Genetic Genealogy
Genealogy by genetics is the greatest addition to Genealogy since the creation of the Family Tree!
From Family Tree DNA web site:
The value of FamilyTreeDNA.com
testing is our ability to help find "Genetic Cousins ™" by comparing the results of as few as two people.
Males are able to see if another male is a descendant from their direct paternal line. Our 12 marker Y-DNA test has become the world standard. Our 25-marker test yields the world's tightest parameters to the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA). You may order the 12 marker test and return to "refine" your test at a later time without the need to re-submit another DNA sample!
Women can determine which Haplogroup they are part of based upon the descent through their maternal line. Reports are compared to the Cambridge Reference Sequence, which show your deviation from this industry standard. We identify the lettered Haplogroup that your mtDNA is assigned to by the scientific community.
Click here to find relatives that had become "lost" over the years and decades.
Articles by Alan Boyle
DNA tests have been around for many years, but it’s been only in the last year or so that ordinary people could get their own genetic family profile for less than $300 a test.
DNA analysis has solved murder cases and historical puzzles. Now it's being applied to the most personal mysteries of all: Exactly who is my family? Where did we come from?
Software tackles tough DNA puzzles
Families trace Lewis and Clark links
A genetic link, a historical rift
DNA tackles a family's mysteries
Road show builds up DNA database
Who’s keeping your genetic keys?
She traces genetic ‘Roots’ to Africa
Plus, read about Alan's own Boyle family quest that was solved through genetic research: A family tree that spans the Net,
A leap of faith in the family quest and
DNA tackles family mysteries!
Self-Testing
Your genetic test kit consists of a cheek scraper and a collection tube. In about five minutes, you will be able to read the instructions and perform a painless cheek scraping. The effect of using the scraper is about the same as brushing your cheek with a soft bristle toothbrush. A backup scraper & tube is included to insure that a good sample is obtained by our lab. We intend that you use them both!
After you have placed your order, a genetic test kit and instructions will be mailed to you. Upon its' return your genetic sample will be processed, and the results will be entered into our secure, private and confidential non-web-based genetic library. A comparison between your specific genetic markers and those of others in the database will then be performed and you will be notified if another person matches your results perfectly.
Determine if two people are related
Daughters of Eve
Researchers from Oxford University in Oxford, England, have identified seven ancestral matriarchal groups from which all Europeans appear to be descended. These maternal clans form the root of a family tree that has sprouted millions of individuals.
Every European, according to the study, can trace his or her evolutionary history back to the seven ancestral mother groups, also referred to as the Seven Daughters of Eve.
The researchers, who both discovered and formulated the genetic groupings, say these women would have lived between 8,000 to 45,000 years ago.
Read the entire article
Additional Links
Kevin Duerinck's Genetic Genealogy Page
Genetic Codes Unraveled: New Clues to Human History
The Census Book, Do It Yourself Genetic Sampling, and more!
Genealogy in Time, A Genetic Genealogical Reference Database, and more!
Tracing Your Genetic Roots
Commentary About Genetic Databases
The Genetic Archaeology of Race
On the Trail of a Genetic Trait
Lineage of Humanity: The Implications of Genetic Research
Folksy Family Nicknames and Genetic Genealogy
New Beginnings: Genetics & Genealogy
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