What is mtDNA testing and can anyone have it done? Where? How much does it cost? What can you find out with the results? Thanks to anyone who can answer this for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven C. Perkins" <SPerkins@interaccess.com> To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:08 PM Subject: [PERKINS] Parkins and Perkins surname participants > Hello: > > Please go to your personal result web page and upload your results to > YSearch. There is a link on the page to do so. Add the name, dates and > location of your earliest know Parkins or Perkins ancestor. If you have > had the mtDNA test, please do the same for your mtDNA results. The amount > of info to reveal at YSearch or MitoSearch is up to you. > > You can also put this info on your Setup Preferences page. Since we do > not post pedigrees of those tested, doing this will help others to > determine if you may be related. > > You can see what his looks like at > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Parkins-Perkins > > Thanks, > > Steven C. Perkins > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to let the Perkins List members know about your home page! > It's a Great Day to be a PERKINS > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Lucille: mtDNA tests the maternal DNA everyone gets from their mother. So if you had the test, it would tell you the haplotype and the haplogroup of your mtDNA, your Mother's, her mother's etc. It is the equivalent of testing Y DNA in males, except that the mother's family name changes at each generation, It can be used to test if two people may be descended from the same GGG Grandmother by seeing if their mtDNA matches. We can not tell you the cost of tests on the Rootsweb lists. At this time I suggest that people have the mtDNA test done through the non-profit National Geographic Society's Genographic project. https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/ Both males and females have mtDNA and both can be tested. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 9/9/05, Lucille Perkins Robinson <robi4711@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > What is mtDNA testing and can anyone have it done? Where? How much does it > cost? What can you find out with the results? Thanks to anyone who can > answer this for me. > > -- > Steven C. Perkins SCPerkins@gmail.com > http://stevencperkins.com/ > http://intelligent-internet.info/ > http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scperkins/ > > > >