Happy New Year, Claiming Kin turns 1!

Posted by Liv | Filed under Genea Musings

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Happy New Year everyone and thank you so much for your friendship and support throughout 2011! Today is the first day of 2012 and it is also the one year anniversary of ClaimingKin.com . . . woo-hoo!

Can you believe I’ve been blogging about all things genealogy for one full year?! Yes indeed! Launching my family history blog first at, LiveJournal.com -claimingkin.livejournal.com, and then here at my very own place in cyberspace, has been a great learning experience! Between the two blogs I have a total of:
50 post (including this one)
106 comments
371 subject tags

Not bad for a beginner genea-blogger if I may say so — LOL! But this just means that there’s more interesting family history to share with you this year!

So how do I plan to celebrate this one year milestone?

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I plan to kick-off this celebration by delving into Genetic Genealogy. That’s right! I ordered my mtDNA – Universal Female Test kit from Family Tree DNA, which happens to be based right here in H-town. This test strictly checks the maternal line (females) with no influence from any males along that line. Both men and women receive their mtDNA from their mother. Once my test is done, I plan on ordering the Y-DNA Universal Male Test for my oldest brother. The Y-DNA test strictly checks the paternal line (males), with no influence from any females along that line. Y chromosomes are passed down from fathers to sons, not from fathers to daughters. So if you’re a female and would like to know about your paternal line, you will need to have a brother or a male relative from that line tested. So I will keep you posted about my family’s genetic genealogy journey and more throughout this year.

Are you using genetic genealogy to complete your family tree? If yes, share your thoughts with me!

Tags: claimingkin.com, familytreedna.com, happy new year, mtDNA, Y-DNA

Permalink | Comments (6) | January 1, 2012

http://twitter.com/FranEllsworth Frances Ellsworth

Happy Blogiversary! Sounds like you have a great plan!
- http://claimingkin.com Liv Taylor-Harris
  
  Hi Frances and THANK YOU so much for stopping by! I wish you continued success with your family research and much more in 2012!
Joann

Happy Blogiversary. A great way to start the year with the DNA test. I also love reading your post and the layout of your blog. Congrats!
- http://claimingkin.com Liv Taylor-Harris
  
  Thanks so much for the well wishes and for the wonderful words of praise about my little corner of the world wide web. I’m excited about this test as well and look forward to sharing every step of this process with family and friends. Happy New Years and I wish you continued success with your family research this year as well!
http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Dee

Congratulations on your anniversary. It hardly seems a year has come and gone, but time sure flies!
- http://claimingkin.com Liv Taylor-Harris
  
  Thanks so much Dee. You’re so right, time really does fly when there is so much research yet to be done – LOL!