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''[[Hiring a Professional Researcher|Hiring a Professional Researcher]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Hiring_a_DNA_Testing_Company|Hiring a DNA Testing Company]]'' | ''[[Hiring a Professional Researcher|Hiring a Professional Researcher]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Hiring_a_DNA_Testing_Company|Hiring a DNA Testing Company]]'' | ||
DNA testing has become an accepted tool for identifying ancestors | DNA testing has become an accepted tool for identifying ancestors. | ||
<br>{{DNA}} | <br>{{DNA}} | ||
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A lecture given at RootsTech 2012 can help you answer these questions: | A lecture given at RootsTech 2012 can help you answer these questions: | ||
== Y-DNA Testing == | |||
Information stored in the Y-chromosome passes virtually unchanged from father-to-son for centuries. Analysis of this genetic information, found in living people, can help you determine whether or not you share a common ancestor with another person alive today. Computer algorithms predict approximately how long ago the common ancestor lived. These results have many genealogical applications. | |||
== MTDNA Testing == | |||
== Autosomal DNA Testing == | |||
== DNA Testing Companies == | == DNA Testing Companies == | ||
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*[https://www.23andme.com/ 23andMe] | *[https://www.23andme.com/ 23andMe] | ||
*[http://dna.ancestry.com/welcome.aspx Ancestry DNA] | *[http://dna.ancestry.com/welcome.aspx Ancestry DNA] | ||
*[http://dnaconsultants.com/ DNA Consulting<br>] | *[http://dnaconsultants.com/ DNA Consulting<br>] | ||
*[http://www.familytreedna.com/faq/ Family Tree DNA] | *[http://www.familytreedna.com/faq/ Family Tree DNA] | ||
*[http://www.genetree.com/ GeneTree] | *[http://www.genetree.com/ GeneTree] | ||
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*[http://groups.ancestry.com/group/35403972 Britton International DNA Project at Ancestry] | *[http://groups.ancestry.com/group/35403972 Britton International DNA Project at Ancestry] | ||
*[http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/britton/ Britton International DNA Project] - main website | *[http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/britton/ Britton International DNA Project] - main website | ||
*[http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/05/mixed-roots-foundation-announces-first-ever-global-adoptee-genealogy-project-gagp.html Global Adoptee Genealogy Project] | *[http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/05/mixed-roots-foundation-announces-first-ever-global-adoptee-genealogy-project-gagp.html Global Adoptee Genealogy Project] | ||
*[http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/harrison Harrison DNA Project] | *[http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/harrison Harrison DNA Project] | ||
*[http://www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm Kerchner DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy] | *[http://www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm Kerchner DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy] | ||