To Wanda, You mention that you have done the mtDNA - that is female DNA. Then you jump to your Great-Great-Grandfather - he is a male. Question - am I missing something? If you are trying to help research your McCLELLAN line with DNA, you would have to have a male descendant of your G-G-Grandfather McCLELLAN: son, grandson, great-grandson, etc. And that male descendant would or should still have the McCLELLAN surname. And that DNA test is called "yDNA" and can come only from males. If you really did a mtDNA "female" DNA test, did you do your own or someone else? The "mtDNA" test I had done was on my brother's DNA sample. And from that sample I first had his "yDNA" tested. Then a few years later, I had FTDNA do the "mtDNA" test, which meant that I was actually having our mother's DNA tested. In a few more years, I may decide to "double-check" our "mtDNA" [female line]. At this time there are several others for whom I could order another DNA kit, acquire a new DNA sample and have the new sample "mtDNA" tested: 1) mine, 2) my son, and 3) one of my mother's living sisters, or even 4) one of the daughters of my mother's sisters. Males have their mother's "mtDNA"; but they can NOT pass it on to any of their children. Males have their father's "yDNA"; but they CAN pass it on ONLY to their SONS, never to their daughters. I do hope that my "wordiness" has made this clear, NOT more confusing. Kay Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda Nelsen To: SCOT-DNA@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] McClellan I have done the mt DNA project and some information is available. My gr-gr grandfather was John Milton McClellan--born 1799 in North Carolina He was known by the name Milton or nick name of Jackie, as he seems to have dropped the first name of John .I have found him in several census in North Carolina-Cabarrus County--McDowell County--Mitchell County--Yancey County. Occupation ( cooper )--barrel maker.He was last found on the census of 1900 at age given as 99 years old,living with his son John ( farmer ) and daughter in law Hannah Johnson McClellan, ( midwife ) in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County North Carolina. I have no solid proof of his parents except for an old Bible entry that states John Milton McClellan son of Joseph McClellan and Margaret McEachen. He married in Cabarrus County North Carolina, on January 23 1825 Narcissa Collens born 1805-died some time after census of 1850 Mitchell Co. N.C. Thank you,and i hope to hear something new and exciting about my ancestor soon. My search has been slow and not too productive. # 1 records on file in courthouses or churches were lost in fires during / or after the Civil War. # 2 I live in California and at my age i dont travel too far from home any more. Wanda. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kay: Your reply is nicely done and brings up a very good point in tracing ancestry lines. The use of the Male MtDNA can be very useful as well if that trail leads to the documented paper trail that is solid as well. Most of those male descendants would NOT be of the same surname. If there is a solid paper evidence of the marriage of GG Father and the GG Mother...... then there is an implied connection that can be useful. Then female descendants of' that marriage can be somewhat assured of the ancestry line as well.. Finding daughters of that line is sometimes hard to find due to the surname changes. But the fact remains that mothers do pass their MtDNA to their sons is also very significant and pehaps may well be the only DNA connection into the ancestry line. I think there will be more and more combining of the paper trail with the DNA trail as well. There are more combo's evolving of the paper trail with DNA evidence for descendants with male and female DNA that help to at least provide some degree of evidence of the ancestry line. Best Regards John A Hansen ----- Original Message ----- From: "N & K Chestnut" <nkopportunity@gorge.net> To: <scot-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [SCOT-DNA] To Wanda > To Wanda, > You mention that you have done the mtDNA - that is female DNA. Then > you jump to your Great-Great-Grandfather - he is a male. Question - am I > missing something? > If you are trying to help research your McCLELLAN line with DNA, you > would have to have a male descendant of your G-G-Grandfather McCLELLAN: > son, grandson, great-grandson, etc. And that male descendant would or > should still have the McCLELLAN surname. And that DNA test is called > "yDNA" and can come only from males. > If you really did a mtDNA "female" DNA test, did you do your own or > someone else? > The "mtDNA" test I had done was on my brother's DNA sample. And from > that sample I first had his "yDNA" tested. Then a few years later, I had > FTDNA do the "mtDNA" test, which meant that I was actually having our > mother's DNA tested. In a few more years, I may decide to "double-check" > our "mtDNA" [female line]. At this time there are several others for whom > I could order another DNA kit, acquire a new DNA sample and have the new > sample "mtDNA" tested: 1) mine, 2) my son, and 3) one of my mother's > living sisters, or even 4) one of the daughters of my mother's sisters. > Males have their mother's "mtDNA"; but they can NOT pass it on to any of > their children. Males have their father's "yDNA"; but they CAN pass it > on ONLY to their SONS, never to their daughters. > I do hope that my "wordiness" has made this clear, NOT more confusing. > > Kay Chestnut > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wanda Nelsen > To: SCOT-DNA@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:48 PM > Subject: [SCOT-DNA] McClellan > > > I have done the mt DNA project and some information is available. > My gr-gr grandfather was > John Milton McClellan--born 1799 in North Carolina > He was known by the name Milton or nick name of Jackie, as he seems > to have dropped the first name of John .I have found him in several census > in North Carolina-Cabarrus County--McDowell County--Mitchell > County--Yancey County. Occupation ( cooper )--barrel maker.He was last > found on the census of 1900 at age given as 99 years old,living with his > son John ( farmer ) and daughter in law Hannah Johnson McClellan, ( > midwife ) in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County North Carolina. I have no solid > proof of his parents except for an old Bible entry that states John > Milton McClellan son of Joseph McClellan and Margaret McEachen. > He married in Cabarrus County North Carolina, on January 23 1825 > Narcissa Collens born 1805-died some time after census of 1850 Mitchell > Co. N.C. > Thank you,and i hope to hear something new and exciting about my > ancestor soon. > My search has been slow and not too productive. # 1 records on file in > courthouses or churches were lost in fires during / or after the Civil > War. # 2 I live in California and at my age i dont travel too far from > home any more. Wanda. > >

Kay, Thank you for the reply. I did the mtDNA and a male descendant who lives in North Carolina, did the Y-DNA a little later,so we are both waiting for confirmation on our gr-gr-grandfather. Our McClellan lineage has some unconfirmed marriages between cousins, so there is a possibility of having both DNA and mtDNA strands. I am a nurse and familiar with the DNA testing procedure.Wanda N & K Chestnut <nkopportunity@gorge.net> wrote: To Wanda, You mention that you have done the mtDNA - that is female DNA. Then you jump to your Great-Great-Grandfather - he is a male. Question - am I missing something? If you are trying to help research your McCLELLAN line with DNA, you would have to have a male descendant of your G-G-Grandfather McCLELLAN: son, grandson, great-grandson, etc. And that male descendant would or should still have the McCLELLAN surname. And that DNA test is called "yDNA" and can come only from males. If you really did a mtDNA "female" DNA test, did you do your own or someone else? The "mtDNA" test I had done was on my brother's DNA sample. And from that sample I first had his "yDNA" tested. Then a few years later, I had FTDNA do the "mtDNA" test, which meant that I was actually having our mother's DNA tested. In a few more years, I may decide to "double-check" our "mtDNA" [female line]. At this time there are several others for whom I could order another DNA kit, acquire a new DNA sample and have the new sample "mtDNA" tested: 1) mine, 2) my son, and 3) one of my mother's living sisters, or even 4) one of the daughters of my mother's sisters. Males have their mother's "mtDNA"; but they can NOT pass it on to any of their children. Males have their father's "yDNA"; but they CAN pass it on ONLY to their SONS, never to their daughters. I do hope that my "wordiness" has made this clear, NOT more confusing. Kay Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda Nelsen To: SCOT-DNA@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] McClellan I have done the mt DNA project and some information is available. My gr-gr grandfather was John Milton McClellan--born 1799 in North Carolina He was known by the name Milton or nick name of Jackie, as he seems to have dropped the first name of John .I have found him in several census in North Carolina-Cabarrus County--McDowell County--Mitchell County--Yancey County. Occupation ( cooper )--barrel maker.He was last found on the census of 1900 at age given as 99 years old,living with his son John ( farmer ) and daughter in law Hannah Johnson McClellan, ( midwife ) in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County North Carolina. I have no solid proof of his parents except for an old Bible entry that states John Milton McClellan son of Joseph McClellan and Margaret McEachen. He married in Cabarrus County North Carolina, on January 23 1825 Narcissa Collens born 1805-died some time after census of 1850 Mitchell Co. N.C. Thank you,and i hope to hear something new and exciting about my ancestor soon. My search has been slow and not too productive. # 1 records on file in courthouses or churches were lost in fires during / or after the Civil War. # 2 I live in California and at my age i dont travel too far from home any more. Wanda. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOT-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message