
LIMITS OF DNA TESTING FOR FAMILY HISTORY 1. DNA alone cannot provide the name of an ancestor . 2. Percentage match of DNA alone cannot provide a definitive relationship . 3. Autosomal DNA cannot reliably reach back farther than five or six generations. 4. Y-DNA and mtDNA have strict inheritance patterns that limit their use.
May is commonly an English name and is also a name found in Scotland. The May surname in Ireland has Gaelic, Germanic, and other possible origins. This project is for May Families who can trace their paper trail and/or DNA ancestry to specific counties in Ireland and Northern Ireland. My May ancestry is from County Dublin according to paper trail ancestry. Autosomal DNA results suggest that ...
This project’s aim is to help South African Geni users use atDNA results to find missing links, and it is for users whom uploaded atDNA results to Geni and are unsure on how to use it to complete trees. It is also written in October 2018 using the current methods employed by Geni to show and match atDNA results, which are subject to change in future. Assuming you are such a user, with an incomp...