Finding My American Roots

Find selv din familie via DNA-tests Kunne du tænke dig selv, at prøve at finde din familie via DNA-test, så er der nogle ting du skal vide. Der findes RIGTIG mange udbydere af disse, men kun en lille håndfuld opfylder de forskningsmæssige krav til et validt resultat. Af disse er der stor forskel på, hvor stor en såkaldt 'pool' de har i deres database, og der er også stor forskel på hos hvem folk fra forskellige dele af verden lader sig teste. Jeg vil herunder liste de valide selskaber efter størrelsen af deres 'pool', og skrive hvem der hovedsageligt lader sig teste hos dem. Hvilke udbydere er der på markedet? 1. Ancestry.com - Har den største 'pool' med over 15 mio. testere. Testere kommer dog hovedsageligt fra det Nordamerikanske kontinent, men også fra de britiske øer, Sydafrika og Australien. 2. 23andme.com - Har den næststørste 'pool' med godt 10 mio. testere. Testere kommer hovedsageligt fra det Nordamerikanske kontinent, og herudover ...

DNA testing and how it helped me In this blog entry I will try to introduce which tools I have used to find my family. Autosomal DNA testing companies are a rather new business which is fast growing. About ten years ago science developed a way to analyse DNA mapping relatives on a larger scale. A ton of DNA testing companies has risen, but only a few are really reliable and trust worthy. These companies also varies on how many testers they have in their database, but also where geographicly they are most popular. Autosomal DNA-testing companies Ancestry.com is the largest of them all with a database of more than 10 million testers, primarily from USA. This company is the #1 company among Americans. Ancestrys primaer focus is genealogy, but also ethnicity estimation. Test costs about $99, but has offers down to $59 in connection with American holidays.  23andMe.com is the second largest with a database about 5 million testers. The name of the company refers to e...

My story This blog entry will be a mix of what I've learned from finding my biological family, and what I knew ahead. I need to stress that the story of what happened before I was adopted, is based on what I've learned the past few days. There may be misunderstandings. I might therefor updating this entry as I learn of these.   Wednesday December 5 1973 the american soldier, Leonard Wayne Bates, married the korean girl, Chong Suk Puk, he met at his stationing in South Korea, becoming mrs. Bates. His wife was already pregnant and gave birth to a son March 11 1974. They named the son after his father.  The following year, July 7 1975, mrs. Bates gave birth to yet another son at Seoul Severance Hospital. The boy weight around 5 pound and was born with lip- and cleft palate. They parents loved this boy, despite the handicap, and named him John Bates. This boy was me.  Due to rotation of the soldiers, Leonard was enforced to go back to US. He was allowed to brin...