Footsteps of Ancestors shows you the true, hidden story of your family tree like no-one else ever has.
We build upon your DNA testing and the most up-to-date information about archaeology,
You get the “real deal” — reliable and complete answers to the deepest questions about you and your family history.
We combine all the data to deliver high quality results in stunning detail.
If you’ve ever had genetic testing, you already know that how your results were presented left a lot to be desired.
If you had direct lineage —Y-DNA or mtDNA—testing, you were told what your haplogroup is with only a small blurb of background.
In contrast, we give you the full customized history of your family line, not just a tiny piece, and in plain English.
If you had your autosomal (regular) genes tested, you received a list and a map of various ethnic groups.
This list is a surprise for most people! You have an unexpected ancestry, or there are ethnicities which seem to be missing, and all with no rhyme or reason.
We make sure your ethnic designations are correct, and give you an actual explanation for them.
For both types of testing, you’re given page after page of genetic matches, names of strangers, without any assistance.
Or, perhaps you have no or few matches at all, why? How are many of these people your relatives, even with different surnames? You’re left by yourself to try to figure it all out.
We take the time to review your matches and actually explain who they are and why they are there, and how this data is useful.
What if you fully understood your genetic results, and could use this info to make a bigger impact when doing genealogy?
What if you could take a thorough journey to see who your ancestors were, where they lived, and where they traveled?
We offer a much more complete, useful, authentic, and easy-to-understand look at your ancestry with greater precision. We make the genetic testing truly worth it.
You transfer the basics of your DNA testing results and family knowledge (e.g. the name of your furthest known ancestor in a lineage). We usually do not require any uploading of sensitive raw DNA files. Your privacy and security are very important to us.
We take this basic genetic and family history information and fully combine it with up-to-date data from history, archaeology, and other fields. We analyze your data, filling in the blanks and greatly adding to the story about you and your family.
We write a customized story based on this research for you and your family in plain language, not technical jargon, with plenty of explanations and visuals. Your Monographs and Reports can be ordered as a PDF, or professionally printed and bound.
We have two main products, Direct Lineage Monographs and Autosomal Reports.
Direct lineage (Y-DNA or mtDNA) Monographs can include any or all of the following areas:
The amazing full story of your direct male or female lineage from prehistory to historic and genealogical time periods.
The historical-genealogical significance and meanings of your family’s surnames and their variants; these also contain many useful facts and clues, not just your genes.
Analysis of why you have the direct lineage matches you do, an explanation on their names, ethnicities, and locations, and which to contact for doing genealogy research.
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I'm impressed beyond words at the mtDNA Monograph, the depth of the work and the results. Mom is reading it non-stop now. Both parts of the Monograph were fascinating and informative!
The great thing about the Monographs and Reports is that they truly explain things. Normal people are not usually able to digest the raw results the genetic testing companies give their customers. It really requires a professional touch to sort it out and interpret it. They do not tell you this when ordering the tests. Thanks again Footsteps of Ancestors!
Reading the Footsteps of Ancestors Y-DNA and mtDNA Monographs for our family was completely satisfying, and I was delighted with the story of the treks my ancestors took. My own story is just a small part of that larger trek. I completely trust Footsteps of Ancestors to accurately research the lineages of my family. And, they explain this history clearly. It's enjoyable to read. I predict that others will also be very happy with the results for many years to come.
I only wish Dad were still with us because he would have found these discoveries fascinating, especially the prehistory / archaeology. He would have been amazed and pleased that one of the most common male lines in Europe is a ‘brother’ to the most common Native American male line. Not only is the genealogy (surname and match) information in the Monograph very helpful, but the Deep Roots (Part One) is extremely interesting!
I am very impressed with their overall analysis. A service like Footsteps of Ancestors is much needed because folks don't understand the gibberish of the geneticists. Instead, they want complete explanations and in plain language. How does it all connect? — our genetic results, our family history we already have, and what experts now know about prehistory and history. This is what Footsteps of Ancestors provides. I know people in America and Europe who were reluctant to get genetic testing. Now they don't need to be.
