You have to chart the generations out. Otherwise you will get hopelessly confused. On 01/15/2012 12:53 PM, Linda Richards wrote: > So, how does one go about finding out just who is who with mDNA considering all the name changes?? > > Linda Richards - Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jan 14, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Jan Ashford<jan@theashfords.org> wrote: > >> The catch is that the mDNA did not come from his mother's Wilson line, >> it came from her mother's line. It won't give you a Wilson link. >> >> On 01/13/2012 06:51 PM, roberta hall wrote: >>> Yes in your first line you said my father's mDNA comes from his mother she >>> is my Wilson connection. With his sample already in storage maybe now I can >>> get the money scraped together and have it tested for the Wilson mDNA. It's >>> not the same as a YDNA but this may be the only way I can get a Wilson >>> allele line established. >>> Thank you :-) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >>> Behalf Of Jan Ashford >>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:09 PM >>> To: wilson@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [WILSON] clarify for me please....it's been a while >>> >>> Your father's mDNA came from his mother. Your's came from your mother. >>> Your mother's came from her mother. Your mother's father's came from his >>> mother, but he did not pass it on to anyone. I think is gets confusing >>> because the surnames change. You are quite right, your father's sample is >>> no help at all on your mother's lines. I hope this helps a little. >>> >>> >>> On 01/13/2012 03:21 PM, roberta hall wrote: >>>> Again, sorry still not clear.....the Estes sample is that of my >>>> father's (I have not supplied a sample) what information would it >>>> have of my mother, his wife? >>>> You also mention both sons and daughters receive the mDNA so would >>>> that mean that both his father (an Estes YDNA) and his mother (the >>>> Wilson mDNA) would be in the same sample? As the granddaughter of this >>>> pair I can see how my mDNA profile would be of my mother's side and >>>> would not work. My father was one of 4 boys my grandparents had my >>>> grandmother being the only direct line Wilson female in the family. >>>> Wait I think a light bulb just went off....(mother to mother) my >>>> grandmother born a Wilson sur-name of her father but her mother was a >>>> Mullen so my father would have the Mullen mDNA and nothing of the >>>> Wilson line...is that correct? Or would he indeed have the Wilson mDNA >>>> factor given to him by his mother? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message