DNA Testing - Ancestry.com

A big thanks goes to my dad! He agreed to do Ancestry.com's DNA test. I just ordered the test kit. To find out more about, check out this link.

I plan to post much about this experience. If this proves to be a positive experience, then I might do the maternal lineage test (I lack the "Y" chromosome to see about Dad's side of the family on my own).

From these tests, we hope to answer the following questions:

1. My paternal grandmother is said to have descended from Italian gypsies. Some discrepancies about my great grandfather's life and records have kept this a mystery.
   
2. We've arrived at numerous dead ends about Great Grandmother Nissen's family, the Rays.
3. Family lore says that Great Grandma Sargent's family, the McMinns, immigrated from Poland to the British Isles.
   

While DNA testing goes back to ancient roots, it doesn't often provide names or records. However, this may give us a platform in discovering our heritage.