I am finally catching up with genealogy developments. Recently I had my DNA tested. I have enjoyed genealogy over the past couple of decades and it was a natural extension of skills and my curiosity. When DNA testing was first marketed, I couldn't afford it and I knew if I waited the technology would develop further and I would get more results.
My mother participated before I did, many years ago. She joined the National Geographic's Genome Project.. It confirmed she had deep ancestry from western and northern Europe, around the Mediterranean, Arabia, the Fertile Crescent, northern Asia, and southern Indian. At that time any Native American DNA would show up as Asian. Her MtDNA led to a Ukrainian Jewish woman. I am still very puzzled about that. I haven't documented any Jewish people on either side of the family.
I came to the point that I was mostly interested in my brick walls in research. A distant cousin gave me an Ancestry autosomal DNA test. After being laid off, my personal interests helped me reinvigorate myself. It was time to tackle the brick walls.
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