Thanks Gail, got the invite. Yes, Port is a special place.....lots of retirees though and possible has the largest population of older people in Aus. I know this as I work in aged care. Heaps of beaches around every turn and the place goes off in Summer...friends in Sydney say they're envious, but I think the NZ beaches are better! Sounds like you had some fun here! Cheers On 31 March 2014 19:56, Gail Riddell <grid2@wc.net.nz> wrote: > Invitation now sent. > > Port Macquarie? > I lived and worked in that place for some months in 2002 - hubby and I > were only chatting of it last week, saying how much we missed it. He was > at Westpac and the coffees down by the beach most days were special times > (I joined him in Westpac for awhile but then got a job at a Chartered > Accountants "palace" just along the street, before later being transferred > to Melbourne where I ended up joining the Govt. GST "bandwagon" and > travelled around all of the Oz states except for Northern Territories). > > Probably that whole mid-coast area has some of my lasting memories (not to > mention our exploring much further inland). I do not think I have ever > enjoyed such a wonderful place to live (and work) as your place! > Gail > > On 31/03/2014, at 9:24 PM, Shona Young wrote: > > Thanks for that Gail (subject line and DNA explanation). And yes I would > love an invite to the forum. > > The line back is through my children, not me; it's their great great > grandfather's wife. She, Susanna, is as far as I know, the only child of > Hanna. If I can find a direct female line that would be more useful. More > work to do. > > Look forward to the invite! > Cheers, > Shona (Port Macquarie, NSW) > > > On 31 March 2014 16:16, Gail Riddell <grid2@wc.net.nz> wrote: > >> Shona >> The "correctness" of the forum for your question seems to depend on the >> individual "owner" coupled with the Rootsweb requirements which forbid any >> commercial advertising. >> In this case, I expect it to be a general discussion of DNA testing. By >> the way, I have changed the subject line to better reflect the nature of >> your query. For any specific further enquiries, it is probably best I >> invite you to the NZ DNA Yahoo forum if you so request. >> >> In general terms there are three main genealogical DNA tests:- >> 1. Y-DNA - men only, (for the direct paternal lineage, meaning your >> father and his sons (his father and his sons and their direct male >> descendants, his grandfather and his sons and all their direct male >> descendants and so on back through the centuries). >> 2. mtDNA - men and women, noting the men do not pass their mtDNA through >> to anyone - only the mothers can do that. (For the direct maternal line, >> meaning your mother and all her children, her mother and all her daughters >> and female descendants, Her grandmother and all her daughters and all >> their direct female descendants, her great grandmother and so on back >> through thousands of years!) >> 3. atDNA - men and women who all receive their chromosomes 1 through 22 >> (I am ignoring the X chromosome in this) from their joint parents. The >> further back the generation is from whom you received these chromosomes, >> the smaller the segment which makes it difficult to go back to far... >> >> So the first thing you need to consider is whether Susanna is a direct >> maternal descendant of yours - if there is a break of a male, then mtDNA >> will not work for your quest. And the atDNA will be "hit and miss" being >> at that distance unless you also test your siblings. (I suggest this >> because frequently, our full siblings carry segments that are too small in >> us to be recognisable). >> >> atDNA will give a general view of the country that makes up you, but >> given the wanderlust of the humans, it will not be final. >> >> Both Y-DNA and mtDNA will give the ethnicity of the direct line, but >> again, we have a melting pot of so many contained even in the young >> countries of Australia or NZ that again, it is impossible to state exactly >> which country and at what time, that person's records existed. The best we >> can do is to give indications. Having said that, I have people on my books >> at present who cam to see me about a similar question and the chosen test >> strongly indicated the country they had believed would be the originating >> country. But we could not go further and state this with any greater >> precision than 30%! >> >> Kind regards >> Gail Riddell >> >> On 31/03/2014, at 3:09 PM, Shona Young wrote: >> >> Hi Gail and List >> I have had a look at FTDNA site and am interested in doing a DNA for both >> Aus and NZ. However I would like to know the best step (test) to take if I >> am looking for something specific. I have read about the tests but now >> have a brain freeze and think I may need a science degree to work out which >> is the best way foward. >> >> My children's great great grandmother's (Susanna) place of birth and >> place of birth of her mother (Hanna) is unknown. Susanna was the child of >> an army soldier in the Napoleonic Wars so is listed on Army Rolls and >> registered in the UK, but no other details to be had of the mother other >> than she was possibly dead at the time of his next marriage. I was hoping a >> DNA would narrow down a country other than England, possibly Spain to >> continue the research. >> >> What kind of DNA could provide this information and then whom to test? >> >> Apologies if this is not the appropriate forum for this question...please >> point me to the best one if not. >> >> Many thanks. >> Shona (Port Macquarie, NSW) >> >> >> >> On 30 March 2014 15:54, Gail Riddell <grid2@wc.net.nz> wrote: >> >>> I write to advise (with much pleasure) that FTDNA have given their >>> approval to me to pioneer two new Australian Projects. >>> >>> >> > >