Thanks Paul I didn't know that. Karen On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Paul Wright <[email protected]>wrote: > The longest segment between a parent and child is typically the longest > chromosome (chr 1) unless there is a mirodeletion which cuts it into more > than one segment. There is no association between this and surname. > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Sam Eaton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Karen, > > > > I would need testing of both of your father's parents descendants before > I > > would even begin to guess on this one. In other words the answer is > > unlikely. > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > Hi Ann > > > > Thank you for the image. > > > > Dad and I have tested and the longest segment we have in common is 267.21 > > cMs with almost 60,000 SNP's, so would it be wrong to guess that the > > longest segment is his surname ? The next longest is 206.75 cM's most > > likely a grandparent line? All other segments are under 200cMs., with > less > > than 50,000SNP's > > > > > > ______________________________ > > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please > see: > > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >