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From: "Melvin J. Collier" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: Ethnic Origins?
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:46:48 -0600


Racquel,
Maybe it won't be opening up a can of worms, unless those maternal
relatives actually "passed", as many did. If they didn't, then I'm sure
they already know their family background and perhaps won't be surprised at
all if the DNA pattern on that side of the family tree will not take them
back to Africa. I'm sure most African-Americans will have to address this
issue when they get tested.

At the moment and in preparation for a family reunion, I am most interested
in my mother's direct paternal line, since this is the furthest-traced line
of my family. However, if my interpretation of things is accurate, I would
have to test one of my Mom's brothers to know the origins of my Mom's
paternal great-great-grandfather (her father's paternal grandfather's
father). Like yours, I'm fairly confident that this line is a point of
entry into this country from Africa.

Melvin


-----Original Message-----
From: G&R Thiebes <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: Ethnic Origins?


>I think that if I did my uncle's maternal line that would open up a bigger
>can of worms! They are so light skinned they would be called "passing for
>white"! But I guess the point is, that maternal family line has been in
the
>States for much longer than this paternal line that I have actually been
>able to trace back to the point of entry into America from
Africa...thought
>there would be a better chance with my "old African". <sigh>
>
>Raquel
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:45 PM
>Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: Ethnic Origins?
>
>
>> In a message dated 04/01/02 9:19:57 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>> writes:
>>
>>
>> > Thank-you for all your posts! My uncle is getting up there in age and
>to
>> > tell you the truth, I am afraid he might go soon! If I were to get
him
>> > tested through FamilyTreeDNA, which test should I get (the 12 or the
21
>> > marker)? Will I be able to then use these results to compare against
>> > databases and resources as they become available (as well as any
>published
>> > papers that may have results for genetic markers from the different
>areas of
>> > Africa?)...
>>
>> It sounds like you've done some comparison shopping already at
>> http://www.oxfordancestors.com, http://www.familytreedna.com, and
>> http://www.ancestry.com/genetics. All three laboratories are reputable,
>and
>> they all use a core set of markers which will likely be included in
future
>> research papers. You should be able to compare your results with the
>> literature. The labs do have different policies on storing your DNA for
>> future tests, database access, and other features which might or might
not
>be
>> important to you. The higher number of markers would be most useful to
you
>if
>> you are looking for a match with another living person to see if you
have
>a
>> common ancestor.
>>
>> You haven't mentioned the mitochondrial DNA test -- your uncle's
maternal
>> lineage might be just as informative, maybe even more so.
>>
>> Ann Turner
>> GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator
>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html
>>
>
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