Roberta, I think it would be great if you set up an Acadian project on FTDNA. I have no yDNA or mtDNA that is directly Acadian, but have one 2nd Acadian GGF and one 3rd Acadian GGF. And while I am only 1/8 Acadian, 1/3 of my DNA matches have Acadian or Cajun roots. Paul, Is it possible to compile GEDMatch IDs? My ID is T392040 Bart O'Toole > On March 18, 2017 at 2:40 PM Roberta Estes via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi Cousins and Cousines, > > I'm really glad to see so many people testing their DNA. Through Ancestry, > you can see who you're related to, and the common ancestors. At Family Tree > DNA, you have a chromosome browser, so you can attribute actual DNA segments > to certain ancestors and see how you match. > > While the ethnicity estimates are interesting, through any vendor, they are > the least reliable of any type of testing. I want to emphasize the word, > estimates. > > For those of you who don't know, I write the blog www.dna-explained.com and > have been involved with genetic genealogy since the beginning, back in the > dark ages of the year 2000:) > > I began writing DNA Reports about 2004, am an affiliate researcher with > National Geographic, etc. Yes, I love the field. > > Having said that, I want to caution people about reading too much into > ethnicity results. > > I wrote about my own here, broken down by my known heritage and then showing > my DNA results from the different vendors. They vary widely. > > https://dna-explained.com/2017/01/11/concepts-calculating-ethnicity-percenta > ges/ > > This article talks about how to calculate what ethnicity percentages you can > expect from your known genealogy. > > A couple people have written me personally wondering why they had this or > that location in their ethnicity. Bottom line is that I can't tell you why. > But I did write this article about how ethnicity is calculated and why you > may see unexpected results. > > https://dna-explained.com/2016/02/10/ethnicity-testing-a-conundrum/ > > Populations in Europe were and are still very mobile. Think about the Celts > settling the British Isles, for example. For all vendors, resolution in > Europe and differentiating between countries is difficult, at best. > Furthermore, nearly all vendors have "too much" Scandinavian. Ancestry > tends to be the worst of these. > > I also want to remind people in this group that DNA testing in France is > illegal, and that's for genetic genealogy or paternity, either one. There > are actually labs just across the border that do a bangup business in > paternity testing for the French, but that's a topic for another time. The > accuracy of ethnicity testing depends on two things, the reference panel > that you are being compared to, and the algorithm of the testing company. > The DNA results from France have come from elsewhere and in essence, there > is a big hole in the middle of Europe. Unfortunately, for us, that hole is > exactly the reference panel we need. > > While I'm talking about DNA, you are all welcome to subscribe to my blog. > It's free. > > In addition to publishing one "how to" or technical article each week, I > typically publish something of general interest and then on the weekend, I > publish an article about one of my ancestors that always has a DNA > component. Often, people use these as examples of how to apply DNA to > genealogy. Sometimes, I meet other cousins through these articles. > > I have not begun on the Acadian lines, per se, meaning start to finish, but > I will. I was hoping to visit Acadia first. Maybe next year. In the mean > time, I have written a couple of articles about my Acadian ancestors. Some > of these may be your ancestors too - Antoine Lore/Lord, Radegonde Lambert > and Jacques dit Beautmont de Bonnevie. > > https://dna-explained.com/2016/03/06/anthony-lore-1805-18621867-river-trader > -or-pirate-52-ancestors-114/ > > https://dna-explained.com/2016/09/18/radegonde-lambert-16211629-16861693-eur > opean-not-native-52-ancestors-132/ > > https://dna-explained.com/2014/06/29/jacques-dit-beaumont-de-bonnevie-acadia > n-from-paris-52-ancestors-26/ > > Last, I would like to suggest one other article that is very relevant to > Acadian families and research about endogamy - the intermarriage within a > particular group over time. > > https://dna-explained.com/2017/03/10/concepts-the-faces-of-endogamy/ > > I am hopeful that using segment matching that we will eventually be able to > identify specific segments contributed by specific originating ancestors. > Once these segments can be identified, then they can be recognized in > individuals which will help break down brick walls. > > I also want to mention for those who aren't aware that Marie Rundquist, our > cousine, is also very involved with this type of research as well and is my > co-administrator and co-founder on several projects. While there is not a > Fathers of Acadia project, Marie's project is the closest and has many > Acadian surnames represented. I'll ask Marie to chime in and discuss her > project(s). > > Perhaps we should form an Acadian DNA project at Family Tree DNA so that > anyone who descends from the Acadian population, whether through Y (paternal > surname for males only), mitochondrial (matrilineal line) or autosomal DNA > (any lines) can join and participate by comparing DNA. > > Roberta Estes > > > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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