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Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: Any DNA ancestry companies anyone can recommend? Read description?” plus 4 more

Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: Any DNA ancestry companies anyone can recommend? Read description?” plus 4 more


Question: Any DNA ancestry companies anyone can recommend? Read description?

Posted: 13 Aug 2016 04:44 PM PDT

I have tried FamilytreeDNA, 23andme, DNA consultant, Gedmatch, and Ancestry

FTDNA and 23andme/Ancestry so basically the same thing West African, SouthEastAsain, CentralsouthAfrican, and broadly European

Gedmatch and DNA consultants show what the about does not show which was Jewish and Native American.

Any other recommendations?

Question: I would like to find the real Rael family crest?

Posted: 13 Aug 2016 03:23 PM PDT

This is longer and better written than some answers. Politeness dictates I tell you I didn't write it all, just now, just for you.

My source for most of this is
http://college-of-arms.gov.uk
and, in particular,
http://college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm
It the official College of Heralds for England. Other countries have officials who deal with coats of arms too.

Crests are the top part of a Coat of Arms. See the picture in the Wikipedia article,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_ar...

A "family crest" or "family coat of arms" is "family" in the sense of "My family estate", not in the sense of "Everyone named Carpenter {Miller, Smith ...} can use it".

Individuals earn or buy a coat of arms. Anyone who is a subject of HRH Elizabeth II and of good character can apply, and I get the sense that, in these days, unless you've robbed a bank, the college of heralds will look favorably on your application, so long as you've included a check. They cost about (US) $8,200, as of 2015.

Note again you have to be
1) A subject of the crown. (Australians count; Americans don't.)
2) Of good character. (It helps if you've done something notable.)
3) Willing to part with $8,200.

Once someone has a coat of arms, his eldest legitimate son inherits it. His other legitimate sons are strongly urged to pay the college of heralds to create a variation, or to stop using it. Women and illegitimate sons are too complicated to deal with here.

Don't feel bad about making this mistake. In most of the English romances or murder mysteries you read, someone is always popping down to the "family" estate for the grouse season, or receiving a note on engraved stationary with a "family" crest at the top, or driving away in a 4-horse coach with the "family" coat of arms on the door. Note again, estate, crest and coat of arms belong to one line of one family, not everyone in the world named "Carpenter" {Miller, Smith ...}. But, that is where the myth of a "family" coat of arms originates. 90% of Americans believe it.

Over here in the USA, there are companies called "bucket shops". They make their money selling people copies of coats of arms on plaques, coffee mugs and so on. What you get, if your name is, for instance, "Carpenter", is a coat of arms that was once issued to a man named "Carpenter". It isn't yours, unless you are the eldest son of the eldest son ... of the man named Carpenter who got that coat of arms in 1703. The most famous (or notorious) of these bucket shops is House of Names:
http://www.houseofnames.com

Question: What is my relation to my cousin's husband's cousin?

Posted: 12 Aug 2016 11:29 PM PDT

You aren't related at all. The only family members of people who marry into your family that are related to you are the children they produce by the family member who is related to you, which in your case is your cousin. There really isn't any word for it. It isn't even an in law relationship. See, you aren't related to your cousin's husband and definitely not his cousin.

Now, an exception can always be if some place back down the line you share a common ancestor with your cousin's husband and his cousin. You are very likely related to a lot of people you pass on the street everyday if you traced yours and their ancestry.

You have uncles and aunts who are siblings to your parents and you have uncles and aunts by marriage. The family of your aunts and uncles by marriage are not related to you except the children they produce by your aunts and uncles who are siblings to your parents.

Question: Ancestry Help? Ancestors Family?

Posted: 12 Aug 2016 09:09 PM PDT

My ancestor is Jane Corter of Panola County, Mississippi:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDX-QNN

I was wondering could this be her in the 1880 census record?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GB-BFL

I say this because on the 1910 census that i had provided above shows that her uncle is Bethel George A.K.A George Bethel. I assumed her last name was Bethel since her uncles last name is Bethel. I understand that it could be her mothers brother, which means that this maybe isn't her last name, but i just feel that this could possibly be her. If this isnt, is it possible that you could help me find her in the 1880 census?

Thank you!

Question: Surname McGinnis and McClain?

Posted: 12 Aug 2016 08:48 PM PDT

Here is what the Dictionary of American Family Names has for McGinnis.

Mcginnis Family History

Mcginnis Name Meaning

Irish (also Galloway in western Scotland): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis 'son of Aonghus' (see Angus). Compare Scottish McInnis. This is the surname of a chieftain family in western County Down.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

Here is what they have for McClain

Mcclain Name Meaning

Variant of Scottish or Irish McLean.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

Whenever it is actually spelled McLean. It is pronounced like McClain.

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