Ancestry.com DNA test

[orionpyoung]

Unixken, I am quite curious, very tempted by the DNA test and Ancestry.com. Unfortunetly what I managed to find out on the 14 day free trial is no further back then the book a distant relative made on the Young's family tree. It all comes to Lewis Young from Morris County New Jersey, born 1779. That area was colonized by Scots in the 1600's, so I'm pretty sure lewis was Scottish. But it would be interesting to know. Also, it's great to see Unix in a kilt!

Father Bill, I know where your coming from. It would be silly to get to excited about your genetic history and loose sight of your real human family history! But every DNA sample they get, the more accurate the science gets.

[Kilted Cole]

My wife and I took up the discount as well...eagerly awaiting the results for ours.....The reason why My wife wanted to do it is because there is a long held rumor that there is some Native American in the family tree.....so we figured this was worth a shot......I've always been interested in this sort of thing......let us know what you find out.....

[A Hay]

I also have heard through our family oral history that an ancestor married a Native American, but no firm proof. However, on my last dentist visit, the Dentist asked if I had any Native American lineage. I was quite surprised and answered that it was possible. We reside in southwest Michigan and he treats patients that belong to the Pokagon Tribe of the Potawatomi Indians. Apparently there is a unique tooth formation which I happen to have.
I've been thinking about the Ancestry DNA testing. I'll be following this thread.

Tom

[TheOfficialBren]

I also have heard through our family oral history that an ancestor married a Native American, but no firm proof. However, on my last dentist visit, the Dentist asked if I had any Native American lineage. I was quite surprised and answered that it was possible. We reside in southwest Michigan and he treats patients that belong to the Pokagon Tribe of the Potawatomi Indians. Apparently there is a unique tooth formation which I happen to have.
I've been thinking about the Ancestry DNA testing. I'll be following this thread.

Tom

Scoops in the back of your top incisors, most likely. Asiatic and Native American teeth often have this characteristic. My own family carries this trait and it is not an uncommon trait found amongst Americans with Native American ancestry, even if only a little.

Edited to Add:
Dr Bill Bass of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has made an extensive study on this subject. He summarizes it well in his book "Beyond The Body Farm."

[McElmurry]

I did the $99 test at 23andMe. It is not a very deep ancestry test but I came out R-L21 which is all I really need to know since I have excellent documentation for my paternal line.

A distant relation on my McElmurry line tested positive for R-M222, the infamous "Niall of the Nine Hostages" line. I have been following the action on the R-M222 boards but it will probably be six to twelve months before they sort out all the new markers discovered by Full Genome, Big Y, and Chromo2.