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From: "Andrew" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Oxford Report and questions
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:41:31 -0400
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Haplogroup N is on the map but hard to see. Directly over the Sinai
Pennisula, between Africa and the Middle East.

-Andrew

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Subject: Re: [DNA] Oxford Report and questions


> In a message dated 04/29/02 3:20:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > I received my Oxford Ancestors report and I was found to be in the rare
> >
>
> I believe you're our first "N" -- you must be rare. In fact, I don't even
see
> "N" on the map of world migrations at
>
> http://www.gen.emory.edu/MITOMAP/WorldMigrations.pdf
>
> > I am curious about the Cambridge Reference Sequence. Could it provide
> > further information about my results and my MtDNA origins? Where do I
access
> >
>
> There's not a web site for the Cambridge Reference Sequence per se. There
is
> a database with results reported from the literature at
>
> http://shelob.bioanth.cam.ac.uk/mtDNA/
>
> You would check the database for listings with your "haplotype" -- that
is,
> your pattern of differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence. Your
> Oxford Ancestors report shows your sequence for 400 base pairs, starting
at
> position 16001, with your differences in red. You need to count off the
> positions and write out your haplotype something like this:
>
> 16145[A] 16176[A] 16223[T] 16390[A]
>
> That's what I got when trying to read your sequence in the e-mail message,
> but you should double check it on your colored report.
>
> However, you won't find any exact matches for your sequence in the
> Concordance. This is not unusual -- just about every time a researcher
> studies a new group of subjects, novel haplotypes are found!
>
>
> >
> > Also, if I wanted to participate in the Relative Genetics database,
would I
> > have to start all over with a new swab or blood draw, or can this Oxford
> >
>
> I suspect the RG database will be limited to people who have their test
done
> by them. They cover somewhat different sections of the database. We have
> talked from time to time about a public database, where anyone could enter
> their results, but random matches wouldn't be very helpful anyway.
However,
> if you have a hypothesis about mtDNA relatives of your most distant
> matrilineal ancestor, mtDNA tests could be very informative in supporting
or
> ruling out your hypothesis.
>
> Ann Turner
> GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator
> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html
>
>
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