DESCENDANTS Tag

24 Apr

Posted at 11:36h in Newsletter

It's All Relative Having researched thousands of families over the years, we at Dancestors have collated all this research & narrative material into a single database containing over 2.5 million words, and is over 4,000 pages! Likely, we've already researched much of YOUR family in the process! You see, back in 1630 there were only about 4,000 people in America so if you exclude folks that didn't have descendants, and use the average household size, that's only 40 or so families at the time. Are you related to one of those? Likely! Of course, each decade the population grew tremendously. In finding YOUR legacy, our...

16 Feb

Posted at 05:15h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning fellow descendants, I recall a cousin of my mom’s years ago, asking, “so when do you say you’re done with your search? When you get back to Adam and Eve?” That is a good question, as a lot of folks like me research their family history, collecting thousands of pages of material, pictures, and documents. If you don’t take steps to say, “Ok, I could find more, but I am at the point, where I need to bring some closure, and put the materials in a format where they can be enjoyed and will survive for future generations.” If you don’t ever...

09 May

Posted at 06:49h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning fellow descendants, Many of my clients have grown up with stories of their Native American ancestry, only to be disappointed when it doesn't show up in their DNA. Here's why that may happen. Do you have a sibling? Do they look more like your mom or dad than you do? That's because unless your identical twins you have differing percentages of your parents DNA in your blood. Here's an example of how your Native American DNA could persevere or disappear through just 5 generations and 150 years: Great-Great-Great Grandpa was 100% Native American. He has two boys (gender doesn't matter, just...

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