WHAT IS MY ANCESTRY? ARE WE RELATED?

Family Tree DNA has the latest technology for your genealogy research.

Family Tree DNA is the pioneer and the world's largest DNA company in the new field of genetic genealogy.

If you are looking for that long lost relative, or if you feel that some day, someone may use a DNA repository to look for long lost relatives, you should consider doing this simple DNA test.

Your ancestors left clues in your DNA that can determine your deep ancestral origins and link you to others in recent time. By comparing your results to our databases - the largest of its kind in the world - we could tell you if those clues indicate a possible Jewish ancestry, or if you are related to someone that is in our database . Our Jewish specific comparative databases are the largest in the world containing records for Jews of Ashkenazi and Sephardic origins, as well as Levite and Cohanim.

Y-DNA: By testing the Y-DNA, males can determine the origin of their paternal line. Note that the Y-DNA strictly checks the paternal line, with no influence of any females along that line. Females do not receive the Y-DNA, and therefore females cannot be tested for the paternal line. If you are a female and would like to know about your paternal line, you would need to have a brother or a male relative from that line to be tested.

mtDNA: By testing the mtDNA, males and females can determine the origin of their maternal line. Once your results are in, you will be compared to the data from the landmark study from Dr. Doron Behar, our Chief mtDNA Scientist, quoted by NY Times, CNN, BBC and other major media outlets. Note that the mtDNA strictly checks the maternal line, with no influence of any males along that line. Both males and females receive the mtDNA from the mother.