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Sizemore Indian tribe formed in 1896 Whitetop Band of Cherokee

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Re: Sizemore's

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 9:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
I hope it helps you find your Sizemore roots.

The reason I didn't recommend their test is because they don't identify your Y-DNA Haplogroup (the DNA haplogroup of your father's male paternal line) or your mtDNA Haplogroup (the haplogroup of your mother's female maternal line); nor do they have online tools to help you compare your chromosomes with your matches and their chromosomes with each other. This is very important information to know in tracing the correct paternal and maternal lines, because there are so many different lines with the same surname -- each with a different haplogroup identifier -- that are not related to one another.

If I didn't know to which Y-DNA haplogroup my father's line belonged, I might have spent years researching the wrong Powell line, as we also have distant Powell cousins in a completely unrelated Powell line. We think they may be related to us via a female ancestor on my gg-gm Alford's side of the family -- an Alford, Strickland, Felder, Curtis or other -- who married a male Powell from a totally different and unrelated Powell line.

The 23andme.com test is $20 more, but the information you get for that $20 is worth so much more. You get your ethnicity breakdown and about 1,000 cousin/family matches, but even more important, they identify your paternal Y-DNA and maternal mtDNA haplogroups. You also get the chromosome comparison tools, and lots of other great features as well.

Just something to consider for the future. The Ancestry.com test is definitely a good starting point, though. It's the one I started with, too.

--Deborah
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
kellym812 26 Apr 2015 9:21PM GMT 
kellym812 28 Apr 2015 12:16AM GMT 
Deborah Powel... 28 Apr 2015 3:19AM GMT 
StephanieAnde... 6 Jun 2001 7:54AM GMT 
aprilsizemore 24 Jun 2001 7:12PM GMT 
mysticalchero... 9 Oct 2005 10:20PM GMT 
JYKing 19 Oct 2005 6:04PM GMT 
don 11 Sep 2006 8:50PM GMT 
ldsmom33 25 Jun 2001 12:36AM GMT 
Ravenwind50 21 Feb 2007 5:32PM GMT 
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