Genetic genealogy is the application of genetics to traditional genealogy. Genetic genealogy involves the use of genealogical DNA testing to determine the level and type of the genetic relationship between individuals.
I was born in Italy (abruzzi area) my parents were born there (in the same town), grandparents etc....I traced my family tree to my 5th great grandparents (about 1695/1700). We all are from the same town in Abruzzo.
Is it worthwhile for me to take a DNA test? On the one hand, I am thinking I may be a good candidate, as I know exactly what area I am from. On the other hand, it may not yield anything interesting precisely because of the fact that we are concentrated in one area..........hope i am making sense
of the 4(?) tests available which would you recommend I take?
Thank you!
Nina
Researching Surnames: Paolini, Polidoro, Salutari, Musti and many others- Castelvecchio Subequo; L'Aquila Province.
my husband"s side - Cancellieri/e, Trapani, Giambanco, Ruggeri, and many others - Palermo & Carini, Sicily
I would have the same question as you, Nina. All four of my grand-parents and their parents, etc. are from Abruzzo. One set is from the same town, a hamlet in the city of Teramo called Scapriano. The other set is also from the same town which is Castelli in the province of Teramo. I haven't done any tracing back through ancestors but my grand-mother's niece showed me the church where my grand-parents were married and said it's been in that hamlet for at least 1,000 years. And somewhere along the way, I heard that there are a lot of blondes/blue in Abruzzo, of which I am one, because the Roman Army led it's regiment from Wales, Great Britain into Abruzzo and parked them there for retirement. So perhaps a DNA test might show some Welsh blood in the mix but I would not be expecting any other surprises.
You both are excellent candidates! in fact that would be amazing if you did in fact test and found family members who many have had children who left that area and they maybe not have kept good records and there could be American family looking for that information. People often don't account for the members who have left the area.
Just thought I'd mention that my cousin, who also has four grand-parents born in Abruzzo, received her DNA test results which she said consisted of the following:
65% Greece/Italy
15% Middle Eastern
remainder is small percentages of other Western Europe (Irish, Scandinavia)
I would assume my results would be similar.
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Both my dad and I took the test and are anxiously awaiting results.....If you have taken one of the DNA tests, I highly recommend uploading your raw data to gedmatch.com (it's a free site) I took my husband's information, uploaded it on there and was able to break down his results even further. There are still things on that site i don't understand but am slowly learning.
Nina
Researching Surnames: Paolini, Polidoro, Salutari, Musti and many others- Castelvecchio Subequo; L'Aquila Province.
my husband"s side - Cancellieri/e, Trapani, Giambanco, Ruggeri, and many others - Palermo & Carini, Sicily
Jennabet,
My husband's DNA results came back and when i uploaded his raw data to GEDmatch and broke down his results further, he has some Abruzzi Italian......how cool is that? I tested my father and I also tested; waiting patiently for our results to come back.
Nina
Researching Surnames: Paolini, Polidoro, Salutari, Musti and many others- Castelvecchio Subequo; L'Aquila Province.
my husband"s side - Cancellieri/e, Trapani, Giambanco, Ruggeri, and many others - Palermo & Carini, Sicily
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