My DNA

A funny thing happened over the Christmas holiday.  Let me start off with my sister's annual Christmas party that used to be at her house in Scranton, PA.  We all used to go up there for a party, usually on a Saturday close to the holiday.  My brother Paul used to also host a party right around the holiday, so it was always a big family affair.

Recently my sister has been hosting the party at a local restaurant/bar (mostly bar) near my house, and everyone looks forward to getting together.  It's not just our siblings and their families, we also have cousins and their families attend.  So it's almost a family reunion type event, and always fun.

Well this year after the party, I got an e mail from ancestry.com saying that my DNA kit had been shipped. Then it said that my sister had ordered it for me.  Well, the kit got to my house in a few days, and I followed the instructions, by spitting in the vial they supply, and sent it back the next day.  Two days ago I got another e mail from ancestry.com saying that they had started processing my sample on Jan. 21, 2015.  Just so you know, I had sent the kit back before I posted my last blog on Catherine Bergen Cavanagh.

The last e mail I got from ancestry.com says that I should get results from the DNA in six to eight weeks.  They said that in the meantime, I should update my family tree on ancestry so that I can get the most out of process.  So that's what I am going to do.

I recently realized that ever since I started this blog, I have been using it almost like a tree.  I have been adding all of the info that I have gotten over the past few years to my blog, but very little of it has been put into my Family Tree Maker program.  Uh oh, I have got a lot of work to do so that my tree is up to date.

I have never been organized, and I have death certificates, birth certificates, marriage records, and obituaries in folders, envelopes and notebooks all over the place.  I have a couple of file drawers with files in them with the names of ancestors, but not all of the info I have has been placed in the appropriate folder.  So I need to sort out a bunch of stuff.  Unfortunately the only organized child I have is now married and out of the house.  Man I miss that kid.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that over the next few weeks I am going to be doing more organizing than researching, and I really like researching more that organizing.  But I guess the good news is that when I am organizing, I will (hopefully) find some good stuff that I forgot I had.  It actually happens to me more often than not.  If I find anything interesting I will write about it, but if I don't, I don't know when my next post will be.

I am sure that over the next few weeks I will dig up some blog fodder right here in my own Archives. When I do, you will be the first to know.  Then when my DNA results come back, I hope to bury you in newly found ancestors and cousins.