Take that money you would have spent on 23andMe and hire a genealogist. Heck, you might find someone who enjoys doing it for free.
Either way, you'd have better luck going that route. I have records dating all the way back to the mid 19th century. Unfortunately, the records stop there because certain world wars and the allies bombing the living sh!t out of anything German.
I could check out grave sites, but my ancestral home town was raped and pillaged by the Soviets. I took a trip there and seeing the before and after pictures made me horribly depressed.
Either way, you'd have better luck going that route. I have records dating all the way back to the mid 19th century. Unfortunately, the records stop there because certain world wars and the allies bombing the living sh!t out of anything German.
I could check out grave sites, but my ancestral home town was raped and pillaged by the Soviets. I took a trip there and seeing the before and after pictures made me horribly depressed.