The most common DNA test is called autosomal and it is
offered at five major companies including Ancestry. At our April meeting more information about
the two lesser known tests was requested.
YDNA and mtDNA tests are only offered by Family Tree
DNA. The YDNA tests match you with
descendants of your Y DNA inheritance line:
your father’s father’s father’s line and so on. Only male family members are tested. Y DNA test has many different levels and your
matches will keep asking you to spend more money in the hundreds of
dollars. 😊
The mitochondrial line is your mother’s mother’s mother’s
line and so on. Both men and women
inherit mtDNA from their mothers. Both
can test. For mtDNA there is basically
only one useful test and it is called “mt Full Sequence’.
To explain all this I am offering a one-time conversation
with demos. I will start with basic
information about genetics and the various tests. I don’t think it will be particularly
technical.
I will briefly demo the
autosomal test offered by Family Tree DNA called Family Finder. Then I will demo 3 of my family YDNA results and
my own mitochondrial results. Then we
can look at tests from attendees. I am
not planning a lecture; it will mostly be conversational.
Interested?
If you are interested, you
will need to respond by this Sunday, April 21. Respond
to ferndalegenies@gmail.com. If you have results from either of these
tests, describe the tests and any actions you have taken to try to use
them.
If you don’t have results, you are welcome to come watch and
listen. If you have not tested anyone,
don’t order any tests until after this meeting.
Some brick walls can benefit from these tests but this event will mostly
broaden your knowledge.
Also tell me if you have special scheduling
requirements. Like vacations or weekends. I want to schedule it when interested folks
can come, hopefully during May.
This will be an “up-leveling” experience for people of all
levels of genealogy or DNA experience.
Take the plunge!
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