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From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <>
Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Criteria?
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:21:49 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <002f01c286b8$feb22f30$a5fea8c0@oemcomputer>


In the case of this surname specific project an unbroken male line
is necessary (ie. male Kincaid,son of a male Kincaid, son of a
male Kincaid, son of a male Kincaid, etc.). The reason being is
that this DNA project relies on the passing of a section of the
Y chromosone that does not get mixed with the females DNA.

Let me give my puddy analogy. Picture a string of red puddy
and a string of blue puddy. Let the blue represent the father's
DNA and the red the mother's DNA. Now picture lining up
each of the strings side by side. As a result of nature the
Y chromosone is on the end and the father's is longer than
mother's if a boy is meant to be created (ie. if a girl is meant to
be created the strings will be the same length). Now picture rolling
the two strings together. The result is a new string with a mix of
of the mother's and father's DNA except in the case of a boy
one part of the blue string never got mixed with the red. It
did not change. The same thing will happen the next time that
new male creates another male. It will pass on unchanged
from father to son for a number of generations. Once in a
while a random mutation will occur, allowing branches of the
original DNA to be indentified.

Due to the patriarchal tendency of Western society surnames
also tended to pass from father to son. As a result, we can
use this DNA quirk to identify lines among various surnames.
As you can see the key is having the father son transmission of
the unchanged Y chromosone DNA.

Best wishes!


At 06:54 PM 07/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
>Forgot to ask. Does the DNA testing only work if it's an unbroken male line?
>My father is still alive to test but it's his mother that was a Kinkade.
>
>Valerie
>
>>
>> If your brother is a male Kincaid then either him or his sons or his
>> father would be good candidates for the test. Your sister or her
>> children would not as they would not carry the Y-chromosone of
>> her father.
>>
>
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