Ancestry.com Articles

Ancestors
"One of the best ways to start filling out your family tree is to go online and do a search. In many cases, you can find out a lot about your ancestors at no cost…"

Genetic Genealogy
"Understanding how genealogy works can help you further research your ancestry and learn more about your origins…"

DNA Tracing to Ancestors
"Along with the Internet and online records, the science of genetics allows for DNA testing, which can verify research findings by telling people whether or not they are, in fact, related to certain individuals…"

Chemical Markers for DNA
"DNA tests reveal relationships between people by analyzing the similarities between the chemical markers on their unique DNA strands…"

• Mitochondrial DNA and MTDNA
• Y Line Tests

Ethnic DNA Testing
"In general, ethnic (autosomal) DNA testing has an error rate as high as 15 percent when it comes to yielding probabilities…"

Ancestry DNA Testing
"An ancestry DNA test will not tell you your ethnic makeup nor what percentage of your ancestors comes from particular ethnic groups…"