yes I agree, I'm old and had many shelves of books growing up (was also a reading teacher/love to read:) hope to have a library again someday once our remodeling is Finally done/hard to get materials. and thanks for the suggestions! Henry Lincoln is new to me and the books sound perfect. I like maps/math. and I'm also researching my genealogy/was adopted, so it's been quite interesting. grew up thinking I was mostly German, and that's not the case🤡
If not for doxxing, I could help, as I'm an expert and have been working on genealogy for over 50 years. Do you know your birth parents? If not, you might find some connections by getting a DNA test. Ancestry connects to more people. Others connect their results to Gedmatch for comparisons. If you were male, Y-DNA would help even more. I hope you find what you're looking for.
thanks and yes that would be fun:) to share with someone who understands genealogy. been trying to piece it together, but it is tedious without background knowledge. And I've done the tests/they're helpful, but also confusing when I have people showing as 1st cousins & they're in the generation of my parents...was also neat to see that I have some nuns & priests as cousins. I played church a lot growing up & would visit the nuns/thought the convent was interesting. must be genetic...🤔
edit to add-yes I know birthmother, and father's name, but want proof I could show half siblings if we meet someday.
A 1st cousin can be a lot older than you. Several of my first cousins had children my age. You can also have a 1st cousin, once removed who is really in your parents' generation. Look at this cousin chart on the Mormon site: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart
For proof, you just need to show that you have autosomal DNA matches that are actual relatives of your birth parents. That will take a bit of effort, as so few people on Ancestry doing DNA have done much on their trees. But sometimes they have enough there that you can trace their tree further back.
BTW, I went to Catholic school in 1st grade way back when nuns wore floor length habits and mass was in Latin. We had mass in the mornings before school. My logical mind didn't see the point of using a language I couldn't understand, so I quit going and used that morning time to play.
Keep working at it, and if you want to know anything else, just ask.
yes I agree, I'm old and had many shelves of books growing up (was also a reading teacher/love to read:) hope to have a library again someday once our remodeling is Finally done/hard to get materials. and thanks for the suggestions! Henry Lincoln is new to me and the books sound perfect. I like maps/math. and I'm also researching my genealogy/was adopted, so it's been quite interesting. grew up thinking I was mostly German, and that's not the case🤡
If not for doxxing, I could help, as I'm an expert and have been working on genealogy for over 50 years. Do you know your birth parents? If not, you might find some connections by getting a DNA test. Ancestry connects to more people. Others connect their results to Gedmatch for comparisons. If you were male, Y-DNA would help even more. I hope you find what you're looking for.
thanks and yes that would be fun:) to share with someone who understands genealogy. been trying to piece it together, but it is tedious without background knowledge. And I've done the tests/they're helpful, but also confusing when I have people showing as 1st cousins & they're in the generation of my parents...was also neat to see that I have some nuns & priests as cousins. I played church a lot growing up & would visit the nuns/thought the convent was interesting. must be genetic...🤔
edit to add-yes I know birthmother, and father's name, but want proof I could show half siblings if we meet someday.
A 1st cousin can be a lot older than you. Several of my first cousins had children my age. You can also have a 1st cousin, once removed who is really in your parents' generation. Look at this cousin chart on the Mormon site: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart
For proof, you just need to show that you have autosomal DNA matches that are actual relatives of your birth parents. That will take a bit of effort, as so few people on Ancestry doing DNA have done much on their trees. But sometimes they have enough there that you can trace their tree further back.
BTW, I went to Catholic school in 1st grade way back when nuns wore floor length habits and mass was in Latin. We had mass in the mornings before school. My logical mind didn't see the point of using a language I couldn't understand, so I quit going and used that morning time to play.
Keep working at it, and if you want to know anything else, just ask.