23 and Me was where I found my biological family. Almost all of them live in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. One of my relatives who has a love of such things has traced the family tree all the way back to George Soule of the Mayflower pilgrims.
Apparently my genetic line also includes Marie Antionette and Alexander Hamilton.
I also have a free account at Ancestry DNA. They used my biological family to find out where my family originated in Europe. (That’s in the featured image.) I’m not sure how far back this goes. Obviously not all the way to Africa. We are all Africans with various modifications evolved to fit specific environments.
This is what I found from 23 and Me:
This is for the genes on my Y chromosome. The X chromosome wasn’t nearly as interesting.
September 29, 2020 at 18:08
That’s very cool. I want to do this, but I also specifically do NOT want to find my near biological relatives – or rather, don’t want them to find me. We’ve had no contact for about 30 years and that’s a good thing. I also don’t actually know who my biological father is, but I’m fairly sure my appearance might freak his family out. Wouldn’t want to do that, really. I wanted to do the National Geographic study, but they have closed that one. They weren’t into reuniting family so much. I’d just like to know if any of what my mother told me was true LOL.
September 29, 2020 at 19:07
Most of the DNA search companies allow you to keep your results private.
October 1, 2020 at 14:24
Okay. I’ll have to work that into the budget then…
September 22, 2020 at 07:45
Interesting! Would like to do this one day 🙂