Genealogy research is always evolving as new documents are digitized and more and more people take DNA tests. From time to time I’ll share updates to previous posts or new information as I discover it. This is one of those updates.
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Throw your name into the virtual hat for a chance to win an Ancestry DNA kit. I’m doing an end-of-summer flash drawing for anyone in Mattimore-land who is interested. I have two (2) DNA kits to give away.
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When I found a newspaper clipping about someone searching for a Michael Mattimoe, it gave me goosebumps. This was a whisper from the past. A small one, but one that was 166 years old. Was this our Michael Mattimoe? Our immigrant ancestor who left Ireland during the Great Famine? Was someone in his family looking for him so long ago?
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Do siblings have the same DNA? It seems like brothers and sisters should have the same ancestry background. After all, they have the same parents, right? While biological siblings DO have the same family tree — parents, grandparents and so on, their genetic code might be different. Because of how DNA is passed on, it is possible for siblings to have differences in their ancestry at the DNA level.
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