The Mit DNA test wouldn't help in your case because it does have to go solely through the female line. MitDNA only shows mothers to daughters back through the line. Same for YDNA which shows father to son. That's one reason DNA isn't quite as useful as it might be in genealogy - it only follows one line back. However, if you can find a male descendant of your great grandfather (through the male line - great grandfather, grandfather, father, son), you could test his YDNA and see if his haplogroup is more likely to be Native American given that the line goes from father to son from that point on. If you can find other members of the tribe in question to compare your DNA to that would be very helpful. Some Native Americans are in Y haplogroups that aren't clearly Native American so knowing how closely you match other members of the tribe would be significant. --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Leslie Moore <[email protected]> wrote: From: Leslie Moore <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 5:49 PM Thanks for the information.  I was interested in proving that I was descended from the Nansemond Indian tribe through my mother's line.  Does the whole line have to go through the females though? For instance my line would go through my mother and grandmother but then goes to my great grandfather and from there back to the tribe it would be through males.

Thanks Marigold. ----- Original Message ----- From: "marigold castle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] DNA testing The Mit DNA test wouldn't help in your case because it does have to go solely through the female line. MitDNA only shows mothers to daughters back through the line. Same for YDNA which shows father to son. That's one reason DNA isn't quite as useful as it might be in genealogy - it only follows one line back. However, if you can find a male descendant of your great grandfather (through the male line - great grandfather, grandfather, father, son), you could test his YDNA and see if his haplogroup is more likely to be Native American given that the line goes from father to son from that point on. If you can find other members of the tribe in question to compare your DNA to that would be very helpful. Some Native Americans are in Y haplogroups that aren't clearly Native American so knowing how closely you match other members of the tribe would be significant. --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Leslie Moore <[email protected]> wrote: From: Leslie Moore <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 5:49 PM Thanks for the information. I was interested in proving that I was descended from the Nansemond Indian tribe through my mother's line. Does the whole line have to go through the females though? For instance my line would go through my mother and grandmother but then goes to my great grandfather and from there back to the tribe it would be through males. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message