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. Regards Rory -----Original Message----- From: Alba Dunlop [mailto:adunlop@ilap.com] Sent: 14 February 2003 04:01 To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: DNA testing Rory Thanks for that reply but I have another question. What if your parents were cousins would not the female line then have less mutations seeing as it shared a more common thread and less ancestors. This cousin thing is not only recent but runs in my Jewish family tree (rabbinical families). Do I make sense?. I have only one half brother whose health is quite poor and only a few male cousins, hence my concern. Alba Rory McGregor wrote: > The mito-dna is used for the female line but someone else on this thread > mentioned thatthe incidence of mutation is greater for that DNA than the > Y-DNA. > > SO for you to trace the line of your last name you would need to test a mile > of your line so your brother or father but not your son > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES What is a Mailing List? http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html

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. >

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 >