The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family
Book - 2018
"Reconnect with your roots! Adoptees, foundlings, and others with unknown parentage face unique challenges in researching their ancestors. Enter this book: a comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing. Inside, you'll find: strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists, detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus how to analyze your test results and apply them to research, and real-life success stories that put the book's techniques into practice and inspire you to seek your own discoveries."--ONIX annotation.
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Cincinnati, OH :
Family Tree Books
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781440353376
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1. Your Journey Begins Here
- 1. Getting Started With Your Search
- 2. Proven Search Strategies (That Don't Involve DNA)
- 3. The Basics of DNA Testing
- Part 2. DNA Tests and Testing Companies
- 5. Ancestry DNA
- 6. Family Tree DNA
- 7. 23andMe
- 8. MyHeritage DNA
- Part 3. Advanced Tools
- 9. Estableshing a Biological Connection
- 10. Analyzing Your DNA with GEDmatch
- 11. Triangulating Your DNA Data
- Part 4. Case Studies
- Donna
- Izak
- Jack
- Kalani
- Kelly
- Marcy
- Sue
- Appendix Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix Worksheets
- Index