@sophiamariewrote:
I heard from my cousin (the one who adopted the infant from a foreign country) and she said her daughter found her bio mother and half sister from an ancestry kit that her husband got for her. I asker her which one and she came back and said "she got the deluxe one"...... Getting information from her is worse than pulling teeth. She is the one whose mother told me I was adopted.
I then went and looked up everything I could find on Ancestry and there are so many different ones, I don't know what is what. There wasn't any "deluxe" that I could find, so I'll keep plugging along.
There are so many people who do not want to find any missing relatives. They just want to know their heritage. I am looking for just the opposite. I'm not interested in my heritage because if I find any missing relatives, I think they will tell me.
To be continued........
There is only one Ancestry DNA kit. There are, however, different levels of Ancestry memberships.
While Ancestry would love for you to sign up for an annual membership, I would suggest, after you receive your DNA results, that you try it for a month. You can subscribe for a one-month U.S. Discovery membership for $19.99. This will give you access to U.S. records, as well as access to the family trees of other members (as long as the trees are public and not private). You will also have the ability to send messages to other members/DNA matches. You can cancel the membership at any time, or, if you’re happy with it, continue and your credit card will automatically be billed another $19.99 for the next month. I have never had an issue with Ancestry not honoring my cancellation request or making unauthorized charges to my credit card.
If you are mainly interested in DNA matches, testing with Ancestry is the way to go. They have the largest DNA database. Most of your matches will fall into the 4th cousin and beyond range, but if you have closer biological family members who have tested, you will be matched accordingly, i.e., parent-child, close family, first cousin, second cousin, etc. Keep in mind that many people take the DNA test for the ethnicity report; they are not nearly as interested in the genealogy or DNA match aspect. Some people log in to receive their ethnicity reports and never log in to Ancestry again. This can be frustrating for people who are looking to learn about their biological family and are hoping to make contact with these individuals, who may be a close match.
Like here, Ancestry has message boards/forums with many people willing to help those like yourself. Also, there is a group on Facebook called DNA Detectives, who provide guidance and advice for those seeking to find out about their biological families. I have heard good things about them.
If you are fortunate to have close matches and contact them, please try not to get discouraged if you don’t hear back from them right away. As previously stated, some people may not log in again after receiving their test results. And others may receive your message and aren’t sure how to respond. Your very existence may come as a surprise to them, and they might need a little time to digest the new revelation. I speak from experience on this.
Good luck with your search.
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