Edna; The YDNA remains essentially the same from Father to son over time, with minor mutations occasionally. Therefore, I, as the son of my father have the same YDNA as my father, and my sons have that same YDNA. My daughters did not receive my YDNA, because YDNA follows the male line only. MTDNA is passed from ones' mother, so I and my sister received my Mother's MTDNA and my sister passed that same MTDNA to her children, while my children received the MTDNA from my wife. The Scientist therefore tell us that we can essentially assume that my male direct line ancestors of my surname have essentially the same YDNA that I do. I hope this discussion helps answer your question. Larry R. Alexander alexlarry@comcast.net We honor God and Country, and we honor our Patriot Ancestors for the sacrifices they suffered to provide us the freedoms we enjoy today, and we also honor our current and past service men and women who have assured that we will continue to enjoy the freedoms our Patriot Ancestors won for us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna Franklin" <e.franklin@mchsi.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <alexander@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [ALEXANDER] Alexander DNA Project >I wonder where they got the DNA of the ancestors? Thanks. > Edna > > -----Original Message----- > From: alexander-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alexander-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:45 PM > To: ALEXANDER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALEXANDER] Alexander DNA Project > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: RogAlexander > Surnames: Alexander > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.alexander/6234/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > The Alexander DNA Project is up to over 80 members, over 2/3 of whom have > "matched" others who have tested. One key to DNA testing is to help us > Alexanders locate previously unknown "cousins", enabling us to share > information and research efforts. > > The Project is very active, gaining new members weekly. We have lot of > helpful information, including lineages of our members and simple > explanations of DNA testing and its value. > > Anyone interested in learning more is welcome to reply. > > Respectfully, > > Roger Alexander > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above > and > respond on the board. > > > > Problems, contact the list administrator gail dot kilgore at gmail dot com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALEXANDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Problems, contact the list administrator gail dot kilgore at gmail dot com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALEXANDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message