The Genographic Project

[AMP]

Has anyone else participated in The National Geographic Genographic Project?  

I just received my copy of the report after one of my sisters and I submited our DNA.  If your parents are living both can submit, if not to find your mother's ancestors a female DNA needs to be submitted, for the Father's side a male's DNA of the same family.  

Interesting information is found in the report.  Eventually as the project grows, it will be interesting to see where people living in this area migrated from to arrive here.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/The Genographic Project

[Nik]

What does it cost? I've always wanted to do this for my genealogical research. Just waiting until I have a couple extra hundred dollars to blow.

[dsjeffries]

quote:I've always wanted to do this for my genealogical research. Just waiting until I have a couple extra hundred dollars to blow.

Yeah, me too.  My grandmother is 3/4 Cherokee but we can't claim it or get a CDIB because her grandmother didn't sign the roll though her grandmother's sister did.  Even though they were sisters and one was on the roll, it doesn't count.

One look at my grandmother and you can tell she's a typical, little, dark-skinned, black-haired Cherokee.

And thanks to my mom's paternal side, we get to deal with beta thalyssemia anemia (minor), which is from the Mediterranean, most predominantly occurring in Italy and Greece.. But we can't trace anything.

Genealogy is tough.  Changing the spelling of their last names on a whim, changing names completely upon arrival in America, and naming all their children the same names were apparently very popular in the early days of America.

I'd love to have the money to pay someone whatever it took to be able to know the stories of my ancestors.

[Nik]

quote:Originally posted by dsjeffries

quote:I've always wanted to do this for my genealogical research. Just waiting until I have a couple extra hundred dollars to blow.

Genealogy is tough.  Changing the spelling of their last names on a whim, changing names completely upon arrival in America, and naming all their children the same names were apparently very popular in the early days of America.

I agree completely. Nowadays, people's names don't change. Back then (as in, 70-90 years ago), people didn't care how their name was spelled. You can see it spelled one way on the 1920 census and a completely different way on the 1930 census. This is usually because the person actually recording the census just spelled in phonetically most of the time while some would actually ask how to spell it.

[AMP]

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/participate.html

The project is a real time continuing work that is added on to with each participants DNA chain.  It is a 5 year study.

The Participation Kit costs U.S. $99.95 (plus shipping and handling and tax if applicable).

What to Expect

Your results will reveal your deep ancestry along a single line of direct descent (paternal or maternal) and show the migration paths they followed thousands of years ago. Your results will also place you on a particular branch of the human family tree. Some anthropological stories are more detailed than others, depending upon the lineage you belong to. For example, if you are of African descent, your results will show the initial movements of your ancestors on the African continent, but will not reflect most of the migrations that have occurred within the past 10,000 years. Your individual results may confirm your expectations of what you believe your deep ancestry to be, or you may be surprised to learn a new story about your genetic background.

You will not receive a percentage breakdown of your genetic background by ethnicity, race, or geographic origin. Nor will you receive confirmation of an association with a particular tribe or ethnic group.

Furthermore, this is not a genealogy study. You will not learn about your great-grandparents or other recent relatives, and your DNA trail will not necessarily lead to your present-day location. Rather, your results will reveal the anthropological story of your direct maternal or paternal ancestors—where they lived and how they migrated around the world many thousands of years ago.

[OSU]

I have thought about doing this as well but at the moment the cost is prohibitive. I have however done a bit of research through traditional sources and it can become quite addicting.

p.s. would you mind sharing with us your personal results? it would be interesting to see.