DNA Research

Information about Genetic Genealogy

Information about Genetic Genealogy and DNA Testing can be found at:
International Society of Genetic Genealogy 

         The websites of LDSAFA member organizations provide examples of different types of DNA tests used by LDS ancestral family organizations.  Please view their websites HERE.

Strenthening LDS Family Organizations Through DNA (2019 RootsTech presentation) 

     In April 2018 the Brough Family Organization (BFO) authorized a Brough DNA Project in which R. Clayton Brough, a genealogist for the BFO, took five DNA tests from five different DNA testing companies: Ancestry DNA (shown below), FamilyTree DNA (Y-111), Living DNA, MyHeritage DNA and 23andMe DNA. This project was undertaken to determine the usefulness of such DNA tests in identifying relatives and ancestral relationships. Some of the results of these DNA tests are shown on the webpage of the 2018 Brough DNA Project.

DNA Tests Can Help Grow Ancestral Family Organizations

    The Brough Family Organization (BFO) uses the publicized calculated (or estimated) DNA relatedness of individuals who are identified as cousins by different DNA testing companies to grow and sustain its family organization.  This is done as follows: 1) the BFO tries to contact (via email and the Internet) all “Brough” surnamed individuals who are identified by various DNA testing companies as related to other Brough’s and then invites them to freely join the BFO and to contribute their Brough lineage (if known) to the BFO Research Committee for possible inclusions in the BFO Global Brough Database; and 2) the BFO encourages (via email and the Internet) all first-to-fourth generation “cousins” who various DNA testing companies calculate (or estimate) are related to other known living Brough relatives to freely join the BFO and to contribute their Brough-related lineage (if known) to the BFO Research Committee for possible inclusion in the BFO Global Brough Database.   This effort by the BFO to invite DNA identified Brough-related “cousins” to join the BFO has resulted in DNA patrons investigating, joining and contributing to the BFO.

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