What is the best DNA site to trace your Ancestry?

[Afro]

I wanna know where I come from

It's time

Also, are those swab tests accurate?

@BlackPearl The Empress

 

[MaxPain]

I tried Ancestry.com so far

 

[Afro]

I tried Ancestry.com so far

Tried it, but I can't go past my grandfather because Black folk didn't have social security numbers back then

 

[MaxPain]

Tried it, but I can't go past my grandfather because Black folk didn't have social security numbers back then

I heard good & bad things about Ancestry.com

Theres 23andme

 

[Strapped]

So you want the government to have your dna

 

[Afro]

So you want the government to have your dna

You assume they don't have yours already

 

[Strapped]

You assume they don't have yours already

They got it from my hmo

 

[generic-username]

You are an Israelites:Kdkdkdkj:

 

[im_sleep]

Tried it, but I can't go past my grandfather because Black folk didn't have social security numbers back then

Where is your fam from if you don’t mind me asking? Certain states are shyttier than others when it comes to record keeping

 

[BigMan]

Tried it, but I can't go past my grandfather because Black folk didn't have social security numbers back then

why do they need your social security numbers?

 

[Afro]

Where is your fam from if you don’t mind me asking? Certain states are shyttier than others when it comes to record keeping

My grandfather was a sharecropper, we have family in North and South Carolina. That's all I know.

 

[number21]

I say it's between 23andme and ancestry.com

This video does a great job on comparing the two.

 

[Afro]

why do they need your social security numbers?

I think it would have helped me track down a birth certificate, but it's been awhile since I tried.

I think Ancestry.com itself told me it can't go farther than this, because he never had one until years later.

I've never done a DNA test, figure might as well do that first

 

[tater]

Tried it, but I can't go past my grandfather because Black folk didn't have social security numbers back then

You can look through marriage records, deeds, taxes, etc. up through a certain point (then slavery if you’re AA). I’m pretty sure everyone, white and black got ss# when they were implemented. I could be wrong...

I used 23andme for my test. I wasn’t able to go too far back with ancestry though, but I distinctly remember reading a document that my relative registered for a ss#.

 

[im_sleep]

My grandfather was a sharecropper, we have family in North and South Carolina. That's all I know.

Ok. As long as you got a name, age, and know which county they’re from you should be able to find them. I think they’re still updating the 1940 census, because I can’t find a gang of family that I easily found in previous censuses. And if they were born after 1940, you won’t get census records but you may be able to find birth/death certificates, public residential records, marriage records, etc

Btw starting off Id use familysearch.com first to get your feet wet since it’s free.