Linda, I have been studying up on DNA since it got popular for genealogy and still have much to learn. However I THINK I can answer your question. Just as the Y DNA is passed through the male line -- the MtDNA is passed through the female line. So if you take yourself and keep following ONLY the female line back to the earliest female ancestor that you know of -- that is who your results would be representing (actually that person's mother, grandmother etc.). SO any direct FEMALE descendant of Anna Barbara who is tested would be a match. Remember any marriages of sons that intervene in the line negate the direct female line. I was out of her gene pool when daughter Anna Maria married Johannes Thomas. Take care. Marilyn Therefore, I ask the question: How can you possibly have the mitochondrial information for all female descendants of Anna Barbara Schone? I know of nine generations (at least), in my family tree, who are descended from her, but could not have the same mitochondrial DNA, if it is only good to prove one generation. Would you be so kind as to explain this to me? -----Original Message----- From: Linda Johnston <ljohnston@ispmgt.com> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com; cmorris575@att.net Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 3:17 am Subject: [GERMANNA] No Yager/Yeager DNA Study in the works Corlee: I descend from Anna Barbara Schone, through her husband, Cyriacus FLESHMAN. I must admit, I don't know a whole lot about DNA, but thought that the mitochondrial information, that is passed from a mother to her children, was only good to test to prove that generation ONLY, as it changes with succeeding females. I've been following the Kincaid DNA project (just to learn more about DNA), as they have some very intelligent people on their list, and explain DNA in great detail. Therefore, I ask the question: How can you possibly have the mitochondrial information for all female descendants of Anna Barbara Schone? I know of nine generations (at least), in my family tree, who are descended from her, but could not have the same mitochondrial DNA, if it is only good to prove one generation. Would you be so kind as to explain this to me? Thanks, Linda Johnston Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:07:44 -0800 (PST) > From: Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> > Subject: [GERMANNA] No Yager/Yeager DNA Study in the works > To: Germanna List <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <793572.96537.qm@web80004.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Sorry to disappoint, but I am looking for a Yeager male to capture the > Y-Chromosome before the line dies out. There were no more Yeagers in my > line to test. I have a double cousin who has a Yeager Uncle that is going > to be tested (soon I hope). I am trying to capture all of my DNA lines > while links still exist. Once the Genealogy DNA sample has been taken, > future test can be performed as the need arises. All Germanna descendants > do not need to be test to build a DNA tree. I have the Mitochondrial > information for all female descendants from Anna Barbara Schone > Blankenbaker Born: 29 Sep 1664 Neuenburg, Baden, Germany?and all of the > descendants from her 3 daughters. > > At one time I proposed a Germanna DNA Project but I was told that Germanna > could not take on that type of task. So I dropped it. But it would be an > interesting study. Since our genealogies are well documented it would be > great to see what changes took place since 1717. > > Corlee Morris > Germanna Yeagers ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And another way to explain it is that ALL of my children have my mtDNA. And all of my female grandchildren have my mtDNA. But all of my male grandchildren have the mtDNA of their own mother who has the mtDNA of her mother who has the mtDNA of her mother....and so on up through the generations. I had my own mtDNA tested this summer and if you use Brian Sykes' Seven Daughters of Eve book's generalizations of the clan mothers, I descend from Helena. Fun stuff! Marsha Moses On Dec 18, 2008, at 9:40 AM, gneolog@aol.com wrote: > Linda, I have been studying up on DNA since it got popular for > genealogy and still have much to learn. However I THINK I can answer > your question. Just as the Y DNA is passed through the male line -- > the MtDNA is passed through the female line. So if you take yourself > and keep following ONLY the female line back to the earliest female > ancestor that you know of -- that is who your results would be > representing (actually that person's mother, grandmother etc.). SO > any direct FEMALE descendant of Anna Barbara who is tested would be > a match. Remember any marriages of sons that intervene in the line > negate the direct female line. I was out of her gene pool when > daughter Anna Maria married Johannes Thomas. Take care. Marilyn > > > Therefore, I ask the question: How can you possibly have the > mitochondrial > information for all female descendants of Anna Barbara Schone? I > know of > nine generations (at least), in my family tree, who are descended > from her, > but could not have the same mitochondrial DNA, if it is only good to > prove > one generation. Would you be so kind as to explain this to me? >