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Family Finder & Genealogy

Bennett Greenspan explains how taking the Family Finder test may open doors to the discovery of your close and distant relatives. WATCH NOW.

With our autosomal Family Finder test you may extend the power of genetic genealogy to all of your ancestors. Using a test of your own DNA, you can discover connections to descendants of all sixteen of your great-great-grandparents! The Family Finder test will not only open avenues for traditional research but will help you discover the hidden connections that could explain your family’s migrations.

We place you in control. When you take the Family Finder test, your results are compared against our Family Finder database. Your list of matches is designed to be quickly sorted to allow you to focus on your near or distant cousins. Because email addresses are provided for easy communication with your near or distant cousins you will be able to share research easily. We notify you by email when you have new matches. Your raw data file is freely available for download.

Are you ready for the next revolution in genetic genealogy?

Adoptees discover their heritage

With the power of an autosomal DNA test, confidently match to male and female cousins from any of your family lines. This can provide you with the clues you need to learn more about your birth parents' families.

The possibilities abound!

• Discover Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles.
• Find Half Siblings
• Make contact with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cousins.

When you take the Family Finder test, your results are compared against our Family Finder database. Your list of matches is designed to be quickly sorted to allow you to focus on your near or distant cousins. Email addresses are provided for easy communication with your matches. When new matches are found, we will notify you by email. Your raw data is freely available for download.

Every adopted person, or those who know that one of their parents or grandparents was adopted, will want to order a Family Finder test to help identify close and distant relatives.

Population Finder Percentage Test

The Family Tree DNA world DNA population database consists of samples from scientific studies.

Our percentage test, called Population Finder, determines the percentages of different ancestries that comprise your genetics by matching your autosomal DNA against data from multiple populations. Based on your DNA, the Population Finder tool will assign your sample from one to four population groups.

The number of populations to be shown is calculated during the matching process. In general, unless someone shows a clear match to a single population, the program will include a second population, for example, 90% Western Europe and 10% Europe. Additional populations are only used when they provide a significant improvement in the overall quality of the match.

IMPORTANT:

• a) Y-chromosome or Mitochondria DNA results are NOT used by the Population Finder tool. Only your autosomal DNA results from the Family Finder microarray chip are used.
• b) geo-political boundaries (ancient or current) DO NOT set variance in human genetics as there has been continuous movement between geographic regions throughout human existence.