y-DNA. What is it? Who has heard of it? All the excitement about admixture aka ethnicity in at-DNA testing and matching trees took some of the focus away from the original DNA-for-genealogy testing and my own favorite test: -- y-DNA. What is your y-DNA, if you are a man? (Only men carry y-DNA.) Is it … Continue reading y-DNA. No, it does not have admixture, but it does have thousands of years of human ancestry.
...and the autosomal, and for many, the mt-DNA also. The male line y-DNA is the genetic signature of a man's paternal line. It is only their father's father's father's father's father's father, etc. (and all of their sons' sons' sons); no other ancestors, and they should all have the same family name. The mt-DNA, less … Continue reading To do this right, you must have the y-dna of all your ancestral lines
This is one explanation which comes up frequently, among others, where I have about two minutes to send an answer, but I know the person needs a lot more than a few charts and paragraphs. But this is a good start, if you have tested and are floundering a bit. For this minute, let's say, … Continue reading Some DNA 101
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