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Selecting a DNA test to help with your genealogy research can be confusing. Here are some things to bear in mind as you do so. It is also recommended you contact someone who is administering a Project as they can give you hands-on advice.
Selecting a DNA test to help with your genealogy research can be confusing. Here are some things to bear in mind as you do so. It is also recommended you contact someone who is administering a Project as they can give you hands-on advice.
* <em><span style="color:#e0e;">Perhaps the most difficult part of all the tests is getting people to respond to your requests for information and trying to get people to take a test.</span></em>
* <em><span style="color:#e0e;">Perhaps the most difficult part of all the tests is getting people to respond to your requests for information and, secondarily, trying to get people to take a test.</span></em>
With all the tests, being able to directly contact a match is very important. Of the "big three" ([http://23andme.com 23andme.com], [http://dna.ancestry.com ancestry.com] and [http://familytreedna.com familytreedna.com], ancestry is the only one that does NOT allow people to directly contact a match – they must use their anonymous messaging service.)
With all the tests, being able to directly contact a match is very important. Of the "big three" ([http://23andme.com 23andme.com], [http://dna.ancestry.com ancestry.com] and [http://familytreedna.com familytreedna.com], ancestry is the only one that does NOT allow people to directly contact a match – they must use their anonymous messaging service.)
::It is typically the most expensive test and, like mtDNA, it receives criticism for not being inclusive of all one's ancestors. Anyone who says that clearly has not used DNA for research. Being able to focus on one individual from each generation is very powerful.
::It is typically the most expensive test and, like mtDNA, it receives criticism for not being inclusive of all one's ancestors. Anyone who says that clearly has not used DNA for research. Being able to focus on one individual from each generation is very powerful.
:As with mtDNA, the single-line focus excludes other ancestors. This can be rectified by finding descendants of the other lines and having them test. That may not even be necessary, as a search for surname projects (available only at Family Tree DNA) may show that your other surname is already being researched.
== DNA Projects ==
== DNA Projects ==