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Subject: RE: [MOORE-L] Female DNA testing
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:44:54 +0000
Only boys receive the yDNA from the father and all children recieve mtDNA from their mother. Boys cannot pass the mtDNA to offspring.
Clara
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Samuel Weldon" <>
> I have had my DNA tested both yDNA and mtDNA. My understanding of DNA
> is,
> kids in a family no matter how many but I'll use two for easy of my
> explanation. Both kids, a boy and a girl, receive DNA from both parents.
> The boy and girl receives their yDNA from their father and mtDNA from their
> mother. The father received his DNA the same way yDNA from his father and
> mtDNA from his mother but he only passed along his yDNA. The same for the
> mother she got her yDNA from her father and mtDNA from her mother but she
> only passed along her mtDNA. Now again as I understand it I received my
> yDNA from my father who received it from his father who received it from his
> father. yDNA goes back in the male line as far back as the line of males
> go. I received my mtDNA from my mother who received it from her mother who
> received it from her mother. Have I cleared up any thing or confused you
> even more? Hope this helps.
>
> Samuel Weldon
> 9344 Lait Dr.
> El Paso, TX. 79925-6639
> 915-592-6935
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~weldonfamily
>
> I USED TO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY..THEN I RAN OUT OF FILM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lois Franceschi [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:31 PM
> To:
> Subject: [MOORE-L] Female DNA testing
>
>
> Can anyone explain the female DNA testing to me? Does it go directly
> back, daughter to mother?
>
> I have one line of Moore that I am a direct female descendant until the
> eldest ancestor and then it jumps from daughter to father. Would this
> work?
>
> I have been unable to date to find a direct male descendant with the
> surname of Moore for this line.
>
> Lois in Auburn, CA, USA
> (I have 2 lines of Moores)
>
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