I don't have the expertise to recommend any testing service. All I can suggest is understand what you are getting for what you pay.

My results are from the Genographic Project, a joint National Geographic/IBM project which charts DNA migritory history based on their research of indigenous ...

As another example attached are yDNA (patermal) results which are from my German heritage. It has far more information than my Italian mtDNA (maternal).

What we learned from this is that my German family yDNA shows a pre-Europe movement to Central Asia that explains why we see the Epicanthic fold ...

The attached file is derived from my Genographic mtDNA testing to give you an idea of expected results. As you can see my N1c haplogroup does not have much information now. Only that it is pre-European and more testing is being done.

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Just so we all understand, my maternal relatives are from a very ancient town near Verona. Testing did not identify this. My family has always stayed connected. I've been there and visited with my relatives.

What has intrigued Italian experts on DNAForums is that the town of San Giorgio di ...

No problem.

I used the Genographic Project because it is jointly run by National Geographic and IBM which gives it much research credibility as they are runring a major DNA tracking project in addition to public testing: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/

A kit costs $99.95 + shipping ...

Let's not forget that geneology is flawed as well. Records are missing or modified, verbal information can be inaccurate, and family secrets often go to the grave.

DNA testing is done with a simple cheek swab test. And you are not given any matches with your results. You are assigned to a large ...

Men inherit both the y (paternal) and mt (maternal) DNA and can be tested for both. However, men only pass down their y DNA to their sons.

Women only inherit mtDNA from their mothers but pass their mt DNA to both their sons and daughters. Only their daughters can pass that mtDNA on however.

The ...

I had my mtDNA tested. My maternal line is from a town near Verona. Unfortunately I am in a very rare pre-European haplogroup N1c so I am having difficulties finding any matches. There is a possiblity that I may be descended from an Italian tribe that existed with the Etruscians and had once settled ...