Very good advise !! ----- Original Message ----- From: "DON TAYLOR" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [TAYLOR] My Friend's son's TAYLOR line > A word of caution on dna testing for Native ancestry. The Y-dna test > traces the father to son male line only, so if there was say a Native > grandmother, there would be no evidence in the Y-dna test since the Y > chromosone is passed male to male only. In the mtdna test, it traces the > female line. So, unless I missunderstand it traces the bottom line of your > pedigree while the Y test traces the top line. Think of all of the other > lines that go undetected by theses tests. > Then, there is a test that looks at many genetic markers to test for > ethnicity. It is done by Ancestry by dna.( ancestrybydna.com ) The problem > with this test is that it is very innacurate because each child inherits a > different set of genes from their parents genes. So, you could test ten > children from the same set of parents and each could show a different > result. I have evidence of a Native 12th great grandmother and took this > test. The graph that came with the results showed a slight spike in the area > of Native ancestry, but they classified me as 100% European because the > amount of Native ancestry was less than 1% of my genetic makeup. Think about > your pedigree, with each generation the number of ancestors doubles in that > generation. So, how many generations would you have to go back to the point > where your Native ancestry would be less than 1% ? If you have traced your > pedigree back that far and haven't found any Natives, they would not show in > this dna test. Don't waste your money unless you suspect one of your > grandparents or 1st or 2nd great grandparents was 100% Native. > Don Taylor > > > There is a DNA a test for Native American Ancestry. You may find info at > > http://www.ftdna.com/ > > I am not affiliated with this web site. > > Good Luck, > Brenda Collins > > >From: "B W Collins" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [TAYLOR] My Friend's son's TAYLOR line > >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:20:03 -0500 > > > >There is a DNA a test for Native American Ancestry. You may find info at > > > >http://www.ftdna.com/ > > > >I am not affiliated with this web site. > > > >Good Luck, > >Brenda Collins > > > > ==== TAYLOR Mailing List ==== > Use only plain text in your messages. Graphics and file attachments > are not supported on RootsWeb mailing lists. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >