Hi Richard That info is indeed very useful -as well as interesting. I for one do not believe I am decended from this line, so that means this way - DNA testing - is not open to me. What a shame! It's a bit like those Afro-Caribbeans who tried to trace their ancestry back to Africa and found a predominance in some cases, of EUROPEAN ancestry. Oops. Oh well. Maybe the good Lord has another way of showing me my Jewish ancestry. Nu. Regards, Sadie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:52 AM Subject: Re: DNA testing > Hi Sara, > > I see Joan has sent you a link for DNA testing, so I will deal with the > aspect of testing for Jewishness. Up to about two months ago, I would have > said that you would have had to be male to test for Jewishness, and only for > one particular line of Jews, that is, the descendants of Priests, (not > Rabbis). > > This is a test for the so-called Cohenic (or as pronounced Kohanic) gene. If > you were male and descended from a Priest long forgotten you would have this > gene and that would have shown your Jewishness. You will see Cohanim on the > website and I am sure you will know what that means. This test was able to > prove that a group of people (Africans) in South Africa, who claimed to have > practised Judaism, and were thus Jews from time immemorial, were descended > from a Priest or Cohen. > > For female ancestry we have long known that you can use mitochondrial DNA, > but I do not think that you can tell a person's Jewishness from that unless > you combine it with a genealogy which connects you to a line of Jews. But > about two months ago I learnt that analysis can obtain both X and Y > chromosomal data from mitochondrial DNA. But this means that unless you have > the Kohanic gene you would not be able to establish your Jewishness from > this mitochondrial DNA test alone. I hope this helps. > > Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sara Weiss" <ksara@tesco.net> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:54 PM > Subject: Re: DNA testing > > > > Do you know, or does anyone know, where I could get DNA testing and would > it prove my Jewishness? > > > > Sadie Weiss > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alba Dunlop" <adunlop@ilap.com> > > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:33 PM > > Subject: Re: DNA testing > > > > > > > Thanks again for your help. Yes the Jewish side of the family tree has > yielded a gold mine of information. I was so surprised to find > > > all this information was there and had survived after all the upheavals > and persecutions through out the ages. > > > Alba > > > > > > Rory McGregor wrote: > > > > > > > This I am not sure about and I think actually the best thing is to go > to the > > > > website www.familytreedna.com and send them an email. They should be > able > > > > to answer. Just to note one of their biggest projects is to trace > Jewish > > > > DNA so their database could be quite useful to you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > > ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES > > > What is a Mailing List? > > > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html > > > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ >