DNA Ancestry Project

If you want to trace your ancestors, the job is much easier with modern genealogy DNA testing. The process is very simple. You register and pay a fee. The company sends you a mouth swab kit. You follow the instructions then send it back to the lab for analysis. Cells from your mouth swab will contain your DNA.

The companies then submit your DNA to their vast DNA database. You’re then sent a report listing the individuals in the database that your DNA shows a match to.

All cells contain DNA, including the sex cells, sperm and egg cells. When a sperm and egg cell combine the new cell formed contains equal amounts of DNA from both parents. DNA analysis in a specialist laboratory can give evidence about the possibility of 2 individuals being related.

There’s really only a remote chance that 2 individuals have identical DNA, unless of course they’re identical twins. Identical twins will have the same DNA because the fertilized egg that splits to give the 2 fetuses came from the same sperm and the same egg. It doesn’t split until after the DNA from the two sex cells had already combined.

Genealogy DNA testing can be used to confirm an individual at the scene of a crime. This is particularly useful in rape cases because semen contains sperm cells that contain the male DNA. Find the DNA match and you have found the rapist. Every cell in your body contains DNA including skin and hair cells. We drop skin and hair cells everywhere we go, so all the crime scene technician has to do is to collect these from a murder, arson or burglary scene and find the DNA blood profile of the criminal.

When you use genealogy DNA testing in your hunt for your ancestors they don’t have to be registered for you to get their results. If any person related to you is in the database, a positive result will show. You may find grandparents, siblings or more distant relatives, all of which will lead to more information on your ancestry.