> Our family is of Slavic origin, but recently my father was diagnosed > with a rare blood disorder that affects mostly people of European > Jewish origin. I am curious about whether our family has some > Jewish ancestors. I would like to have my father's DNA tested and > would greatly appreciate recommendations about which testing > services are the best and which to avoid. If there is someone who > doesn't want to post this information, please email me. > > "Vicky" <[email protected]> I was very satisfied with Family Tree DNA. http://www.familytreedna.com/ I did the 37 marker test because that was the best available at the time. Be advised that linking to ancestors depends on a number of conditions. In my case my closest link is to a man whose family name is not even in my genealogy but we have a 60% chance of having the same ancestor 7 or 8 generations ago. I only have 5 generations proven. To really learn something you almost have to match someone who has the genealogy back to the Bible. More than 30 Sullivans have tested and I am not in the same haplogroup as any of them so I have learned nothing so far except my Neanderthal ancestors went from Africa to the Russian Steppes. Yeah, I know, the Neanderthals forgot to keep breeding and disappeared. No political comments please. Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)