absolutely nothing about their birth father, but one of her distant DNA matches in Oz offered to help and constructed quite a large tree in the process. My father-in-law’s DNA test result was the missing piece of the puzzle, and she was able to narrow it down to one family, and then three brothers (my contribution was finding an online death notice that named all the family members, and allowed her to make contact). The family have been very helpful and confirmed who the birth father is. A bonus was that the tree built to help one person ended up helping one of her other DNA matches identify THEIR own birth father (a different man), and another of her DNA matches who was adopted now knows that one of her birth parents is from a particular family. Perhaps the biggest surprise was that the original person being helped had a half-sibling pop up as their closest DNA match. Sadly his Ancestry tree indicates he’s not aware one of his parents isn’t a birth parent. If he does choose to get in touch then they already have the name of his birth father. So, yes OP, it's definitely possible to identify a birth parent using DNA testing but you'll probably have to spend some time building a family tree first. Unless you’re lucky enough to find that a close relative has tested too. All the best! AncestryDNA has a sale on right now. ed65 - 2019-08-28 08:04:00 |
| 24 | People used to say that maternity was a matter of fact and paternity a matter of opinion. DNA testing has certainly changed that! amusos - 2019-08-28 13:09:00 |
| 25 | My father always said "it's a wise child knows their own father" and DNA has certainly been proving that. morticia - 2019-08-28 13:16:00 |
| 26 | I paid for my ex husbands dna test to be done. He is the father of my child so I didnt mind. I used myheritage. There has been lots of hits on his DNA from the other island in NZ. He is adopted and now in his 60s. Be prepared for some shocks. The lastest one that my ex may be the product of incest. kamo631 - 2019-08-28 19:54:00 |
| 27 | kamo631 wrote:
One of the DNA Applications on Gedmatch answers the question Are your parents related? Can only imagine the shock for some poor souls. amusos - 2019-08-28 20:37:00 |
| 28 | A good friend of mine was able to discover his birth parents this way. It took a fair bit of work, but he did it. His birth mother had a veto in his birth cert, and then when he tracked her down through dna (ancestry) she wouldn't tell him who his birth father was - so he just carried on and did it through the matches he had on ancestry. edzmax - 2019-08-30 17:57:00 |
| 29 | edzmax wrote:
We suspect this will be the case for us edzmax, but the test was sent off in the post today! unouwanit - 2019-08-30 19:01:00 |
| 30 | amusos wrote: bryalea - 2019-08-30 20:09:00 |
| 31 | bryalea wrote:
Was curious if mine were because the two families (2 and 4 generations in NZ) came from 20km apart in Ireland, likewise no connection. amusos - 2019-08-30 22:12:00 |
| 32 | Just ordered 2 x Ancestry DNA tests today while they are still on special. One for me and one from the cat to her human daddy for Fathers Day (sshhh it's a secret). Exciting. Hopefully my other half might get some matches with American family. koru67 - 2019-08-31 20:51:00 |
| 33 | ed65 wrote:
Did the birth father want contact ? And how did they discover just who it was from the three brothers .... Edited by penelope1980 at 1:11 pm, Mon 16 Sep penelope1980 - 2019-09-16 13:11:00 |
| 34 | penelope1980 wrote:
Apparently the birth father's siblings already knew of the daughter/niece's existence. ed65 - 2019-09-16 13:41:00 |
