singhals wrote: > cecilia wrote: >> Huntersglenn wrote: >> >>> [...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance company >>> knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. IF >>> either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to get >>> it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] >> >> An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes >> of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. > > Another reason not to put too much on line? (g) The markers used in these sorts of tests are in the junk DNA. Since they don't code for genes, there is no selection pressure on them, so they make better molecular clocks. If they did code for genes, then some mutations would be lost because they were fatal. But with junk DNA all the mutations stick around, because they don't matter, so you can, with an assumed mutation rate, measure when two lines diverged. -- Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB

T.M. Sommers wrote: > singhals wrote: >> cecilia wrote: >>> Huntersglenn wrote: >>> >>>> [...].the likelihood of the government or an insurance company >>>> knowing about the DNA genealogy testing isn't all that great. IF >>>> either entity wanted my DNA that badly, they'd most likely opt to >>>> get it directly from me, or from my house, or my doctor. [...] >>> >>> An insurance company might be as interested in the ages at and causes >>> of death of one's last three generations of ancestors. >> >> Another reason not to put too much on line? (g) > > The markers used in these sorts of tests are in the junk DNA. Since they > don't code for genes, there is no selection pressure on them, so they > make better molecular clocks. If they did code for genes, then some > mutations would be lost because they were fatal. But with junk DNA all > the mutations stick around, because they don't matter, so you can, with > an assumed mutation rate, measure when two lines diverged. > Hi, So in actual fact DNA Genealogy is guess work at the best and thus can not be relied on concerning the number of generations involved due to the AssUMed mutation rate. Some one is trying to sell us a Pig in a poke, con job, scam, rip off, lie, cheat us out of our hard earned income. As Benny Hill once said never Assume as you make an Ass out of U and Me. Now lets get back to some real Genealogical detective work. David