> Rumors of Cherokee on both sides of my father's family. Have my > grandmothers mtDNA sequence from np 16.001 to 16,683 > (electrophernogram). Is there any way to search this sequence > against knowns on-line? > > 0aerothree3@gmail.com I think it would be more appropriate to ask what you KNOW from the evidence doing actual RESEARCH first before jumping to DNA test results. Today's DNA tests are not so sophistocated as to be able to pinpoint a tribal connection although they can indicate, in some cases, the existence of Native American or other Asian ancestry. In your case with mtDNA--the Indian heritage would need to be on your paternal grandmother's "tail female" side--meaning her mother's mother's mother's etc. line. Joan JYoung6180@aol.com