We’re all looking for the perfect holiday gift for our loved ones, but what if the gift could be enjoyed by you as much as by them and perhaps others as well? A Y-DNA paternal line ancestry test is the perfect gift for someone who has everything – and by everything, I mean they alreadyContinue reading ““Y” Gift DNA? Unwrapping Paternal Ancestry”
Tag Archives: Meigs County Ohio
Breaking Through 18th and 19th Century Brick Walls: ‘Don’t Let Go of Your EGGOS’
How to break through genealogical brick walls using an EGGOS search strategy with shared or in-common with DNA matches. #ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory @ancestry
Using Handwriting to Prove a Relationship: When the Writing is not on the Wall
Handwriting analysis can be used to break through genealogy brick walls. See how… #ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory @Ancestry
Targeted Y-DNA Testing: Uniting a Band of Brothers, Part 2
In the previous blog post, I introduced the research objective, which was to use Y-DNA testing to determine whether five Wilson men, who were all living in a small rural Meigs County, Ohio town, were brothers. The hope was that if I could do so, I would be able to cast a wider genealogical netContinue reading “Targeted Y-DNA Testing: Uniting a Band of Brothers, Part 2”
Targeted Y-DNA Testing: Uniting a Band of Brothers, Part 1
Sometimes the solution to breaking through your own genealogical brick walls resides within the DNA of other people. You could wait around for that “other” person to test, or you could proactively search that person out. Constructing a research plan to find the living descendants of the family to whom you think you are connectedContinue reading “Targeted Y-DNA Testing: Uniting a Band of Brothers, Part 1”