Hi geneologists!
I’m thinking about ordering an Ancestry test kit and would be very grateful to know if you think it would be the right tool, given what I’m interested in finding out.
I’d like to know who my grandfather was. We know nothing about him, although there have been some vague and thin rumours in terms of first name and family type. Of course, these also may not be true. His identity was a well/guarded family secret and those few who knew his identity have now died.
I’ve been reading the posts on the forum with regard to not trusting the accuracy of published family trees. I don’t really want to compile a family tree; at least, that’s not my primary interest. I just want to find out who he was and if I have living relatives through him. Would I be able to do that just through DNA matches coming up? Or would it still entail me going through historical documents etc.
Please ask if I’m not being clear. This is all new to me so I’m aware I may not be articulating things well.
Hope you can help...🙂