may be some other ways that you could use ethnicity results if
your maternal and your paternal matches if you don't know who
you're going to have on your maternal side but all of them
to see how you can use DNA to help find who your biological
parents are. We've got a series with the DNA Adoption.org
not a sneaky step like this that you can use. Now, there
it the sneaky step. This is a case where for males, you could
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your parents are now if you were adopted and you're wanting
that you compare with a known match are along that same line
they're vastly different between both of your parents
but these were three steps to start in trying to separate out
that you do share an X with are from your maternal side. For
chromosome and that came from your mother, all of the matches
and so we move on to what I call the sneaky step number
actually use your X matches because you only have one X
separate some. Now, these don't represent all the matches that
that we know any information about that would lead us to a
that you share XDNA with are on your maternal side. So, you can
point. You're going to see that a lot of your shared matches
know how one match is related to us, there's a good chance
three and this doesn't apply to everybody and that's why I call
females, I'm sorry because you get two X chromosomes. There's
shared matches. The great thing about shared matches is if we
and not always. Because it might be that the shared
your paternal side necessarily but as we're starting to look
then is once we've identified those, we want to look at the
through their separate parents but it is a good starting
mom had a relationship with somebody who was traveling on
that those shared matches are related along that same line
matches related to us through both sides of the family
at locations we can start to narrow down where some of these
instance let's say that your mom you don't know who she is
people might fit we're trying to first identify any matches
maternal or paternal side. Doesn't necessarily mean it's
then we can start to look at our matches and see okay who
always. But let's say that the family story is is that your
the railroad that you know maybe they were not from Ohio
going to be easy but it's something to do. Now, step two
but they were from California or something like that well
that your family came from very different locations for
but you know because you were born in Ohio that your mom was
here is not from Ohio now it doesn't mean that they're on
chance that they are related on your mom's side. Now not
matches that you see that are related to Ohio there's a
from Ohio at least lived in Ohio for a long time. Any
or they might be related on your maternal side. Now, the
they could be false matches but you want to try to identify
necessarily by knowing a specific person but if you know
of the family it's on. Now, in some cases, this may be not
mother or your father because then you could just simply look
anybody that you know of how you're related and which side
the ones you don't share in common with your mom, those
like that. It's going to be more difficult to separate out
have to be on your paternal side, on your dad's side or
at the matches that you share in common and those are the
ones on that, let's say your maternal side for your mom and
related to you. They might be related on your paternal side
why they want to determine this. Now, another thing to
second, third cousins that you may know and you know they're
information but usually when people are asking this, it's
best thing obviously would be is if you had either your
fall on your maternal side. So step one, you want to identify
are. So today, we're going to cover how we can identify our
any matches that you know. These could be cousins. First,
way. They might have been second cousins or something
which of your matches fall on your paternal side and which
which of your mansions are from your paternal side which are
simply because those matches are on both sides of your
because they don't have the right information and that's
to be difficult to separate out your maternal and paternal side
from your maternal side. If your family is endogamous on
both sides of your family with the same population, it's going
family tree but let's look at a few simple steps to determine
paternal and our maternal lines. I'd like to say that
bear in mind is if your mother and father were related in any
this is really easy and it can be if you have all of the right
have particularly those who may have been adopted or otherwise
is related to your dad and that is a question that many people don't know who their biological mother and biological father
In genetic generology, probably one of the first things you
videos and monthly webinars.
want to do is to divide out who is related to your mom and who