Can DNA Tribes provide information not available through traditional genealogy?
Yes. DNA Tribes offers a genetic analysis that includes information invisible to traditional genealogy and can complement your genealogical research. Genealogy is a type of history documenting biographical information about lineal ancestors that can establish who your ancestors were. However, genealogy cannot identify the specific genetic connections passed down by these ancestors. This is because genealogy deals with only the means of DNA transmission and not with the substance itself. The autosomal genetic analysis offered by DNA Tribes can complement genealogical research by identifying your genetic connections to living populations passed down by your historical ancestors. For instance, genealogical research might document that a person’s grandparents originated in Ireland, Germany and Italy. However, members of each of these national populations exhibit a range of individual genetic variation that genealogy cannot identify.
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