Bardin DNA report

I can't believe we got the DNA results back after only 3 weeks.  It is so exciting to find out more information about our family, but I guess I thought they would be able to narrow the results down to a very specific country.

The results are - Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a2f

This haplogroup comes from the region of Europe, population : Irish, Basques, British, French.  The R1b1b2 is the most common haplogroup in western Europe.

The question of Native American Ancestry was not what I expected either.  The report states - Recent Native American ancestry is unlikely.  Though this Ancestry Painting suggests fully European ancestry, it does not rule out the possibility of a Native American ancestor more than five generations ago.  Interpretation - this Y chromosome haplogroup is inconsistent with Native American ancestry along the paternal (father's father's father's...) line.

I hope to keep learning what all of this means to our family history.  I will keep you posted.

A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

Isn't that how the saying goes?

Family - I need your help in the picture department.  The family genealogy is lacking because I don't have photos of everyone.  Please look through your pictures and send me your best ones please.  I would like to add them to my genealogy file.  Family history can get really boring without faces to put to the names and dates.  Don't worry, I will not be publishing everyones mug shots on the internet.  I decided right up front that I was only going to publish information about our dead relatives.  (Anyway, my sister says I would rather spend my time with the dead relatives that the live ones.  I told her it is because they don't talk back.)

You can send them to my e-mail address - rootsmom@aol.com.  Just add "Genealogy Photos" in the regarding line please.  Pass the word to your brother's and sister's, Mom's and Dad's, etc.  I appreciate any help I can get with this project.

Love to all!