We are all excited to match up with our genetic cousins at the several DNA-for-genealogy-and-other-stuff companies. There are many different features at each company, but few that explain the rules of the road or help us to understand the street signs. We get exactly half of our DNA from each of our parents, but beyond … Continue reading Genetic Ancestors? Do What? We Only Get Readable DNA From Some Ancestors 😦 ~ But there is a way to ‘see’ lots more!
Oh, I could cry, I could have... a collapsing illness over the mistakes I saw in a video about two lovely doppelgangers taking DNA tests. Long story short, they look remarkably alike, which we see in genealogy all the time, but when they use DNA to answer three questions about how closely they might be … Continue reading mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
Screen capture instructions below! See Google translate! The phrase 'autosomal transfer' sounds to me like you are moving something from one place to another. With autosomal transfer you do put your data in a new place, but it is still there in the old one, unchanged. It is like copy-paste, not cut-and-paste. When testing DNA … Continue reading DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
A modern group gave mt-DNA haplogroup U the name of Uma. I believe Ursula was the name that British geneticist Brian Sykes used in his early DNA work. The seven something Eve. But Urusula-Uma is our mother for today. I have family and friends who are descendants of her carrying her mt-DNA maternal line Haplogroup … Continue reading mt-DNA Haplogroups ~ U5 Mother Ursula Uma
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