But Michael, it would still depend on where it originated from. If your mother was 1/4 Native American from her father it would not show up on the mtDNA ( maternal line DNA ). This is because the mtDNA comes from mother to mother. This is the test performed on the X from the female parent. If your father was 1/4 from his mother's line then it would not show up on the Y DNA test because the Y comes from the father. It gets a little confusing but it really depends on how the blood comes down the line. Like wise, your mother could never take the Y test to check her blood from her father because she doesn't get a Y..she gets an X from him too. I'm not sure if there is an X test from male to female available currently. You or your brother could check your mother's DNA by having the X test performed. However, you still run into the problem if it was your mother's father who was native american. Your mother would have gotten an X from him and not a Y for the Y DNA testing. So performing the mtDNA test on you and your brother for your mom would still not show it. This is not to say she isn't native american from her father's blood. I have had some DNA work done. I'll check to see if there is a more comprehensive DNA test available but I don't think it is. If I need to explain more let me know and I will give you some clearer examples. Tootles Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Matherly" <michael@michaelmatherly.com> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] Re:DNA testing/ James Armstrong LEA > Both of my parents are 1/4 native american, so I get the indian blood > equally from both of them. This is why I was dissapointed in my brothers > dna test results. > > Michael > > > It depends on where the Native American blood came from as to if you show > > it > > on a DNA test. > > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com >