The mtDNA is passed on through the maternal lines much like the y-chromosome in males. BUT, it hardly ever changes so your mtDNA will be pretty much the same as your ancestor 70,000 years ago. So you can find out which of the "daughters of Eve" you are descended from. It won't help the genealogy unless you are able to identify someone else descended from the same maternal ancestor and it can help confirm the relationship. I really have not tried to track the folks who are using this for genealogical purposes. At 02:06 PM 1/6/2006, GenealogyJones@aol.com wrote: >"The easy answer is you can't. But get tested by Sorenson anyway. At >the appropriate time we will be able to find you in their results (I >hope). I just sent off a message to Dr. Woodward to see if they can >tell me where they are in the ability to test non-male Wells. I have >seen no information for a long time, so I am not hopeful we are very close. > >If you get your mtDNA tested, you might learn something interesting >from it, but it won't help us nail your Wells line." > >Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............so what could I find interesting >in getting tested............???????? > >Shari > > >==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >To search Archives of list go to: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter list name Orin R. Wells Wells Family Research Association P. O. Box 5427 Kent, Washington 98064-5427 <OrinWells@wells.org> http://www.wells.org Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb