The first actual record we find of Antoine Gougeon is the 1671 Acadian census record, where he is enumerated in Port Royal, Acadia. Click on any image to enlarge The area included in Port Royal wasn’t just the town, but the fertile tidal marshes and communities all up and down la Rivière du Dauphin, today’s …
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FOCUS Step 2: Finding the Y-DNA and Mitochondrial DNA of Your Ancestors
This is the third article in our FOCUS series, providing step-by-step instructions for identifying brick-walled ancestors. These two articles detail the initial steps: FOCUS: A New Series Focused on Breaking Down Brick Walls FOCUS: Step 1 – Seven Solutions for DNA Matches with Absent or Shrunken Trees By now, you will have selected the ancestor …
The Scandinavian Blur
October 23, 2026 Ancestry recently released updates to their DNA Ancestral Origins section. Ancestral Origins is Ancestry’s name for their Ethnicity Estimate. This section attempts to show a breakdown of which specific countries your ancestors came from. It also gives the percentage of your DNA that originated in each of the countries. If you’ve …