The mitochondria part would be different, however, as that comes from the mother. http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: <crainrs@comcast.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] DNA QUESTION > George, > > A quick answer, all sons and their sons as well as their sons, on and on > should have the same DNA string. I have the same DNA string as my 5th male > cousin, twice removed, and so forth. > > Randy Crain > CRAIN DNA STUDY > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: <karima@insightbb.com> > >> George, >> >> I would suggest that you ask this question on one of the literally >> hundreds >> of mailing lists that are specific to DNA research. Almost every surname >> has one dedicated to it. You can find the one you need by going to: >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/ >> >> Type in DNA XXXXX (surname) in the search box. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Karima >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "George E. Basden" >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:48 PM >> Subject: [ILJACKSO] DNA QUESTION >> >> >> > I have a DNA question that I wonder if someone can answer. >> > >> > Here is the scenario. >> > Great Grandparents >> > Parents >> > Sons >> > Grandsons >> > >> > PARENTS - A couple has 15 children, 10 boys and 5 girls. >> > >> > SONS - Two of the boys both become fathers. Their sons, of course, are >> > first cousins. I will call them Son A and Son B. >> > >> > GRANDSONS - 56 years later and Son A now suspects that his father is >> > his >> > uncle and that his cousin's (Son B) father is also his father. >> > >> > Question here is since all these males are coming straight down the >> > same >> > line, would a DNA test actually show if Son A and Son B share the same >> > father or would it be flawed since all are from the same male line? Son >> > A >> > and Son B have the same great grandfathers since their "fathers" were >> > brothers. Basically, there is a suspicion that the two first cousins >> > may, >> > in fact, be half brothers. >> > >> > George >> > Basden Photography >> > www.basden.com >> > gebasden@charter.net >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > List Guidelines: >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > --- >> > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. >> > Virus Database (VPS): 0702-1, 01/11/2007 >> > Tested on: 1/11/2007 10:20:38 PM >> > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. >> > http://www.avast.com >> > >> > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >