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Category Archives: DNA
Who Am I? What’s My Name?
For a number of years I’ve believed my patrilineal line (my Hibbitt ancestors) dated back to the early 18th century, being located in the village of Exton in the county of Rutland. However, recent DNA discoveries have thrown this into … Continue reading
Latest On Our Hibbitt Y-DNA Kits
My dad’s Y STR test has recently been upgraded to 111 markers. However, as I thought might be the case, he doesn’t yet have any matches at this level. This would be because the right men haven’t yet taken the … Continue reading
How To Obtain A Y-DNA Haplogroup From An Autosomal DNA Test For Free
If you are male and have taken an AncestryDNA, 23andMe or MyHeritage autosomal DNA test, it may be possible to extract some Y-DNA data from your DNA file to obtain an estimated haplogroup. I should emphasize that this isn’t a … Continue reading
Tracing My HIBBITT Family Through DNA – Can You Help?
I’m seeking men called HIBBITT / HIBBETT / HIBBIT / HIBBET or any of the variants listed here, to see whether you would be willing to test your Y DNA. If your name isn’t Hibbitt but you suspect you are … Continue reading
DNA Testing Is Becoming More Popular
A nice surprise popped up in my family’s DNA match lists a couple of days ago. Unknown to me, the grand-daughter of a known cousin on my dad’s side took the AncestryDNA test. I still have a few gaps in … Continue reading
And I Thought The Cornish Were Celts!
I’ve been tracing Harvey’s deep patrilineal ancestral roots (father’s father’s father’s line etc.) through the use of Y-DNA. In other words I’ve been looking at Barnes DNA. Join me as I journey from ‘Adam’ in Africa through to the 20th … Continue reading
Testing Dad’s Y-DNA In Search Of My Hibbitt Roots
In search of Hibbitt DNA, a Y37 Y-DNA kit for my dad is on order from FamilyTreeDNA in the hope we may be able to learn a little more about our direct paternal ancestry. This would be our Hibbitt line … Continue reading
DNA Helps Me Find More Ancestors
My latest breakthrough has come via DNA testing. For some time now I have known my 5 x great-grandmother was called Anne Twogood/Toogood. She married my 5 x great-grandfather, Robert Weaver snr., in Curry Rivel, Somerset, in 1779 but I … Continue reading
My AncestryDNA Results Say I’m From The Emerald Isle
Yesterday, I received the results of my AncestryDNA test. In a previous post I hinted that I thought I’d be predominantly British with possibly some Irish, Scandinavian and Western European genes. I wasn’t too far off except to learn that … Continue reading
I’ve Ordered My AncestryDNA Kit!
I’ve just had an email to let me know my AncestryDNA kit is on its way. Having deliberated about whether to take the ethnicity and genealogical DNA test for more than a year, I’ve finally decided to grab the bull … Continue reading
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