One of the sites I have been busy with during my sabbatical from Steemit, is ancestry.com. I did a DNA test and found 3rd cousins in the USA from my Welsh mother's side. My great-grandfather's brother seemed to just drop off the radar in the Welsh census, but a bit of digging found him on the US census under a different name, but his employment details and place and date of birth all added up to the same person from the same tiny hamlet. The DNA tests then showed all these people descended from him who are related to me! It was pretty cool! I do seem to have some Clark relatives in the States too. Will need to look into the information I have!
I spent some time on Ancestry as well and did the DNA found some interesting results and have tracked my Moths side back quite a few generations,, but no luck on my Fathers Side he was adopted and I haven't found any info on his birth parents yet, but have some leads so I am hoping I will find something soon :)
Isn't it fun? I've gone back to the 17th century on both sides of my family - pretty easy to do when everyone pretty much stays n the same place for generations!
We're having the same roadblock with Jim's father's side, as his grandfather was adopted!
Ohh yeah it is fun I was doing both mine and my Wifes side for a while but then I got sidetracked i will probably start on it again after I retire and have more time
I'm also doing my sons' on their Dad's side of the family, That too is interesting to find they have relatives in the US from a couple of generations back!
One of the sites I have been busy with during my sabbatical from Steemit, is ancestry.com. I did a DNA test and found 3rd cousins in the USA from my Welsh mother's side. My great-grandfather's brother seemed to just drop off the radar in the Welsh census, but a bit of digging found him on the US census under a different name, but his employment details and place and date of birth all added up to the same person from the same tiny hamlet. The DNA tests then showed all these people descended from him who are related to me! It was pretty cool! I do seem to have some Clark relatives in the States too. Will need to look into the information I have!
I spent some time on Ancestry as well and did the DNA found some interesting results and have tracked my Moths side back quite a few generations,, but no luck on my Fathers Side he was adopted and I haven't found any info on his birth parents yet, but have some leads so I am hoping I will find something soon :)
Isn't it fun? I've gone back to the 17th century on both sides of my family - pretty easy to do when everyone pretty much stays n the same place for generations!
We're having the same roadblock with Jim's father's side, as his grandfather was adopted!
Ohh yeah it is fun I was doing both mine and my Wifes side for a while but then I got sidetracked i will probably start on it again after I retire and have more time
I'm also doing my sons' on their Dad's side of the family, That too is interesting to find they have relatives in the US from a couple of generations back!
That is so cool, to think how easy it is to do know compared to even just 10 years ago