Betsy- The MtDNA test can't be messed up by another family. MtDNA follows your mother-her mother-her mother-her mother-her mother, etc. This is the same way a Y DNA test works-a man's father-his father-his father- his father, etc. The Sliger DNA will test that donor's direct line, whether YDNA or MtDNA, whichever type of test that is chosen. Keep in mind that the MtDNA can be passed to a son by his mother, BUT is NOT passed down to that son's son. So it can only be passed to one male generation. So, pick your Sliger donor carefully-be sure you pick one with the "right" mother, who is the line you want- if it will be an MtDNA test. Nancy Welty Ross > Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:29:53 -0700 > From: betsyloveless@att.net > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LL] Mtdna > > Cousin Jimmie, > > I will be testing my Mtdna so should see a report they said in abou 8-10 weeks. Also finishing up my brother's Lawrence G to to 67 marker. All this Dna is so interesting that I am going to see about asking the Smith cousin side to do it. I am going to try and track down a Sliger male to do one if I can find one. Question that springs to mind will be that I am from the RI group whom also seems to have had a Sliger that married into the group. Wonder if that messes up the test. All this is facinating. Has any one counted how many Williams that show in the family? > Or how about Pasters seems to be a lot. > > Betsy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message