Scottish Ancestors

[bjproc]

That's correct. The Y DNA test will show you men whose patrlineal ancestors match or, more likely, closely match, your own patrilineal ancestors, whatever the surname.

(In some cultures and ethnic groups, such as Scandanavians and Eastern European Jews, were not used until relatively late in history [well, later than elsewhere in Europe], so the results there often show several surnames.)

In your case it would not be unreasonable to expect to discover your father's biological father's surname.

very interesting

thanks a lot for that

edit;

got an email back from them (i emailed them earlier on today) and they say it would be better to put it in the adopted group, because of the unknown grandfather (male side)

(btw, my mother thinks theres a bit italian in him )

[gilmore]

very interesting

thanks a lot for that

edit;

got an email back from them (i emailed them earlier on today) and they say it would be better to put it in the adopted group, because of the unknown grandfather (male side)

(btw, my mother thinks theres a bit italian in him )

You get a price break (or at least you used to) when you test as part of a surname project. Once you get the results, you can always withdraw from one surname project and join another. I think you can join two at most. (Some are geographic.)

[bjproc]

You get a price break (or at least you used to) when you test as part of a surname project. Once you get the results, you can always withdraw from one surname project and join another. I think you can join two at most. (Some are geographic.)

this is the email i got, it comes out at $189

We would recommend testing the Y-DNA 37 markers to determine if there are other males in the database who may have shared a recent common male ancestor (matches on 12 markers may not reflect a recent common male ancestor being shared). This may help determine what the possible surname of your grandfather on your father's father's...father's line may have been.

I recommend testing through the Adoptees project. Even though you yourself were not adopted, you do not know the surname for the direct paternal line. This group will allow you to order the 37 marker test at the group rate but compare the results to the entire database. Any matches that are found will be shown to you on a personal page. We will show their name and email address so you may contact them to determine if they lived in the same area as your grandfather or his family.

Your mother's surname is not the group that you would want to test with nor is your father's mother's since the Y-DNA test follows the father's father's father's...father's line and matches that are found on Y-DNA will have shared a common male ancestor with you in the past.

Have a nice day,

Catherine McDonald
Family Tree DNA

[gilmore]

this is the email i got, it comes out at $189

We would recommend testing the Y-DNA 37 markers to determine if there are other males in the database who may have shared a recent common male ancestor (matches on 12 markers may not reflect a recent common male ancestor being shared). This may help determine what the possible surname of your grandfather on your father's father's...father's line may have been.

I recommend testing through the Adoptees project. Even though you yourself were not adopted, you do not know the surname for the direct paternal line. This group will allow you to order the 37 marker test at the group rate but compare the results to the entire database. Any matches that are found will be shown to you on a personal page. We will show their name and email address so you may contact them to determine if they lived in the same area as your grandfather or his family.

Your mother's surname is not the group that you would want to test with nor is your father's mother's since the Y-DNA test follows the father's father's father's...father's line and matches that are found on Y-DNA will have shared a common male ancestor with you in the past.

Have a nice day,

Catherine McDonald
Family Tree DNA

Thanks for posting this. I didn't know that FTDNA had a project for adoptees. I will pass this own to two adopted friends who are interested.

[bjproc]

Thanks for posting this. I didn't know that FTDNA had a project for adoptees. I will pass this own to two adopted friends who are interested.

i'll PM you the link i got for the test they suggested