Hi Leslie,   Mitochondrial DNA - it passes from mother to daughter down through the line, men have it too from their mothers but they don't pass it on apparently. The problem with MitDNA is it doesn't mutate like YDNA (the male side) so it's less useful in genealogy. Literally millions of women will match your MitDNA. It's good for confirming  relationships (this is how they positively identified the body of Louis XVII) and/or for confirming things like alleged Native American or African descent (because certain forms of MitDNA are more common in certain racial/ethnic groups) but it's not very useful in general genealogy, not like YDNA anyway.  Family Tree DNA can run the MitDNA test if you are interested, but the geneological use is limited. Our Mit test told us we probably don't have Native American bloodlines - on the female line that is. Any male relative wouldn't show. But other than that, the MitDNA hasn't accomplished much. Our YDNA test, on the other hand, took down a brick wall and connected us to several branches of our family back to the 17th C.   --- 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, 9:44 AM What is MitDNA?  It relates to the female line?  Where can I have the female DNA done?  I am very interested in tracing some parts of my female lines!!!! Thanks, Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "marigold castle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. That's interesting, because my grandma always claimed my Williams girls (Mahala and Martha Williams) were part Cherokee. We've had our MitDNA done and it showed European heritage but, of course, that only applies to the female line, if there were any males with Native American DNA, it wouldn't show in the MitDNA in the female line. My McAbee great grandfather (son of one of the two Williams sisters) spoke an Indian language fluently and told my uncles stories about living near/with Indians, but I think that was from living in Massac Co. Illinois in his youth. --- On Wed, 8/11/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 11:31 AM My Williams family of Weakley also claims Cherokee lines. My grandfather, Lawrence Virgil Williams, was born in 1865 and claimed to be one-eighth Cherokee. His father, Lawrence P. Williams, came from N.C. through East Tenn. and was a skilled woodsmen as well as farmer. He died in 1905 and though the entire family accepts the Indian heritage as truth we do not know if it came from the Williams or Cashion line. I also have an uncle named Finis (Finis Buton Williams born in Weakley around 1911. It would figure that with NC so close and the Trail going through TN, there is more to this than some families want to admit. Bobbie W. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "marigold castle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. Hi Leslie, Mitochondrial DNA - it passes from mother to daughter down through the line, men have it too from their mothers but they don't pass it on apparently. The problem with MitDNA is it doesn't mutate like YDNA (the male side) so it's less useful in genealogy. Literally millions of women will match your MitDNA. It's good for confirming relationships (this is how they positively identified the body of Louis XVII) and/or for confirming things like alleged Native American or African descent (because certain forms of MitDNA are more common in certain racial/ethnic groups) but it's not very useful in general genealogy, not like YDNA anyway. Family Tree DNA can run the MitDNA test if you are interested, but the geneological use is limited. Our Mit test told us we probably don't have Native American bloodlines - on the female line that is. Any male relative wouldn't show. But other than that, the MitDNA hasn't accomplished much. Our YDNA test, on the other hand, took down a brick wall and connected us to several branches of our family back to the 17th C. --- 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, 9:44 AM What is MitDNA? It relates to the female line? Where can I have the female DNA done? I am very interested in tracing some parts of my female lines!!!! Thanks, Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "marigold castle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. That's interesting, because my grandma always claimed my Williams girls (Mahala and Martha Williams) were part Cherokee. We've had our MitDNA done and it showed European heritage but, of course, that only applies to the female line, if there were any males with Native American DNA, it wouldn't show in the MitDNA in the female line. My McAbee great grandfather (son of one of the two Williams sisters) spoke an Indian language fluently and told my uncles stories about living near/with Indians, but I think that was from living in Massac Co. Illinois in his youth. --- On Wed, 8/11/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Speaking of Indians in Weakley Co. To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 11:31 AM My Williams family of Weakley also claims Cherokee lines. My grandfather, Lawrence Virgil Williams, was born in 1865 and claimed to be one-eighth Cherokee. His father, Lawrence P. Williams, came from N.C. through East Tenn. and was a skilled woodsmen as well as farmer. He died in 1905 and though the entire family accepts the Indian heritage as truth we do not know if it came from the Williams or Cashion line. I also have an uncle named Finis (Finis Buton Williams born in Weakley around 1911. It would figure that with NC so close and the Trail going through TN, there is more to this than some families want to admit. Bobbie W. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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