DIY DNA

I just ordered my Do It Yourself DNA kit from Ancestry.com

I'm looking forward to swabbing the deck...er...I mean, my cheek to see where exactly I fit in during the whole human migration thing.

Once I get my kit I'll let you all know how it turns out.

UPDATE 25 Sep 2011

I received my DNA Kit on Saturday and swabbed my cheeks tonight. Had to swab the right cheek, left cheek, and behind my lower lip.

Hopefully I'll get to mail the samples off tomorrow and then they said it will take about a month for the results to be ready.

It's going to be a long month. :)

UPDATE 30 Sep 2011

We’ve Received Your DNA Sample
Dear Rick,

Our lab has received your Ancestry.com DNA sample. We’ll send you another email in about 3–4 weeks, when the results are ready.

Thanks for choosing Ancestry.com DNA for the next step in your genealogy journey. We wish you great success in growing your family tree!

UPDATE 6 Oct 2011

Received an email message that said my results were ready.

Apparently I am a member of the R1b Hapogroup. There is also a chart that shows a bunch of numbers that apparently is my DNA. Now I guess I need to figure out what all of this means.

Repairing the Past

Since I have been studying my family for many years now, my information had been spread out across many sites. I have finally found the scans of the actual bible of Anthony Bledsoe HENDERSON and Matilda Jane BANKS. This was a wonderful find that was sent to me by Carolyn GIBSON (TEBEAU) years ago. I am glad I got to get these pages back online.

The second item I have rediscovered and added to the site was my transcription of part of the 1880 United States Census. The interesting part of this record is that there are a lot of glaring mistakes. Since this was taken from an apparent transcript by the LDS Family History Library the transcriber may have misread the original document.

I'll see if I can get a hold of the original census document to determine if this was a transcription error, or if the actual census showed these errors.

Just another interesting mystery in the exploration of the past.