My Birthday Present is a DNA Test!

[Colonel MacNeal]

No not a paternity test! My missus told me last night that she is going to give me a DNA test for my birthday in June. This is so cool! I can finally confrim my Dad's (God rest his soul) work on our Genealogy and see if we really did enter Britain with the Duke of Normandy. Or I might discover I have something more in common with the old Duke. - ha!!? (psst he was a b@st@rd)

[Bugbear]

Congratulations. DNA can be important to clan tartan.

[terialka]

aaawwww… that is a very special gift, I am glad for you

Excuses my ignorance, you know that I'm new in this, how to confirm if you are descending of the Duke? , exists some type of registry with that DNA or any other?

Saludos!!

[Cynthia]

That's a really neat gift! Be sure to tell us how the results turned out.

[EagleJCS]

aaawwww… that is a very special gift, I am glad for you

Excuses my ignorance, you know that I'm new in this, how to confirm if you are descending of the Duke? , exists some type of registry with that DNA or any other?

Saludos!!

Actually, the genealogical DNA tests Colonel McNeal is talking about don't show specific relationships to individuals in the past, unless you have their DNA (hair, blood, bones, etc.). It still wouldn't show the specific 'family tree', just whether you're related.

For example, the Y-chromosome DNA test looks at the paternal (father's) bloodline. It can show whether the two tested males are related or not. Since only men carry the Y-chromosome, women who want to investigate their father's bloodline must get a male relative (father, brother, uncle - blood-related, not by marriage) to be tested.

The mitochondrial DNA test looks at the maternal (mother's) bloodline. Both men and women may be tested with this one.

Both of these tests will show how closely the two people being tested are related, within a couple of generations (anywhere from 3 to 10, from what I've read). Exactly how close depends on how expensive you want to get.

You can look up 'genealogical DNA testing' to find out more.

[terialka]

Actually, the genealogical DNA tests Colonel McNeal is talking about don't show specific relationships to individuals in the past, unless you have their DNA (hair, blood, bones, etc.). It still wouldn't show the specific 'family tree', just whether you're related.

For example, the Y-chromosome DNA test looks at the paternal (father's) bloodline. It can show whether the two tested males are related or not. Since only men carry the Y-chromosome, women who want to investigate their father's bloodline must get a male relative (father, brother, uncle - blood-related, not by marriage) to be tested.

The mitochondrial DNA test looks at the maternal (mother's) bloodline. Both men and women may be tested with this one.

Both of these tests will show how closely the two people being tested are related, within a couple of generations (anywhere from 3 to 10, from what I've read). Exactly how close depends on how expensive you want to get.

You can look up 'genealogical DNA testing' to find out more.

thanks, that I have it more less clearly, I had understood (by my understanding of language English ) he wanted to know if it descended from the Normandy Duke, for that reason asked if those types of registries like seeing the relation existed.

a small idiomatic misunderstanding

Saludos!

[HeathBar]

I did the DNA testing through familytreeDNA. If there is a group that matches your surname, you can join that group and get the test at a discount rate. Also, get the highest level you can afford. At the time I could only afford the 12 marker test. I do have a few exact matches on the 12 markers and two of these guys are members of my clan association. But even at the 12 marker level the best they could estimate was that there a an 86.34% chance we shared a common ancestor in the last 22 generations. I was thrilled with the matches. One of the chaps I matched with is a native Scot. But none of us have our history back 22 generations. By increasing the markers to either 24 or 36, that generational gap could be narrowed. They can do additional tests with just the one sample you provide and you can upgrade later if you wish to do so.

Your best bet is to join a group and get that discount rate.

[Colonel MacNeal]

thanks, that I have it more less clearly, I had understood (by my understanding of language English ) he wanted to know if it descended from the Normandy Duke, for that reason asked if those types of registries like seeing the relation existed.

a small idiomatic misunderstanding

Saludos!

Hi T!
I don't think I am related to the Duke, just one of his loyal followers. My blood is red, not blue. How about you my little Chile Relleno? What are your ingredients?
Ciao, ColMac

I don't think they have this dish in Chile, but it is one of my favorites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_relleno

[gilmore]

Actually, the genealogical DNA tests Colonel McNeal is talking about don't show specific relationships to individuals in the past, unless you have their DNA (hair, blood, bones, etc.). It still wouldn't show the specific 'family tree', just whether you're related.

For example, the Y-chromosome DNA test looks at the paternal (father's) bloodline. It can show whether the two tested males are related or not.
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Not exactly.

Y DNA testing does show if there is a relationship between two men and predicts an estimate as to how close that relationship is, based on the probability of the number of mutations, and thus the number of generations from their most common ancestor.

So, if one of the men has a paper trail of documented evidence tracing his ancestry to, say, one of William the Conqueror's knights, and the other man and he share a common ancestor more recent than than, it can show the probability of descent from the Norman knight for the man without the paper trail. Sometimes these are very high levels of probability, sometimes not so much.

For more info, see the FAQ at www.familytreedna.com

[EagleJCS]

I didn't want to get too detailed and generalized a great deal. That's why I suggested looking it up if she wanted to know more.

... Now back to your regular thread ...