Alli, _if_ I understand correctly what you have written, a male lineal descendant of your cousin's grandpa must submit his YDNA for the NA lineage to show. (do I understand correctly that your cousin's grgrandpa was Native American? If I mis-understood, then the above info does not apply.) I really should not be so positive about that statement so let me revise and say that it was via my paternal nephew's YDNA that we found our other Native lineage. Yes, we descend from two People. Fran Chinkapin On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Alli :) <iamcheroke@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok...I know that the mtDNA test's trace the women's line..but. > > > What if you descend back through 2 female lines & the "connection" is a > male > line.. Would you take a different test for the male line? > > > > The reason for my question is...i have a distant cousin who connects to me > through siblings...her great grandpa is a brother to my great grandma..she > descends through his daughter & granddaughter. It of course didn't show up > any NA markers. > > > > Now I'm the opposite of her..up until my dad, we descend through all > females, so I have to have his sister or a cousin who descends through > their > mom's sister take the mtDNA as they descend from through the females. > > > But what should she do to get actual results that are connected through her > great grandpa.? > > Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee-dna > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yeah I think you understood me correctly. My cousin & I have the same mutual relatives to an extent. Our dbl. great grandparents are Phariss Her great grandpa was James a brother to my great grandma Martha. For my cousin it goes: James (male), female, female, female. She took the DNA test & without realizing it, she traced her mother's genetic's, which is ok, but it traced back to her great grandma's lineage instead of the great grandpa's. For me, I'm opposite. I descend from the female side until my dad & then me. So for me, it'd automatically trace my mom's side. So I have a cousin that descends from a sister to my paternal grandma who will take the test & I'm going to see if I can get an aunt that is a sister to my dad to take the test. Then I'll have my mtDNA traced for that side of the family which is suppose to carry the NA blood. I haven't found where we're not connected, but still trying to prove the connection :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:46 AM To: iamcherokee@gmail.com; CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] [CHEROKEE-DNA] Question Alli, _if_ I understand correctly what you have written, a male lineal descendant of your cousin's grandpa must submit his YDNA for the NA lineage to show. (do I understand correctly that your cousin's grgrandpa was Native American? If I mis-understood, then the above info does not apply.) I really should not be so positive about that statement so let me revise and say that it was via my paternal nephew's YDNA that we found our other Native lineage. Yes, we descend from two People. Fran Chinkapin