All of this is interesting and expensive for the average individual. I do know that my Slovenian side is darker skinned and we all have a variety of hair colors. My dad had sisters that were brunettes, blonds, and a redhead as well as a red headed brother. My mom's side was fairer skinned (German and Croatian), but there were brunettes and redheads again. Someone once said something about blood type when referring to where people are from. Well, we were a big family and seemed to have all blood types. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] DNA Testing > > Robert, > > I found your post interesting. I'm here in Colorado also, so I'm curious > as to where your friend had his testing done? (of course, the kit is a > possibility as well) > > My grandfather from Konjsko Brdo had skin much darker than my grandmother > from Stefanci. > > My grandfather fathered 3 daughters, so I don't know how the DNA testing > would work, or if results on his DNA could come out of one of the > daughters. > > Lori > > -- Robert Jerin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend in Colorado who is of Croatian and Slovene heritage. He > had DNA testing done a year or so ago, and here is what he found. > > His Croatian side is darker skined, while his Slovene side is fairer > skined. > > DNA testing said his Slovene side had roots in the middle east. > > His Croatian side had roots in.... Scandanavia. > > Interesting results. I will ask him for his input since he is one of the > few people whom I know who has had DNA testing done. > > Robert > > Kurt McCrary <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > Yes, I did see that Sounds interesting. Here is another site as well. > 100.oo bucks sounds a little easier than 200.00 bucks. Though on the > following website his main Stream is PA-Dutch I thought it was interesting > reading the coments and comparing prices. > > Best Regards > Kurt > http://www.kerchner.com/pa-gerdna.htm > > nharamija wrote: > Kurt; > That is a fine undertaking, but you have to read this very closely. > The project is also inviting participation from the general public, for a > fee. People may buy a kit for $99.95 (plus shipping and handling) that > will > allow them to scrape the matter from the inside of their cheeks and send > it > in. They will receive information about their own migratory history, and > their data will be included in the master database. Participants will > receive updates on the project and other materials as well. > All information in the master database will be anonymous and researchers > promise to keep individual identities confidential. This does not as a > genealogy data base help finding your ancestors. > > Project organizers said the result will include scientific papers, > educational programming and a public database that can serve as a resource > for scientists and researchers. > > Blood samples will be collected from indigenous people by researchers > based > at 10 sites around the world: Shanghai, China; Moscow; Tamil Nadu, India; > Beirut, Lebanon; Philadelphia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Paris; > Melbourne, > Australia; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Cambridge, England. > > The project is also inviting participation from the general public, for a > fee. People may buy a kit for $99.95 (plus shipping and handling) that > will > allow them to scrape the matter from the inside of their cheeks and send > it > in. > > They will receive information about their own migratory history, and their > data will be included in the master database. Participants will receive > updates on the project and other materials as well. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurt McCrary" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] DNA Testing > > > Hello Lori, > This was just in the paper last week, thought it might help. > > best regards > kurt > > Gene Project Aims to Trace Human Migration > Wed Apr 13, 8:20 AM ET Science - AP > > By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer > WASHINGTON - Researchers are aiming to learn more about how the Earth was > populated by collecting and analyzing genetic samples from 100,000 people > around the globe. > > The five-year Genographic Project, being announced Wednesday, will use > sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA to figure out the > patterns in which people moved from one part of the world to another. It > is > sponsored by the National Geographic Society and IBM. > > "We're trying to figure out where we came from. It's a very simple human > question," said Spencer Wells, the project's director and a population > geneticist known for groundbreaking work in this field. > > Researchers plan to collect blood samples from 10,000 indigenous people - > those whose ancestors inhabited a land before Europeans or other outsiders > arrived - at each of 10 sites around the world. Because indigenous people > trace their ancestors back to the same land over considerable time, their > DNA contains "key genetic markers that have remained relatively unaltered > over hundreds of generations," project scientists said. That makes their > genetics reliable indicators of ancient migratory patterns. > > Most of the work that's been done so far has been based on genetic data > from > about 10,000 people, Wells said. That has helped establish that people > came > from Africa within the last 60,000 years, but little is known about what > migratory routes they followed off that continent or what happened over > the > last 10,000 years, he said. > > Genetic fingerprints help establish the patterns, enabling scientists to > trace variations in genes to their origins, he said. > > For instance, scientists are not sure how the Americas were first > populated, > said Ajay Royyuru, the lead scientist for IBM. The first people may have > come from Siberia and eastern Asia, or they may have been Europeans > migrating over a frozen north Atlantic, he said. > > "The goal of the project is to learn the journey that our ancestors > traveled > and hopefully answer the question of who we are and how we happened to be > where we are," he said. > > The project is also inviting participation from the general public, for a > fee. People may buy a kit for $99.95 (plus shipping and handling) that > will > allow them to scrape the matter from the inside of their cheeks and send > it > in. They will receive information about their own migratory history, and > their data will be included in the master database. Participants will > receive updates on the project and other materials as well. > > All information in the master database will be anonymous and researchers > promise to keep individual identities confidential. > > Wells said he is not concerned that the database might be skewed with > samples from people who can afford to pay nearly $100 to participate, > saying > even nonrandom data will help scientists understand migration patterns. > > Part of the proceeds will help fund the Genographic Legacy Project, which > will support education and cultural preservation efforts among > participating > indigenous groups. > > Project organizers said the result will include scientific papers, > educational programming and a public database that can serve as a resource > for scientists and researchers. > > Blood samples will be collected from indigenous people by researchers > based > at 10 sites around the world: Shanghai, China; Moscow; Tamil Nadu, India; > Beirut, Lebanon; Philadelphia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Paris; > Melbourne, > Australia; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Cambridge, England. > > The $40 million is being funded in part by the Waitt Family Foundation. > > ___ > > On the Net: > > > The Genographic Project: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic > > > lori wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Does anyone know of any DNA testing being done for those of us of Croatian > descent? 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