- Identification of a DNA signature for those
who share the same surname
or a variant.
 Suggested test: Y-DNA
- Confirmation
or rejection of paper trail genealogical
descendancy.
Suggested test: Y-DNA
and mtDNA
- Help to
overcome genealogical deadends (a brickwall).
Suggested test: Y-DNA or
mtDNA
- Help to find
one's family by comparing DNA signatures (for
example:
adoption).
Suggested test: Y-DNA or
mtDNA
- Discover
descendants of a common ancestor who had been
separated for
a long time (e.g.
Europe and America).
Suggested test: Y-DNA
(for men)
Suggested test: mtDNA
(for men and women)
- Confirm or
reject hypotheses regarding your family history:
Do we
have Amerindian
ancestors? African or Asian ones ?
Suggested test: Y-DNA
(patrilineage) with
determination of
the Y haplogroup.
Suggested test: mtDNA
(matrilineage) with
determination of
the mt haplogroup.
Suggested test:
DNA-print or Biogeographic
Genetical genealogy (GG)
might assist you to complete your genealogy based
upon written records. It does not replace
it. GG will not identify
specific individuals. It can at most identify
classes of individuals sharing similar DNA
signatures who usually
will be related to a common ancestor.
Principle #1: Genetics can
help confirm or reject hypotheses based upon
archives (paper trail).
Principle #2: Genetics can
suggest new research directions.
Note:
*) Recent genealogy is
concerned with our ancestors back to the period
when surnames or family names were required.
This period is relatively
recent. It is indeed uncommon that a genealogy
will go back further than the 13th century.
However, there are always
exceptions.
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