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Mom’s Autosomal DNA

Two things surprised me about her autosomal results: her 10% nonspecific Northern European (in addition to 3.7% British & Irish and .9% French & German), and her low amount of Middle Eastern a… more →

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Mom's Autosomal DNA

tellthejourney wrote 1 month ago: Two things surprised me about her autosomal results: her 10% nonspecific Northern European (in addit … more →

Tags: genealogy, Deep Ancestry, don't mess with texas, Haplogroup E-M35.1, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Native American, Science, Surname Gonzales

Mom's Maternal Haplogroup — 5 comments

tellthejourney wrote 1 month ago: And my own as well. 23andMe:Introduction Haplogroup V first appeared in Iberia toward the end of the … more →

Tags: genealogy, Deep Ancestry, Haplogroup V, Mom's Side, Science, Surname Taylor, The Mystery of Sarah J. Taylor

Dr. McDonald Interprets Grandma's Data

tellthejourney wrote 4 months ago: Most likely fit is 58.1% (+-  0.2%) Europe (all Western Europe) and 19.3% (+-  0.1%) Mideast (all No … more →

Tags: genealogy, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Native American, Science, Surname Gonzales, Surname Ortega, Surname Romero

Grandma's Family Tree DNA Results

tellthejourney wrote 4 months ago: They were expected to be due January 23, but so far her Family Finder and Population Finder results … more →

Tags: genealogy, Immigration, Confundus charm, Deep Ancestry, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Native American

Sarah J. Taylor Photo

tellthejourney wrote 5 months ago: Well, photo-type thing really… Born 1855-1862 (?) d. June 20, 1927 … more →

Tags: genealogy, Deep Ancestry, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mom's Side, Surname Taylor, The Mystery of Sarah J. Taylor

The Mystery of Juana Ortega/Sarah Taylor — 1 comment

tellthejourney wrote 5 months ago: I’ve previously written about this here and haven’t gotten much further.  My DNA tests h … more →

Tags: genealogy, Deep Ancestry, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Science, Surname Ortega, Surname Taylor

Cousins found through Family Finder

tellthejourney wrote 7 months ago: Family Finder indeed!  I have been in constant contact with 3 cousins, all on my mother’s side … more →

Tags: genealogy, Haplogroup V, Immigration, Mexican-American, Native American, Surname Gonzales, Surname Romero, Surname Sauceda, Surname Taylor

Family Finder Results In! — 2 comments

tellthejourney wrote 7 months ago: I was pleasantly surprised to see my FF results were in this morning. Thank you Family Tree DNA! I a … more →

Tags: genealogy, Immigration, autosomal, don't mess with texas, Haplogroup V, Immigration, Mexican-American, Native American, Science

Good Luck Family Tree DNA!

tellthejourney wrote 7 months ago: I received my HVR2 results today which was exciting.  Though not very exciting because I haven … more →

Tags: Rant, genealogy, Science, Mexican-American, Genographic project, Deep Ancestry, Haplogroup V, don't mess with texas

Speculation

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: You get 50% of your mother’s DNA and 50% of your father’s DNA.  As to which 50%, that’s an exciting … more →

Tags: genealogy, Deep Ancestry, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Science, Surname Taylor, The Mystery of Sarah J. Taylor

Grandma the Wife/Grandma the Other Woman

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: I was going over my family tree again today as two people from ancestry.com have told me I have the … more →

Tags: genealogy, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Surname Gonzales, Surname Ortega, Surname Romero, Surname Sauceda, Surname Taylor

The Mystery of Juana Ortega — 2 comments

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: Yesterday I went to the New Mexico Genealogical Society’s Facebook page to see if anyone would … more →

Tags: genealogy, Confundus charm, Deep Ancestry, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Surname Gonzales, Surname Ortega

Marriage Certificates... Updated

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: The marriage records I was waiting for came in from New Mexico yesterday. The nice ladies I correspo … more →

Tags: genealogy, Confundus charm, Genographic project, Haplogroup V, Mexican-American, Mom's Side, Surname Gonzales, Surname Ortega, Surname Romero

That's Not Very Helpful — 1 comment

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: I can’t find Ramonsita Ortega’s family.  No birth records, no arrival records.  Was she … more →

Tags: Rant, genealogy, Mexican-American, Genographic project, Deep Ancestry, Haplogroup V, The Mystery of Sarah J. Taylor, Mom's Side

Crypto Jews, Conquistadors, and Other Women

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: HLG Jr. helps these famous Hispan@s find their roots.  Wouldn’t it be cool if there were clone … more →

Tags: genealogy, Immigration, Mexican-American

Juan Valdez Obituary

tellthejourney wrote 8 months ago: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Juan Valdez, a land grant activist who fired the first shot during a 1967 N … more →

Tags: educational, Memorial, racism, Politics, Mexican-American


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