Some people who have traced their family trees are now turning to science to see whether historical data is accurate. <\/p>\n
For a few hundred dollars, a growing number of people are buying online DNA kits. <\/p>\n
Dale Johns is president of the South Australian Genealogy Society. <\/p>\n
\"People who want to have their tests done, they can find a provider on the web and there's one we use in America,\" he said. <\/p>\n
\"They pay their money, they get a little kit and they take a swab out of their mouth and seal that up and send it back.\" <\/p>\n
Ancestry researcher Antoinette Wade is enjoying the process. <\/p>\n
\"I recently had a test called Family Finder done and I have actually found some second cousins that I'm in communication with based on our DNA and that's very exciting,\" she said. <\/p>\n
Another society member Robert Blair has had several tests done on DNA, and even had some cousins tested as well, to prove a person in his family tree did not belong there. <\/p>\n
\"The DNA tests showed that I was right. The ancestor that we thought was an ancestor wasn't really an ancestor,\" he said. <\/p>\n
A DNA special interest group is among several that meet at Genealogy SA's headquarters, with others including English, Irish, German and other European groups. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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