The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family

by Tamar Weinberg

Overview

Reconnect with your roots! Adoptees, foundlings, and others with unknown parentage face unique challenges in researching their ancestors. Enter this book: a comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing.

Inside, you'll find:

   • Strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists
   • Detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus how to analyze your test results and apply them to research
   • Real-life success stories that put the book's techniques into practice and inspire you to seek your own discoveries

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440353376
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,069,770
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Kitty Munson Cooper 6

Introduction 8

Part 1 Your Journey Begins Here

1 Getting Started With Your Search 13

2 Proven Search Strategies (That Don't Involve DNA) 21

3 The Basics of DNA Testing 33

Part 2 DNA Tests and Testing Companies 44

5 Ancestry DNA 62

6 Family Tree DNA 76

7 23andMe 98

8 MyHeritage DNA 113

Part 3 Advanced Tools

9 Estableshing a Biological Connection 124

10 Analyzing Your DNA with GEDmatch 135

11 Triangulating Your DNA Data 167

Part 4 Case Studies

Donna 187

Izak 190

Jack 192

Kalani 195

Kelly 201

Marcy 206

Sue 210

Appendix Frequently Asked Questions 214

Appendix Worksheets 224

Index 228