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I was fine with my report and looking for basic info. Also CRI has some privacy restrictions that made me more comfortable. I did not want my info shared.

Great presentation, as always! You’re the best! 💯🍃🌷

A couple BIG differences, CRI is run by an actual scientist and they aren't partnered with any data companies. 23 and Me, Ancestry and nearly all of the others actively sell your info

Wow, so glad I watched this! Clear, concise, and great info.

Glad I saw this they did a "wait you a winner here's 15% off this item if you add it now" after checking out. I canceled so fast and gona go to another one and save the extra 100$ thanks for uploading this

Wow. If only I had watched this first before dropping $220 with CRI.

The recent ancestry report covers 5 generations and the advanced ancestry report covers generations 6 and back. So you would need to combine, then divide the percentage sin each to get a sense of how it compares to other companies. It took me time to realize that, so it actually is not that far off from my testing elsewhere. Because I do have unknown ancestors in the past five generations, the recent report is giving me some clues that will help me in my family history research. What is suspect to me is the maternal mitochondrial haplogroup. They provided it, even though I did not pay for the separate fee. It is very different from my test results with 23andme. Will have to determine why.

I was not interested in matching so I’ve been really happy with my CRI report. The one and only thing that I am a little irked about is that there are many reports that I am having to pay more for now. But on the other hand almost every few months a new report pops in for free too. It’s all very fascinating and their videos were well done. At least it explains how we might have genes that say we are likely to be allergic to peanuts but we don’t experience the symptoms

I've done ancestry DNA, but still will do the cri test. Purely out of curiosity on the accuracy.

SOOO GLAD I SAW THIS!! GOT A FULL REFUND AND GOING TO 23 AND ME!!

Hi Andy can you please do review on GPS origins I've heard mixed reviews about it.

Hi guys! I'm tyring to figure out what's the best and clear DNA ancestry kit is? Can someone please suggest a good kit? Preferably which countries my ancestors are from?

I think CRI was a great starting point. I do have doubts about the accuracy but it opened up the possibility that I might have some asian genetics that I never would have considered. My report showed my scandiavian heritage much smaller than I thought is was. I don't understand how this is possible, so if anyone wants to explain that, please do. I agree with the conversations that discusses how paying extra for the haplogroups may not be worth it. Also I don't think paying for the famous relative report is worth it.

I used CRI and I found it very useful. I gave also sent my kit, 23andme, so I'll see what that comes out with.

Wished I had watched this before getting their kit. I assumed I purchased the raw data that was used in their determination of my ancestry. But apparently not. I just got a map of where they claimed my ancestors oriented and generic information about those geographic area. Extremely disappointed.

CRI this the best. They knew the tribe of Indian I was from. 23&me didn't ancestry DNA couldn't.. CRI have there own private labs. The other ones use 3rd party labs. CRI goes back farther. I am happy with CRI.

The results I obtained recently from the Ancestry DNA Test were different from the My Heritage DNA Test I did a few years ago. It certainly makes me wonder about the validity of these tests.

Just wanted to touch on the bit of CRI not being anymore accurate than 23andMe. I did both, first 23 and then just recently CRI, with 23andMe the results were a bit more broad, for example they told me 99% Eastern European, for a while they didn't specify which countries they meant by Eastern European. I had emailed them and asked for something more specific. What happened? they gave me a survey to answer where my parents and grandparents were born, when they updated it, it showed two countries one "highly likely match" the other "also likely match". This didn't build much confidence in their methods, especially because it seemed to me they needed me to answer a survey first and then let me hear what I wanted to hear. CRI never sent any survey to check where I was born or my parents or grandparents, they took my sample and gave a much more detailed breakdown, not just "Eastern European", but a percentage breakdown of which specific European and Slavic groups.

I purchased all of CRI's tests a few months ago. I was confused about the difference between the "recent" and "advanced" ancestry analyses. I still am. I think your guess is clearly wrong. The information that was offered to me in the "advanced analysis" and the "advanced timeline" could not possibly have come from the two haplogroup tests. It seems to me they are looking for clusters of genes that came from specific individuals. For example, four generations back, CRI says with 99% confidence, that it has identified four individual ancestors, who are, respectively, N.W. European, Colombian, British Isles, and Northern European. These are said to be based, respectively, on chromosomes 8, 11, 11, and 20. The most distant ancestors identified were a Peruvian from 71 generations ago (90% accurate, chromosome 6), and a N.W. European from 76 generations back (chromosome 6, 99% accurate). This info clearly is not based on male and female haplogroups. There are actually some irreconcilable differences between the recent and advanced analyses. Example: The recent analysis says I'm 5% Kinh Vietnamese, while the advanced analysis says instead that I'm 5% South Asian. The advanced analysis also has about 4% Latin American ancestry, which is missing entirely from the recent ancestry.

Thank you! I just ordered this test today. I wanted to compare it to my ancestry and 23andme results. After looking at this videos and several others, I realized that I made a big mistake in ordering this test. I just called the company. I should get my refund in 3 -5 business days. The selling point for me was that the company is offering a 50% discount. When I called to cancel, the customer service representative offered to give me 25% more off the cost. I told him that I have read negative reviews from people saying that the results are way off. By the way, I did not have any wait time like others in the comment section. It could be because today is Sunday. Thanks again!

Could you add a link to the companies that you can get the extended review for traits and so on

Thanks! I just saw a website where they place CRI Genetics as the best just above 23&me, and Ancestry. Then I became suspicious, because just below “their research” you can buy the CRI kit. Great video! Great information!

Good video. I wish I would have found it earlier this month. 🤦‍♂️

It makes me kind of sad that, as the capitalist I am (sort of), that you are taking business away from this company. They are not perfect, but it is a perfectly respectable company. The company never promises anything other than what it delivers. Some of the people I'm reading comments from seem to expect things not offered and others seem to think that because their tree goes back to a certain county for 2 or 300 years that they are purely genetically from that country. We know that is impossible. I agree that the company's timeline is "off" for number of generations. Some people seem to expect the impossible. My suggestion is for people to do a family tree before they try to say they are "pure" anything. When I did mine I found people from places I never suspected. I always assumed and I was wrong. When I did my DNA with Ancestry I verified many findings in my family tree. Family "word of mouth" is never accurate.

I, unfortunately just found this video after placing an order for my adopted son. If we're using this for purely ethnic and medical information, not to locate family, do you feel that I've made a big mistake for him? He has a diverse ethnic and racial background, and that's the part we're interested in. I'd appreciate your input.

What is your opinion of Living DNA? Have you tried it? How it ranks among all other companies? Thanks!

I was very disappointed in CRI. I am the product of over 200 years of appalachian inbreeding (cousin to cousin marriages) , and know who my ancestors are and where they came from going back over 200 years, they missed that mark totally. The health portion says low risk of rheumatiod arthritis - have had it for years, and other issues with the testing . It looks like they tested someone else. Wish had seen this video first.

Yeah I climbed the family tree...turns out mine was only a stump. I was traced to the first cave people. I should gave known looking at some of my relatives by the way they have hairy backs and are still dragging their knuckles on the ground.

Europeans really aren't mixed with anything. Even fewer are actually native American, so CRI Genetics from what I have seen in comparison with Ancestry, African DNA & 23 & me ..... CRI testing is better for people of the African Diaspora since we are literally the most genetically diverse in the world. Europeans rarely are mixed with anything other than European even if they do take this test without knowing their background probably will come up confused. CRI helped me cross reference all my damn ethnicities. Even my great grandfather was light skinned with asian phenotypes, so I'm not surprised I'm mixed with the entire world. My mom's whole side of the family is super light and mixed/ Latin as well with hazel and blue green eyes, so CRI was accurate. I'm like damn near everything.... African (Many different parts, South Asian, Native American and European. I am so happy my Native DNA is high because I speak Quechua and Spanish fluently, so Peru was a highlight indeed. I have African phenotypes with European features and an Asian body, so it made sense for me. I fit right into the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia when I visited. It's funny though even non mixed africans still have genetically diverse phenotypes even if they are not mixed. It's very cool god used Africans to paint the world.

My mom ordered a CRI genetics DNA test for my family and we took it. A complaint I have is that for the "recent analysis" section it says I am 11% Peruvian but when I click on it it says undefined. Then I look at "advanced analysis" it says 47% Peruvian. Is it 47% undefined? I am so confused lol

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.!!!!

I have used both cri genetics and ancestry. Ancestry has changed my ethnicity to some wild stuff. Weird because my sons dont show those things . By ancestry I’m almost 50% Portuguese. We have a great great grandfather that had a mostly Portuguese surname. Silva. But at the beginning ancestry wasn’t like that.At the beginning, 34% italian . Which made some sense. To 0%. Which didn’t make sense. Cri genetics still shows the italian. From rome my mom used to say. I never tell anyone to used ancestry for ethnicities. But for relatives it is fine. I like that you down play the male and female groups. Because ancestry did that many years ago. But still interesting. If i had to pick one over another for ethnicities, that would be cri genetics. Not ancestry. But for seeing relatives, ancestry is good.

I have a question that maybe someone anyone can help me with. I have no idea who my parents are and I would really like to know. What can I do or would taking a DNA text help me with finding my relatives are and if so what is the test called? I would really really appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thank you so much.

I took this test with my family, and we are all so confused. My dad got 20% german, i expected at least some but I got 0% german. IS that possible? He also got only 2.3% dutch but I got a whole 11.6% dutch, my mums mostly asian but she still didnt get any dutch. So where did I get all this Dutch DNA from? We also got the health report which they havent provided. My mum got 69.9% asian (indian, sri lankanan type area) and my father got 100% european. So I thought I would be about 40-50 percent european, but im only 34.3. But I am 65.7% asian. Is it possible for my mum and I to be so close? We are really confused.

I had mine done by CRI just after new year 2022, and as far as I know I still cannot download nor share my data, thanks for your input Brother

You didn't mention the private privacy issues surrounding DNA tests and family research sites

Welp, I saw this a little to late, but, as I just sent out the test, I am willing to provide updated information to you guys on how CRI is doing things. And I got the health and ancestry one, paid $107 total after tax and what not.

So.... I watched this video, called the company for a refund (made the purchase the day before), I was placed on a 20 minute hold before my refund could be process to ensure the warehouse knew the order was cancelled. But I got my money back!

My CRI generics said I was 44% German where’s my Ancestry report showed zero German. Can you help explain this? Thank you.

Does ancestry go back that far or 23 and me? Do they both or either get that specific to region location? Can either of the 3 identify Native American ancestry? This is all I am looking for.

I found CRI Genetics is way off from Ancestry and 23 and Me.

Thanks for this information. Unfortunately I already purchased CRI kit with the health, and am displeased. The health came back as inconclusive, however, the offerd a better test for 89.00 more. Very unhappy with this company.

My results were identical to CRI Genetics' sample images. Looks like a scam to me for sure. Requesting a full refund or else I'll go to my credit card company and dispute it, and report them to the BBB.

I really appreciate your thorough review of CRI… I am so disappointed that I didn’t find it sooner! I had done an Ancestry DNA test with my daughter sometime ago and found lots of information on mostly my mother’s side of the family… which I knew very well. My goal was to find out about my father’s side of the family which I know very little about as he was absent from my life. I have bits and pieces of information but, identifying him and his brother’s name got me only that from Ancestry. CRI was recommended to me by a friend who, hadn’t used them… she found an unknown half-sister via 23 & Me, but, by some advertising Hoop-La of CRI’s sophistication. What a waste of money. I was so upset when I received my reports! Not to mention, most of the reports are quite generic as they then offer you “credits” that you can purchase to use for more specific information… at $50/credit. I didn’t spend another dime or minute with CRI… I put my tail between my legs; walked away; and didn’t look back. How CRI gets any of the rave reviews about health probabilities and genealogy published on their site is beyond me!! I hope that more have seen your review and won’t suffer the disappointment and generic report results I got. Also, they said that it takes 3-6 weeks for processing your report… I got mine in a week! Thanks again.

I have done five DNA tests, and several have been VERY useful to my genealogical research. CRI was not merely an anomaly, it was bogus beyond my imagination. My genealogy work has been (for the most part) easy and straightforward because my family came from England and Scotland and settled in Virginia in the 1600s; then they never left. Over 90% of my ancestors fit that description -- four centuries, ten to fourteen generations. Furthermore, for the last 250+ years (five to seven generations), they have been in a small, isolated, rural region of southern Virginia. It is not an exciting family history compared to most Americans, but it really makes genealogical work easy. My DNA tests from various companies have been relatively similar and have reflected this Celtic and Anglo-Saxon (Northwestern European) background. But CRI gave me a very exotic background that defied history -- not merely my family history, but the history of North America. They gave me, among other impossibilities, a Peruvian and a Punjabi ancestor within the last five generations. Really? A Punjabi or a Peruvian (what, an Inca?) in an isolated, rural farm community in nowhere, Virginia in the 19th or early 20th Century? Why not a Sami or an Inuit? That would be equally as probable. CRI only estimated 25% of my ancestry from the British Isles (CRI combines Celtic and Anglo-Saxon ethnic groupings, which few other DNA testers do). Yep, that's 25% when I know that almost all of my ancestors came from the British Isles. How about it CRI? I think I'll believe all the other DNA companies that estimated ca. 90% from England and the Celtic countries -- a reflection of my actual family history. Would I recommend CRI to anyone for any reason? What do you think?

Sounds like it would be a waste of money. 23&Me give you the mitochondrial and Y DNA info along with autosomal matches and, if you want, the health. Personally, I would never do the health without doing a test hrough my doctor's office.

I did a rest with CRI genetics. I kind of don’t know how to feel or if i can trust my results

Did you talk to costumer service directly?

Without hearing your video, as this is my first thoughts on their commercial that will take me back FIFTY generations. I have explored this concept in my mind in a story I wrote. 50 to the power of 2, my elders. 1,125,899,906,842,624. Amazing. A long list of names from the past 1200 years or so. Figuring out all of the names, and all the interconnections. Bamboo.

I did the test and had my dad do one (I'm female) because I got a 'special' and wanted to see how it compared to the other 2 I did and I was very interested in the 'other stuff' (reports based on your genome, having to do with traits, nutrition, wellness, etc). The ancestry stuff was pretty much in line with the others and a little more detail the others didn't have that matches what I have been finding, so I was pretty happy with that. A few of the reports were very interesting and informative to me, but out of the 52 I ended up with, about a third were totally worthless, said 'inconclusive', and about a third were just dumb, does your urine smell like asparagus, do you have freckles, are your eyes brown or blue, stuff you obviously already know, or just don't care about, seriously, does your urine smell like asparagus, give me a break. So while I was happy with the initial purchase, the yearly subscription is a scam. I did the subscription the first time (again, only because it was a 'special' price, normal is $100 + tax). They give you some of the reports up front and then try to hook you into the VIP subscription with the promise of all these fabulous reports you will have be able to get. They give you monthly credits with which you can 'purchase' additional reports, which they say will be produced monthly. They are not. There were hardly any new reports and the few that I did get, 90% said inconclusive, totally worthless, don't fall for the subscription.

Which do you feel is better 23 and me or ancestry and what would be the difference

Ftdna has autosomal and mtdna and big y also for halogroup deep dive testing and ethnicity projects

is there a test that will show me more ancestry lines than 2?

Just had it done. Would like the report on paper. Not very clear on tech.

I wish I had seen this report before I got tested by CRI. Even their recent genetics reports were vastly different for me than those from other companies like 23&me and Ancestry. When I tried to understand why this was I got the usual "a genetic report" isn't the same a genealogy from CRI support. This video helped me understand the deep dive better and why some ethnicities appeared to be over represented. Now that I understand how this testing is done I know that it is of no genealogical use to me. Don't get this test unless you just want a conversation starter about your mother's maternal and your father's paternal deep ancestry. I think their ads are misleading as they leave out a lot of information about what you are really getting from them.

GeneaVlogger I believe has a video on CRI Genetics as well as Nebula and Useful Charts took CircleDNA

I'm truly not impressed with CRI genetics, 14 months ago I took one of their DNA test kits, I have yet to receive an advanced timeline. After emailing them, I was told it required at minimum 80% DNA accuracy (no idea what level of accuracy was used to compile my other reports, and the results seemed very off from what I knew of my family line) and that my DNA would be reprocessed to make a report and to expect it to take 2-4 weeks. Despite the strange findings in the areas I believe I knew of my family I was open to the science behind the findings but I question the quality, and have yet to receive results. The time frame they requested has passed and I have reached out to them again. I have recently followed up with a report from ancestry, and hope to have answers soon

I did CRI, and it doesn't come close to matching my 23&me, Ancestry, and My Heritage results. Also, they have several of the wrong flags for different countries. It is such a basic mistake, and is highly disappointing. Also, you have to pay extra to see your haplogroups, and pay a membership fee for updates, whereas 23&me and Ancestry provide that for free.

They were closer to being right than the other two DNA I took.

What of the claim of being able to tell when ancestors arrived in country and which generation it was that came over? I paid for both the autosomal test and. Y-dna test to break down what has been a impenetrable wall on my paternal line. I think I am right in saying that they claim to go back 50 generations, with the actual generation in which that paternal ancestor moved from country to country and the year that happened. That’s pretty useful to me if they deliver after 20 years of nothing by searching records and after doing the Ancestry and Family Tree y-dna tests.

Hi guys I ordered this test on august 13,2021 and I got the results on October 13,2021. It was a really long wait. My results showed nothing from the country where I was born as well as where my parents and grandparents were born that it was the same country as me. Three of my generation are from a country that didn’t even show any percentage or anything from my gene. Also I paid for the related famous people and I never got the results for that. I emailed them to ask about that and they gave me random answers, they never answered what I asked. I hope that’s not a scam. If it is not a scam they really makeup the answers about my genes.

Well, luckily they had a 50% off sale :/ I suppose I'll have to save up again and try again with someone else. I really wish this was out a whole ago XD I wouldn't have bought it.

I've tested with all the major companies, and CRI is the only one that gave me vastly different results from all the others. Not sure why

So I'd love to see a response from the CRI scientist to this video?Sounds like a pay more get more scenario?

I thought I had ordered 23 and me because that's what I had put in the search. I wasn't paying super attention. 100.00 out the window, there isn't really anything that I can use.

This Question is for anyone and everyone who knows a thing or two about D.N.A percentages ...my D.N.A report said I'm 3% Italian Swiss and 5% Norweigen does this mean my Gene pool started a long way back with Italian Swiss ancestors or does it mean somewhere a SMALL group of people in my family had Italian Swiss members somewhere along the line irrelevant of when ? Strangely enough I have relatives with the Surname Henderson which is a British Isles Surname but their given first names derive from Italian given Names .

It sounds to me like CRI’s “Deep Ancestry” results would not provide me any more information than I already have woth my Family Tree DNA Full Sequence mitochondrial DNA test.

what i found strange was that the Recent Analysis (5 generations) said 100% European but the Advanced Timeline said 5 generations back Southern Han Chinese with 99% accuracy and 6 generations back Punjabi with 99% accuracy. It seems rather strange that I can be 100% European at the same time I have Southern Han Chinese and Punjabi. Also, they are saying that the Southern Han Chinese was about 1875 and I have all my branches back at least that far and they are all of European origin.

my grandma and her second cousin(male) share a common male ancestor. shouldn't they have the same paternal haplogroup. grandmother-------------------------> father(W McKenzie)------->grandfather(N McKenzie)----->GGF(James McKenzie) 2nd cousin(McKenzie)---------->father(F MCKENZIE)------->grandfather(A McKenzie)----->GGF(James McKenzie) Wouldn't the DNA test results show that they have the same paternal haplogroup. I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question

I’m looking for the best one for finding live relatives

In the chat we were talking about finding new realtives. I found a nephew for my grandfather but the spouse/manager of kit has not reached out to help me figure out which of his siblings has a spare child. Any tips on trying to figure that out? This was on My heritage, and I figured out that it has be a nephew because there are shared matches on his mother's side and the match is my dad's age.

no only with autosomal DNA. the Haploid give a detail picture who you are and you your fathers are. , that more conclusive.

CRI Genetics has superior privacy. That’s why I went with them instead. They cannot sell your information. Those ~other~companies can… and DO! I believe selling that kind of info without consent is ethically corrupt. I feel much safer with CRI.

What are the 3rd party companies that you mention ? I am aware of GedMatch,thats all.

I am happy with CRI, and they don’t sell your information.

Do you think CRI genetics recent ancestry analysis is accurate ?

Doesn't a Y-DNA test show the origins of your direct male line? Basically, your father's father's father's father, etc back something like 50 generations? How is that "not really helpful for an individual?" Am I misunderstanding what the Y-DNA test results tell you?

I got the test during the height of covid. I'm 89.7 African and I'm pretty sure that's accurate for me.

One of CRI's ads says "we can give you information on 50 generations ago that you won't find in any books because or pictures because books and pictures didn't exist back then." And I'm like, *Books didn't exist in 1021? How do you figure that?!* Totally untrustworthy message, and therefore I don't trust much of anything else they claim.

Should a serious genealogist take the CRI Genetics test - Absolutely - especially if they want to break down some brick walls within their autosomal ancestors within the last 500 years. Their results show segments on chromosomes in a an autosomal way (and not just straight paternal or maternal lines. If you have some unique ancestry (such as Native American) that is not picked up by the big box DNA companies (Ancestry, MyHeritage, FTDNA or may have been on your 23andMe report but now has disappeared then definitely yes because they look at your entire autosome and pull together the smaller segments that you see in Gedmatch. They also give you a timeline that reports on segments they found for say Native American and give you a "number" on a particular chromosome that you can then go on DNA painting and plot where that segment is and if you have already painted that segment with say one of your 16 GG Grand parental familes. It has been a "huge" help and I think you should re-evaluate your thinking on them.

People seem to think that because their grandparents were born/grew up somewhere means that's all that runs through their veins... ? 🤷🏽‍♀️

I felt my health and trait reports were inaccurate to me

I would take a DNA test but I'm afraid it come back Neanderthal

If only I had seen this video back in December 2020, a total waste of money😔

I just got a report from CRI. It was 100% nothing like the report I had gotten from Ancestry. Furthermore, Ancestry listed several relatives with matching dna that I could verify. Ancestry said I was over 90% British Isles, with 3% German. CRI listed me at 45% German and 20% British Isles. CRI also sent no matching ancestry evidence of their test results. I’d save your money if you’re planning on using this company and perhaps going with Ancestry or 23.

I just got my results. Said I don't have red hair - I do, said I don't have freckles- I do, said I shouldn't be lactose intolerant- I am, and on and on. It was so off of the obvious things, I don't believe any of the results.

My autozone dna 🧬

Unfortunately, Ancestry no longer reports trace ancestry. That is, if you have less than 2% Japanese and the rest is north European, their report will not include the Japanese. I have through extrapolation of other relative's DNA reports that we are definitely descended from Native Americans. But I didn't get my Ancestry DNA kit until after they changed their policy and stopped with the trace reports so it shows no native American blood. They don't think it's a good idea. I have traced a paper trail for over 20,000 ancestors with several thousand in America and the rest almost all in Europe going back over 1500 years. I have been working on this since 1976 and have had the help of many family members. And while Ancestry's DNA data base may be the most extensive it may not mean it is the most accurate. My report says I can be anywhere from 10-25% English, 10-43% Irish, 12-27% Scottish and 0-5% Norwegian. If you do the math that only shows that it can add up to as much as 100% of the above. This means it could be missing as much as 68% of my dna pie chart. Basically they are saying "we're not quite sure what you are but here is our best guess." Now I can't say if it is more or less accurate than the others but it is no where near as accurate as it should be. But I do understand the reasons. As for native American, it would be useful if they told me that I may have some native American dna to confirm what I have on paper. But keeping silent is not useful. I'm not sure why the change. So to get this I would have to go to other services. It should also show about 1.5% Spanish because I can trace back on paper to about 20 conquistadors in Florida 1565-1735. It shows no Spanish. It should show about 1.5% Spanish for me but it shows none at all. Had I taken this test about a year ago like I should have it most likely would have shown at least some Spanish. It does not today. Other's might. I disagree with this video concerning the usefulness of the male line DNA report. While I can trace back some female lines to the late Roman period I can only go back to about 1630 in my male line. Prior to that there is no record that has yet been found about that ancestor's parents. While not terribly rare, my surname is also not exceedingly common. There are about 13,000 males living in the U.K. with my surname. I have found approximately 27 separate haplogroups represented by that surname thus far. There are probably more. Assuming my haplogroup is about as common as any other with that surname, That means I should have somewhere between 100 and 2000 distant male cousins with the same last name. I have a database of thousands of records of people in England going back 700 years with my surname. I also have a really good idea where we came from. The town my ancestor settled in, in Massachusetts was settled almost entirely by people from the same county in England. By knowing my haplogroup, I can exclude at least 26 categories of people from other haplogroups as my distant cousins and focus on those who belong to the same haplogroup. While they should be spread around quite a bit, most are probably in the U.S., I might be able to confirm the county of origin for my male line. The interesting part is that the county in question has a higher percentage of persons with my surname than any other county in the U.K. indicating a fairly good chance that is in fact our county of origin. The county is relatively small by population. So while there are no guarantees or promises of any kind, knowing my haplogroup brings me all the closer to knowing the origin of my male line. Significant due to the fact that it is the one line I know the least about. This is also significant because about 140 years ago a genealogist traveled to England on behalf of one of my distant cousins for the express purpose of proving that our male line was descended from a relatively famous nobleman who came to England in 1066 with William I. Only problem is that it was based on supposition and not real research. Our name and their name was similar but not spelled or pronounced the same. They also come from a different part of England that my suspected county of origin and most importantly, the person they say my ancestor really is, died and is buried in England and his grave can easily be found whereas our ancestor is buried in Massachusetts where he died and his will was proved proving to me that they can't possibly be the same person. That family, a prominent one in their county, has had their haplogroup identified. If I am not of the same haplogroup then either it is as I suspected or someone in my male line cheated. I know that could not be between 1730 and today because I have seen a painting of my ancestor from 1730 and he looks just like my father's father. it is possible that someone cheated between 1630 and 1730 so I will need confirmation from a couple of distant male cousins from the same documented lined and I happen to have gotten in touch with two and they have agreed to take the test with me. So bottom line, the male line haplogroup is useful in proving that line or possibly in my case, disproving it. We are all waiting for our test kits and then by March we should know something. I think the female line would also be interesting to know. I am expecting it to show an Irish haplogroup but I would be interesting in seeing if that is true. I'm also going to take additional DNA tests through other companies both to compare results and to see how many additional distant cousins I can get in contact with. I will say that not many people out of many thousands that popped up with ancestry's report have replied to my enquiry.

Point made about no genetic genealogy functions - meaning, no list of matches to other people. I did my DNA test with CRI Genetics too and was more flabbergasted by the matches to celebrities and royals. On my mom's side - I'm related to Eva Longoria and Momia Juanita (Inca princess). The relation is likely from my maternal grandfather's side, Herbert and Coward of Watsonville - there is a road in Interlaken named after the Cowards (which is not a nickname for "cowardice"). The Herberts left Ireland around 1848 (Revolutions of 1848, Great Potato Famine) after having settled in Roscommon in 1790, starting with a passenger log for Alexander Herbert, who likely fled France at the time of the French Revolution. The Herberts either went to Montreal, Ohio, or westward by being railroad workers. My uncle was also a delegate for Hillary Clinton from Nevada in 2016. My grandma, Burrow and Swale, on my mom's side was from England and served as a plotter (data analysis and air traffic control) for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. On my dad's side, I'm related to Osman I of the Ottoman dynasty (implies, all of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire), King Somerled of Argyll (major progenitor in Scottish and English royalty), Sir Francis Drake (goes back to Earl of Hereford), Prince Mikolaj Radziwill of the Radziwill dynasty (implies ties to Habsburg dynasty), Sir David Hume (Scottish royalty), Max Von Sydow, Tom Hanks (related to British royalty via 3rd great grandma on his dad's side, Sarah Tandy of Kentucky), Benjamin Netanyahu, Anderson Cooper (Vanderbilts), and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (Dutch royalty and Portuguese royalty have been closely tied historically). All of which, except Netanyahu, support the claim of descent from the Sudeley-Boteler line (Thomas le Boteler, 4th Lord Sudeley) of Norman French royalty that was in England before leaving for Portugal in the 14th century (John de Sudley, Frederick Sudley)...my lineal grandfather, 9 back, is Pedro Pais Sodre who is buried in the habit of St. Francis Xavier, which is a record with the Catholic Church. They were known in Portugal as descendants from the Earl of Hereford, Ralph the Timid (nickname for a loss in battle), and related to St. Edward the Confessor and King Ethelred 'the Unready' (which means 'poorly advised') as a result. The Sudeleys were also prominent benefactors to the Knights Templar. Isabel Sodre is the mother of Vasco Da Gama, whose uncles were Bras and Vincente Sodre who traveled with da Gama to Goa, India when St. Francis was there. Sodre's son was Manuel Lobao Botelho who married into House of Aviz, which is consistent with the presence of Antonio, the Prior of Crato, in the Azores as the last claimant to the crown of Portugal from the House of Aviz before crown of Portugal passed to the House of Austria (Habsburg dynasty). Botelho's son was Francis Joseph Xavier - the name Xavier is likely the result of identifying with the Lancastrians of England (ex, Jorge de Lancastre, Duke of Coimbra) through descent from Queen Philippa of Lancaster (John de Sudley went to Portugal with Queen Philippa as part of her retinue)...whose fourth son, Henry the Navigator, was closely tied with Gonzalo Vaz Botelho (ancestor to the Botelho's of Portugal). Xavier is also the name of a castle in Navarre, Xavier Castle - which means 'the new house.' There continue to be a line of Xavier-Botelho's in Portugal who received titles of royalty from Philip IV of Spain...which probably explains why Botelho was dropped from the name of Francis Joseph Xavier--to get titles from Philip IV, they would have had to pledge loyalty to Philip IV and *not* Antonio, the Prior of Crato. The DNA matches are also limited to who has DNA available for comparison - this amount of ancestry would make me a distant nephew to Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III via Joan (Botiler) Belknap, daughter of Thomas le Boteler, 4th Lord Sudeley, and mother of John Belknap who became Joao de Resende Sodre in Portugal by marriage to Maria Sodre, daughter of Frederick Sudley, and by changing his name--the name Belknap was attainted because of the Peasants Revolt of 1381 until after the death of John's father, Sir Hamon Belknap, when the attainder was revoked--with the help the Lisbon customs clerk, Fernao Sodre...in what appears to have been to preserve the male line of Sodres in Portugal. Albeit, the relation to current British Royalty is likely by *half* and through the unknown mistress of King John, Clementina, and the cadet branches that warred with each other, ex, the Mortimers. The title of Sudeley was seized from Ralph le Boteler, Baron Sudeley, by Richard III who also had seized Sudeley Castle from Edward IV who had first taken the castle from Ralph le Boteler. Baron Sudeley is believed to have been a witness to the execution of Joan of Arc. Ralph's son, Sir Thomas Butler, married Eleanor Talbot - aka, the 'Holy Harlot,' whom Richard III alleged had had a pre-contract of marriage to Edward IV, which invalidated the sons of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville as heirs to the monarchy...who were infamously locked up in the tower by their uncle, Richard III. John Belknap was declared dead in England in 1436 by a council acting on behalf of the boy-king, Henry VI--in what was a power struggle for land in the context of the Wars of the Roses. POINT BEING - I have wanted to know if my results are indicative of royal line that is potentially still current and relevant (capable of inheriting titles) in England....it would help by comparing results of matches to royals and celebrities with other people.

I used crigenetics and all the things you said are not valid because i have people that I was related to and and I have downloaded all of my data.

I was pro CRI until they started promoting Facebook and then I suddenly lost all respect

Thank you for this helpful video. Over the last year I've been tempted to take this CRI Genetics test but backed away for various reasons including bad reviews, their claims seem exaggerated and because I'm already tested at the big five sites, AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FTDNA, MyHeritage and Living DNA. These sites have autosomal matching databases and ancestry composition estimates plus raw data downloads. At FTDNA I paid for Big Y700 and mitochondrial testing and I paid for Health Traits at 23andMe so it's a waste of time and money for me to test at CRI Genetics. Thanks for clearing up their deficiencies, especially no matching database, small reference populations for autosomal ancestry composition estimates and no raw data download.

My sister did the CRI report. It shows that he is 88 percent white 10 percent Indian 2 percent black. My sister is black predominantly black 🤔

I think, CRI Genetics, is Great. I like My Results. I watched a few, of their videos, of explaining, about your DNA, and what they're explaining, seems correct, to me. Now, Just (some), of my ethnicities, that I was expecting, to be on, other sites, were not. Those ethnicities, that I was expecting, are... Italian and Iberian Ethnicity, (Well... my sister and my mother, got those Ethnicities, on My Heritage site and Family Tree DNA), and for me, I got Iberian, only, on living DNA. Thoses Ethnicities, they are, on my, Recent results, on the, CRI Genetics. And the South Asian Ethnicity, that I was, also expecting, are only, on the Advanced Ethnicity, Results section. Even tho, the South Asian Ethnicity, is only on the, Advanced ethnicity section, it's still on CRI Genetics site. In this, CRI Genetics Review, video, saying... Not better then other sites, because, no DNA Matching. Well... At least they have, a reference population. Well... I do have, ethnicities, on here, that I was expecting.

For me 23 and me, and ancestry dna were similar results, cri genetics was COMPLETELY different for example 23 and Ancestry had me 70something percent northern Spain and northern Portugal with some English/Irish/Scottish. While CRI says mostly Italian and German etc which leads me to not trust CRI. I know my relatives came from Galicia for a fact and the galic part of Northern Portugal, I thought there should be more Irish because of my last name Hayes and stories from relatives about Limerick but who knows how many generation have past, the thing is 23 and Ancestry are only slightly different, the other was so far off base.

For men that Y chromosome line makes up a large portion of their genetic makeup. It's the torch that's being passed. Saying it's "only 2 lines" is misleading criticism for men.

It's my understanding ancestry doesn't have a very large European database.

I just got my CRI ancestry dna test today, and I was left feeling upset, confused, and uncomfortable. My results showed that I'm supposedly 53.6% European, and 46.4% black. My top European ancestry origins is 24% Italian, and out of my alleged black ancestry 13% Afro-Caribbean (Barbados). My results make so sense to me. I'm visibly black. Yes, I understand that there are dark skinned mixed people that outwardly look black regardless of their mixed ancestry but, I'm not one of those. Both of my parents, and 4 of my grand parents are black. I understand that there are some black Americans that descend from generational mixed people do to slaves having love relationships or being abused, and those mixed people possibly continuously mixing with other mixed people etc. It doesn't make any sense. But, just like a lot black Americans, I don't know much about my family tree. My results don't make any sense. I'm going to seek answers from the company, and press for a refund.

WHEN ANCESTRY GENEOLOGY ANY OF THOSE STARTED HAPPENING.( I WAS EXCITED.) WANTED TO KNOW MORE. SO I TYPED MY FAMILY NAME ECT. AND THERE IS MY SISTER WHO GAVE FALSE INFO. SHE SAID SHE'S THE ONLY CHILD FROM MOM AND DAD. SHE WAS 3RD CHILD OUT OF 4. IT MADE ME FEEL ILL, AND ALL OF US SIBLINGS ARE STILL ALIVE. LIFE GOES ON.