The newest DNA testing is Autosomal and it looks for long fragments of DNA inherited from our ancestors and matches them. Here's a great and short explanation of autosomal DNA from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center.
I had my autosomal DNA tested by Family Tree DNA, the same company that did my mtDNA. So far, I haven't connected to any Livingston/Levingston family members. That's because not many have been tested yet. I have connected to others in my maternal ancestral line of Starns out of SW Virginia. I feel good being in the forefront of this new genealogical tool.
My Liebenstein ancestors settled near the Ohio river in the early nineteenth century and our E1b1b1a Y haplotype traces to the Duhren region of Germany. Have you had any family tested by 23andMe? I agree, it would be interesting to look for autosomal traces of the Liebensteins.
ReplyDeleteIs this the same Robert Livingston as is on the Livingston/MacLea Yahoo Group, the one from Seattle. We need to talk about our Duhren L* immigrants. Janet S.
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