Ancestry Testing
Ancestry DNA tests your DNA markers using autosomal testing methodologies. It will trace your family history through generations across the globe. The report will provide you with your linkage to various populations and cultures in different parts of the world.
The value of ancestral DNA is that it could provide information about health, risk of heritable conditions. This is valuable information that you never have known without understanding your ancestral linkages.
The testing process will provide you with customized approaches to finding your ancestors. Ancestral DNA testing across the globe views 1000’s of data points or alleles to match your DNA to the relevant populations.
Accuracy of Ancestry DNA testing
Ancestry DNA testing has been refined with newer technology giving individuals a 99% accuracy rate.
What Does the Ancestry DNA Test Show?
The DNA markers using autosomal testing methods test the whole genome of a person from across the globe and include both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The test includes over 800,000 autosomal markers in the test.
The test will show you your personal ethnicity and the history of your culture. This is an exciting finding and for many, it brings surprises that they never knew or trace relatives that you have never seen.
Do Siblings Carry Different DNA’s or Identical DNA’s?
It is commonly known that siblings carry 50% of the maternal DNA and 50% of the paternal DNA. This is not always true as siblings can have different DNA. Hence, siblings testing for ancestral DNA tracing can have different results.
How Can I Get an Ancestral DNA Test?
Finding out your ancestry is an exciting and rewarding process. Many test kits vary and it is critical for you to find a lab that can accurately define your ancestral DNA markers, customize your test and listen to your story before embarking on a testing process.
We SmarTest Labs, provide customized and personal attention to your needs and requests. We listen to your potential ancestry and conduct tests to validate or enhance your storyline. We recognize the impacts this information can have on families and the changes it could make to your life. We follow the process of testing throughout the journey to ensure the accuracy of the outcome.
Call SmarTest Labs at 301-686-8566 to get your test started.
GPS Origins Ancestry
Geographic Population Structure (GPS) provides you with insights into your family history and background globally. The test will show you the various markers that indicate the combinations of ancestral migrations and history including the percentage of various ethnic markers in your ancestry DNA.
The process can do a lookback for over 1000 years or greater and trace where your DNA started.
A Geographic Population Structure DNA Test (GPS Origins) is a type of ancestry testing that reveals human migration history and ancestral migration routes. They can trace back genetic linkages for thousands of years.
The GPS Origins Test identifies when and where DNA was formed by matching maternal and paternal lineages that link together to create a person’s unique genetic heritage.
This test can be ordered with or without a printed map illustrating migration routes.
Paternal Lineage Test - Legal
Paternal Lineage is a comparison of a person’s DNA to the specifically the Y-Chromosome between father and son. Paternal Lineage can provide interesting information about your ancestry, parts of the world that you may be from, Migration patterns and cultural heritage. Your heritage could be a combination of various cultural backgrounds or just a single heritage.
The Y-STR Paternal Lineage DNA Test traces the family lineage through the male, Y Chromosome side of the family. This determines if two or more males are related through their fathers.
• Using Y-STR DNA testing, SmarTest Labs can test an uncle or granduncle’s DNA to determine if a child with no identified father is also a member of that family.
• If the child and that older male share no Y-STR DNA, then that child is not of that family line.
• This is a court admissible test and can also be used for genealogy testing.
Maternal Lineage Comparison Legal
The mtDNA test traces mitochondrial DNA which is passed down almost unchanged from mother to her children. The mtDNA test allows you to trace your maternal ancestry using one of the world’s largest mtDNA database.
Paternal Lineage Comparison Non-Legal
The Y-STR Paternal Lineage DNA Test traces the family lineage through the male, Y Chromosome side of the family. This determines if two or more males are related through their fathers.
- Using Y-STR DNA testing, SmarTest Labs can test an uncle or grand uncle’s DNA to determine if a child with no identified father is also a member of that family.
- If the child and that older male share no Y-STR DNA, then that child is not of that family line.This is an informational test.
Maternal Lineage Comparison Non-Legal
The mtDNA test traces mitochondrial DNA which is passed down almost unchanged from mother to her children. The mtDNA test allows you to trace your maternal ancestry using one of the world’s largest mtDNA database.
This is an Informational DNA Test.
