Integrate DNA Testing in Your Family History Research
Interested in using DNA testing in your family history research? From choosing the right kind of test, to adding your DNA findings to your family tree, to locating living family members, American Ancestors has resources to guide you through the world of DNA and genealogy.
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AncestryDNA Kit
From discovering their ethnicity to connecting with distant relatives, the largest DNA network in the world is helping more people
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DNA Consultations at American Ancestors
Have you taken a DNA test and need help deciphering results? Learn about how an American Ancestors DNA consultation can help you make the most of using DNA in your family history research.
Choosing a DNA Test for Family History Research
Learn about what types of genetic tests are available to family historians, what genealogical problems they can—and can’t—assist you with, and how to choose the right test to further your family history research.
Using DNA Tools in American AncesTREES
Learn how to use the cutting-edge DNA tools included in American AncesTREES, an online genealogy tree experience on AmericanAncestors.org that offers several unique features.
Libby Copeland with The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are
American Inspiration | Award-winning Journalist Libby Copeland will discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, which explores the science of DNA while tracing the story of one woman.
Publications
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
The Lost Family delves into the many lives that have been irrevocably changed by home DNA tests—a technology that represents the
The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir
Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: "If the results were correct, it meant that the
The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family
Reconnect with your roots!
The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, Second Edition
New! Expanded & Updated!
Portable Genealogist: Using DNA in Genealogy
Advances in DNA research over the last decades have had huge implications for the field of genealogy.