which are the best DNA ancestry tests to take? i want to know my ancestry for sure, but i don't want to spend a ton of money. i've heard of ones where you take a cheek swab and send it to a DNA lab for analysis. what is a reliable and inexpensive test to take?
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For ancestry by DNA the company to go to is DNA tribes. The test is the autosomal test.
It is according to what you are looking for. There are 3 types of DNA, Y, Mitochondrial and Autosomal.
Your Y & Mitochondrial are a small part of your DNA but they go back in a straight line virtually unchanged.
Most of your DNA is Autosomal which you get from both parents coming down from all your ancestors. It represents your total genetic pattern.
Most Genealogy DNA companies use Y & Mitochondrial only for genealogy. Y goes from father to son only. Mitochondrial goes from mother to both sons and daughters but only the daughters pass it on to their children. It is helpful in enabling you to match yourself with other family trees. It will not include all your ancestry. The companies that do the test advertise that they will help you discover "your deep ancestral roots." Just understand it is your deep ancestral roots in 2 lines only and represent a very very small part of your total ancestry.
Example: As you go back the number of people you descend from pyramids. Barring any duplicates if you get back to your 6xgreat grandparents, you are directly descended from
510 individuals. Of those 510 individuals, you get your Mitochondrial DNA from only 8 and if you are a male, in addition, you get your Y DNA from only 8, leaving out 494 ancestors.
Now it is valuable in family research if you match yourself with other family trees, along with your other research, it will better enable you to discover who some of those 494 people are.
http://www.familytreedna.com/
It is more complicated to use Autosomal DNA to match yourself with other family trees but they use it to match you with population groups throughout the world. If you want to get a view of your somewhat racial, ethnic genealogical backgrond Autosomal is the only DNA that can give you an overall picture.
FamilyTreeDNA does Autosomal but not for genealogy purposes. I haven’t found where any of the other companies uses Autosomal.
The only one I have found that does is
http://www.DNAtribes.com
Once you get into their site, you can send them an email and ask questions.
Edit: I might add that Y & Mitochondrial DNA should be the same among your brothers and sisters. However, DNATribes states that Autosomal DNA, which really determines your appearance, is frequently similar but can vary among siblings.