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If your y dna match list at family tree dna the only company offering full y dna testing has a bunch of guys with the surname butler that could be your biological father s surname.
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How to choose a dna testing company to find relatives.
This test is designed to find matches in our massive dna database on all of your ancestral lines within the last five generations.
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Second cousins for example share a set of great grandparents with you.
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It maps ethnicity going back multiple generations and provides insight into such possibilities as what region of europe your ancestors came from or whether you re.
While the above sites are some of the best for finding family members using your dna data there are many other sites out there that can analyze your raw dna data.
Discover people who share your dna.
Since beginning my dna journey i have found new close relatives connected with cousins in other countries and have seen close family members find biological family connections they have been longing for for decades.
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Our signature family finder test focuses on autosomal dna which is inherited from both parents four grandparents eight great grandparents etc.
Your birth and subsequent adoption may have been kept a secret from other members of the birth parents families.
In most cultures the surname is passed father to son just like y dna.
From close family members to distant ones you ll be amazed by the way your dna relatives connect you to the world.
But your y dna match list might reveal an important clue.
By contacting that person and or examining a posted family tree you can then do conventional genealogy research to find the branch of their family that includes you.
Dna expert and author of the family tree guide to dna testing and genetic genealogy blaine bettinger offers some advice on how to successfully use your dna results and matches to find distant cousins and other relatives.