If you are adopted, and you are looking for your relatives, and you have hit a dead end, DNA testing capabilities like ancestry testing can really help you with this task. Some other genetic testing methods like paternity testing and relationship testing also facilitate you with confirmation if someone is your blood relative or not. Additionally, there are also many facial recognition apps that use images to determine whether someone is you’re relative.
Finding your biological family
Take ancestry DNA testing:
One of the best ways to find your family through DNA testing is to take an ancestry DNA test. Even if the person you are trying to locate has not taken the test, their close relative might have taken the test. Similarly, the DNA testing methods like paternity testing and ancestry testing have become quite popular, and due to this factor, millions of people’s genetic data are in our database. After taking the test, your results will be prepared in a short time.
Review your closest DNA matches
You can view all your DNA matches from the report of your ancestry testing. In this report, you will see your biological relatives that might have taken the same test. Afterward, the matches are listed accordingly to how much DNA you share. Additionally, the higher you match with someone, the closer the relationship you are going to have with them. Even if you don’t have a close match-up, these lists are updated continuously. However, if you have matches, start with the closest match and see their family trees. If your close matches have publicly linked family trees, you will see a number of people in their tree. If their tree is green in color, this means they have a public tree. On the other hand, if their tree is grey in color, this means either their tree is private or there is not a tree. Moreover, if there is a lock on the three, that means their tree is private, and the green leaf signifies that there is a common ancestor you share. Furthermore, if you want to see the private tree of someone, ask them, and they might share the details with you.
Contact the matches
From your DNA matches, click on some names and message them. Introduce yourself and tell them you are looking for your biological family. Your messages will be a surprise to them so try to be as sensitive as you can be. In addition, no one checks their ancestry messages regularly, so you should always check for replies.
View the shared matches
See your DNA matches and click a name. Afterward, check the shared matches tab for the full list of matches and see the matches you have in common. Check out the trees of your shared DNA matches and look for surnames, locations, and particular individuals that are the same within the group. If the 1st cousin doesn’t have a tree, try to connect with them and build a tree. If you find an ancestor, who can be seen in at least two of your shared matches trees. Now you have found someone whom you can study.
Look for common ancestors
If you find the name of a possible ancestor, check out how closely you are related to them. You can use a predicted relationship to estimate the ancestor’s generation in the tree you have created. For instance, if there is a common ancestor who has a second cousin, that might be your great-grandparent.
Moreover, Face DNA also provides you with authentic paternity testing services along with many other DNA testing capabilities. Furthermore over, our facial recognition app is also very popular among the consumer due to its advanced technology.
