How far can I go back in my family tree? It varies on the line I follow. On my paternal side, I can trace the paternal line back for eleven generations. On my father’s maternal line I can trace back for ten generations.
For my maternal line, I can trace my mother’s paternal line back for twelve generations. Now for my mother’s maternal line, I have only been able to trace back six generations.
The paternal line traces my father’s paternal ancestors. My father’s father, his father’s father, and so on.
The paternal maternal line traces my father’s mother’s mother, her mother’s mother and so on and so on.
The maternal line traces my mother’s side of my family. My maternal paternal line traces my mother’s father’s father, his father’s father, etcetera. My maternal maternal line traces only the females. My mother’s mother, her mother’s mother, her mother’s mother and so forth.
Have y’all tried to trace your family history? It can be quite interesting and for some very confusing. Our ancestral DNA 🧬 often reveals a different story then the one we’ve been told all our lives.
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