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Benefits of yDNA Testing

Eliminates or confirms relationships.
Focuses research to related families.
Directs research into a geographic area.
Directs research into a specific timeframe.
Establishes country or region of origin.
Confirms variant surnames are family.
Identifies pre-surname migration.
Strengthens weak paper trails.
Avoids pursuing false connections.

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Charlotte Deberry Kirby Martin (1791-1844)

* African Ancestry?
* Mongol Ancestry?
* Irish Ancestry?
* Jewish Ancestry?
* Native American?
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Surname DNA (yDNA)

yDNA looks at the DNA that a man inherits from his father's (paternal) side.

The y-chromosome is compared from two or more men to see if they share a common male ancestor.

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Joseph James Barton and Mary Jane Harlan - Early 1940s

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

mtDNA looks at the DNA that either a man or woman inherits from the mother's mother's side.

The mitochondria is compared to see if they share a common female ancestor in their maternal lineage.

This test can also be used to determine your ethnicity.

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