I have been following the advancement of genetic genealogy
for a while now, and one of my favourite sites for education myself is Blaine
Bettinger’s “The Genetic
Genealogist “, however, today I was reading Peter Calder’s article “Do
you have traces of other peoples' DNA in your body?” in his Lost Cousins Newsletter and it really got me
thinking it’s time to stop sitting on my laurels and do something about it.
As my father is deceased its time to get the DNA done before
any more elders drop off their perches. My
reasons are twofold, on my paternal line I would like confirmation on a few of
my grandmothers links and of course I would like to take the Lucas line back
further. On my maternal side, my mother
was adopted and I would like confirmation along both of her lines as far back
as possible, including confirming her father as a Cummins.
Researching our Australian family tree with branches tracing back to Cornwall, England, Scotland and Ireland including our convict past. Surnames include, Lucas, Pinkerton, McLauchlan, Paton, Miller, Mundy, Prisk, Melrose, Bray, Hodges, Leahy, Davis, Wilkinson, Schofield, Brown, Cleary and many others. Using 'genetic genealogy' (DNA) to prove the paper trail and move beyond it. (aka Aussie Rhonda's Genealogy).
