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From: "Bob May" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA-NEWBIE] Ancestry DNA results help...
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:53:05 +1000
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Apologies Drew I didn't read the original correctly
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Smith" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA-NEWBIE] Ancestry DNA results help...


>I drew the conclusion based upon the fact that Linda is female.
> Therefore, she wouldn't be able to use a Y-chromosome test if she
> swabbed her own mouth.
>
> Drew
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Bob May <> wrote:
>> Drew
>> Sorry but how do you draw that conclusion
>> FTDNA kits for YDNA and mtDNA use swabs that you scaped the inside of
>> your
>> cheek
>> bob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Drew Smith" <>
>> To: <>
>> Cc: <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DNA-NEWBIE] Ancestry DNA results help...
>>
>>
>>> Linda, if you did the swab yourself (and it was a few years ago), we
>>> know that it wasn't a Y-chromosome test. That leaves us with two
>>> possibilities:
>>>
>>> 1. A mitochondrial DNA test. This would represent only your distant
>>> ancestor on your mother's mother's mother's (etc.) line. This would
>>> explain why there would be no information at all about your father's
>>> line (including the fact that his father was 100% Japanese), since the
>>> DNA that was tested would have come to you strictly from your mother's
>>> side.
>>>
>>> 2. An autosomal DNA test. This represents a combination of DNA from
>>> both of your parents. While you would normally get 25% of your
>>> autosomal DNA from each of your 4 grandparents, in reality the numbers
>>> could vary a lot, which again would explain why you would see only 6%
>>> East Asian (instead of 25%).
>>>
>>> Drew Smith
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:30 PM, <> wrote:
>>>> They called it Ancestry DNA, to test the genetic ancestry of the
>>>> individual...that is what the certificate states. I did the swab in the
>>>> cheek and sent it to them.
>>>>
>>>> Linda
>>>> ---- Drew Smith <> wrote:
>>>>> What type of DNA test did you have?
>>>>>
>>>>> Drew Smith
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:41 AM, <> wrote:
>>>>> > Yes, I understand the mixture of Mexican but my concern was about
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > results only showing 6% of East Asian and being told that my
>>>>> > Father's
>>>>> > father was full Japanese.
>
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