Category Archives: DNA test and results

Thomas Grey and Descendants

Grey Family Crest

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That feeling of relief, and excitement when we finally break through a brick wall, getting our hands and or sight set on old manuscripts, original documents, and more! The most rewarding feeling comes with it and that’s how I’m feeling about this right now!

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New Historical Findings, and Matching DNA results to the Family Tree

Sara Rapelje Marriage Medal (via Wikipedia) my 11th Great Grandmother

Hello and welcome to my family history blog. If this is your first time, feel free to explore the available areas. The locked areas are for family research, and for family members, cousins, and it gives me a way to share my source indexing, and results that I have not shared.

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Family Tree DNA Website Changes

I received an email from family tree DNA, letting me know that My Heritage is taking over the family tree portion of the site, in meaning, you transfer your tree via your DNA, autosomal Family Finder, mtDNAFULL Sequence, Y-DNA, etc. You agree to transfer it, and it literally builds your tree for you! Connects you via DNA 🧬 and, find and gives you all the sources found. You take a look at them, is it them? Then you just push yes and can, like over 40 family members added!

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Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem

St. Margaret of Scotland (via Wikipedia)

Hello, welcome to my blog on Martyr’s, Monk’s, Saint’s, and Mayhem.

I have taken my time with what ancestors that I thought would be important to blog on via family history for me, and what to pass onto future generations of my family.

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Finding My True Ancestry

Hello and welcome back to my family history blog! It was DNA day on April 25, and the day I started this blog!!! So happy DNA day!!! March and April have been the most exciting month in exploring my mtDNA full sequence results via ftdna (Family Tree DNA), and RootsTech to start it off on March 2, as my results came in the same day that RootsTech started! I really didn’t know what to do after getting the reaults and then most recently I was introduced to My True Ancestry.

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My Immediate Family

My Parent’s and I

Welcome to my family history blog! If your new here, feel free to explore. Please take note that, even though I have over 30 yrs experience as a family historian, I am not a professional genealogist with years of experience, but now a newby genealogist with years of experience being a family historian.

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A Journey to Finding Your Roots

My Ancestors in B.C.E. to Me

As we all know, when we first start our family tree, it can seem very confusing, intimidating, and you may feel lost, and not know where to start!

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My Piercy Roots

Arms of Percy ancient (click to learn more)

My last name comes from the House of Percy, we are an English noble family. With roots to France, and back even further. My ancestors were one of the most powerful noble families in Northern England and for much of the Middle Ages, known for their long rivalry with another powerful northern English family, the House of Neville, which I am also descendant of.

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My Journey to Getting a DNA Test

DNA kit from FTDNA (click photo for more information)

I thought about getting a DNA test done for years, but always held off because I didn’t want to spend so much money when there are so many places to get one, but something just wouldn’t let me rest until I got one done! After doing more research, and asking all of my friends where they got theirs done, I still wasn’t sure. So i settled with FTDNA.

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