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Originally Posted by lethearen So from what I understand, if I want to check up on my mother's father's line, I would actually need to get my uncle (mum's bro) to donate a DNA sample and send it off for yDNA testing?
Of course, I really should do my own yDNA, too... my dad was adopted. His biodad was a Laing, which I think is a Scottish name, too. But who knows? |
That's right. To get matches on your mother's patrilineal ancestry, you would need to test your maternal uncle's Y DNA.
If I were you I would indeed be interested in discovering my biological patrilineal ancestry. But that's just me. I can't leave well enough alone.