Adoptee DNA Testing: The Pandora's Box of DNA
When Ancestry rolled out it's latest onslaught - the affordable auotsomal tests - into the genealogy markets, a by-product of the tests became their use by adoptees to learn something about their genetic backgrounds. This is because not only have the big four test providers (Ancestry, My Heritage, 23 and Me and Family Tree DNA) provided users with an idea of their genetic make up - where your ancestors might have come from - but they also provide, in varying degrees matches to people who have DNA tests that matches bits and parts of your DNA. And this is where things are becoming sticky, and people are wondering what do I do? In our house, we used DNA testing on ourselves as something that we thought it would open doors with test. It was of special interest to my husband, because his mother was adopted out of New York State, where adoption records are locked down tighter than Hetty Green's purse. While we have been able to identify and confirm my mothe...