Preparing for digging

 

Made in Ideogram. 

Joining group projects and online learning sessions on DNA through YourDNAGuide feels a bit like preparing the construction site for something bigger. I've now joined the Jones DNA project on FTDNA, and am awaiting a response on the Tennessee Smoky Mountains project as they have a number of Jones and Thornhill participants. I am very curious to see if either project can shed light on potential connections that might lead the Jones line further back to the place before they arrived in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

The YourDNAGuide YDNA course begins next week, and while I have some significant primary duties in Dublin through the end of the month, this should be a really helpful course to better understand my own results.

Above is our Hailan coo, who appeared on the blog earlier this summer. A likeness can be found throughout the souvenir shops of Edinburgh, Scotland.