tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55931819486100657002024-02-19T07:52:13.625-05:00mitoYDNAmitoYDNA.org is a crowdsourced, free and accessible YDNA and mtDNA database.mitoYDNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517783401528403156noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-17583184186482464612023-02-26T11:22:00.002-05:002023-02-26T11:22:40.850-05:00<p><span style="background-color: #e4e6eb; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iaLG7Fh4wWjfyLmLYAQpreTfq2qswIZLR3QHTimukwOH6UhouoOEikh035g9hdp2Qdpi0QI3dz0HfV6nsEJhkqqvzWS2Bppvjjyp63A6mw9Af21iB3c_EyVs7-MnEZlB7qrA9JTA21Opa_nm3x6aZhnVw4kCv7TbqmS6h3fQK4xtpyiBpxhmbYXseQ/s533/YSTRtool.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="533" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iaLG7Fh4wWjfyLmLYAQpreTfq2qswIZLR3QHTimukwOH6UhouoOEikh035g9hdp2Qdpi0QI3dz0HfV6nsEJhkqqvzWS2Bppvjjyp63A6mw9Af21iB3c_EyVs7-MnEZlB7qrA9JTA21Opa_nm3x6aZhnVw4kCv7TbqmS6h3fQK4xtpyiBpxhmbYXseQ/w513-h344/YSTRtool.PNG" width="513" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ntroducing the Y-STR+ tool! </span></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">
By Greg Clarke, Team Member</span></span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<a href="http://mitoYDNA.org">mitoYDNA.org</a> is happy to announce a brand new tool available for YDNA kit holders. This Y-STR+ tool will allow you to view and explore all of your YDNA data, including the markers beyond the 111 marker range, for those that have kits with more information, like, for example, those from FTDNA Big-Y tests.
The Y-STR+ tool can be accessed from any YDNA kit page, but its power is in comparing kits together, so the easiest way to explore is to start from the Tools -> Matches area - or - the green Search area at the bottom of the Tools page. Once a set of kits is loaded, you can sort them, select a subset of the data based on marker ranges - or - explore only the markers that have a different value from the reference kit. You can even swap reference kits to view the data from a whole new perspective, with a single click!
For more information, check out the Y-STR+ help page on mitoYDNA.org or view the Y-STR+ Introduction video on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@mitoYDNA/videos" target="_blank">mitoYDNA YouTube channel</a>.
If you have questions or comments, please leave them below, or send an email to info@mitoYDNA.org</span>mitoYDNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517783401528403156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-84259112302077262252023-02-18T23:19:00.007-05:002023-02-19T22:46:13.354-05:00Unlock the Power of Your Haplogroup: Why You Should Add it to mitoYDNA.org <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3LMP_ic8LyU51CcEFR7HH-N2QZZwOwgc3HR7bGf_JieLm8O7G70pTMHXCvxUE4a5bXAQWBWn52Jid-OpZq6vCjHjEsO27CSXHy9oFz6NIJAgCz5WO-EjimwOuprQoLYWUvQixEekkqrh0ixOlI030EiCVVLW-bvW2g1Bl8QgdU8zWeuUkqK_czBo/s696/Peters%20Helix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3LMP_ic8LyU51CcEFR7HH-N2QZZwOwgc3HR7bGf_JieLm8O7G70pTMHXCvxUE4a5bXAQWBWn52Jid-OpZq6vCjHjEsO27CSXHy9oFz6NIJAgCz5WO-EjimwOuprQoLYWUvQixEekkqrh0ixOlI030EiCVVLW-bvW2g1Bl8QgdU8zWeuUkqK_czBo/s16000/Peters%20Helix.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Are
you one of the many Y chromosome or mtDNA test takers who have uploaded
your results to mitoYDNA.org but have not added your haplogroup? If so,
you are missing out on the numerous benefits (provided by </span><a href="http://scaledinnovation.com/gg/gg.html?nm=welcome" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" target="_blank">Tracking Back</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">) that come with this simple addition to your profile.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;">Haplogroups are genetic branches that trace your ancestry back thousands of years to a common ancestor. Knowing your haplogroup provides a deeper understanding of your ancestry and allows you to connect with others who share your genetic heritage.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">By adding your haplogroup, you can uncover more about your ancient ancestry and gain a better understanding of your deep family history. Adding your haplogroup supports the wider community of mitoYDNA.org members. By sharing your results, you can help to build a more comprehensive database of haplogroups.</p>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">If you did not add your haplogroup because you were unsuccessful in adding your </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">DNA results to mitoYDNA then see step by step instructions for Y-DNA at </span><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Instructions_to_Upload_Family_Tree_DNA_Y-DNA_Test_Information_to_mitoYDNA.org"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Instructions_to_Upload_Family_Tree_DNA_Y-DNA_Test_Information_to_mitoYDNA.org</span></a></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">and for mtDNA at </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:MtDNA_instructions_for_mitoYDNA" target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:MtDNA_instructions_for_mitoYDNA</a> and a video for mtDNA at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ZnlVQRX9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ZnlVQRX9g</a>.</span></p><div><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adding
your haplogroup to mitoYDNA.org is a simple and rewarding step that can
have a significant impact on your genealogy research and your
understanding of your ancestry. So if you haven't already, make sure to
add your haplogroup and start enjoying the benefits today!</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">~ Peter J. Roberts</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-71646067598096854442021-12-23T12:15:00.003-05:002022-02-01T14:49:01.236-05:00Free, New, Easy Way to See DNA<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Written by Peter Roberts</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Simply login to mitoYDNA page and add your GEDmatch ID.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCJwl66SM_Cf0TdL_bp20zmWj_fhGUujwv0LJS4rEnaCA1lk8zOlI4VhJxppYPvsu4CDt3Wzpgl6c1mTLAwp_5_Uj-ZVPyVD_27EJYFkU3MZesx_jZZO1hqLtPYR5r2tCmhdw0pnnYOJF0W9wtutkOQFG__YyzZh01A9y14EvTcveH8mfpFkuOjEhu=s2262" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="2262" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCJwl66SM_Cf0TdL_bp20zmWj_fhGUujwv0LJS4rEnaCA1lk8zOlI4VhJxppYPvsu4CDt3Wzpgl6c1mTLAwp_5_Uj-ZVPyVD_27EJYFkU3MZesx_jZZO1hqLtPYR5r2tCmhdw0pnnYOJF0W9wtutkOQFG__YyzZh01A9y14EvTcveH8mfpFkuOjEhu=w400-h145" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">After this
addition is complete, mitoYDNA activates a button which links to
GEDmatch's One-To-Many application. Then if you are logged into
GEDmatch, clicking the button finds your autosomal DNA and X chromosome
matches.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqKX53c8i9PcbXenAEb-DX08NF2xCP0ZBRIQGsgjvtilyTabHrH7TM0xwnRXqxNNnXIJ4hIrGklp4wJIt4tLlEVr9U2RH2dUrktxmtWUig6ATgXL0xh2pmV4lOxVM4EV_0sflJIBGC3QryChFBbAO8DD58RsSKvTgUsmtANXFegTJqQPDYfEihElCJ=s512" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="512" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqKX53c8i9PcbXenAEb-DX08NF2xCP0ZBRIQGsgjvtilyTabHrH7TM0xwnRXqxNNnXIJ4hIrGklp4wJIt4tLlEVr9U2RH2dUrktxmtWUig6ATgXL0xh2pmV4lOxVM4EV_0sflJIBGC3QryChFBbAO8DD58RsSKvTgUsmtANXFegTJqQPDYfEihElCJ=w400-h243" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>This process makes mitoYDNA the only free public database that provides easy access to all your DNA from any lab.</b> mitoYDNA accepts Y-DNA and mtDNA results from <a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/" target="_blank">Family Tree DNA</a>, <a href="http://www.yseq.net/" target="_blank">YSEQ</a>, <a href="https://www.genebase.com/" target="_blank">GeneBase</a>, <a href="https://africanancestry.com/" target="_blank">African Ancestry</a>, and </span><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="http://www.yoogene.com/" target="_blank">Yoogene</a></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">, as well as defunct labs: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeneTree" target="_blank">Gene Tree</a>,</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/DNA_Heritage">DNA Heritage</a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Relative_Genetics" target="_blank">Relative Genetics</a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Sorenson_Molecular_Genealogy_Foundation">SMGF,</a> <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/AncestryDNA#Ancestry.27s_Y-DNA_tests" target="_blank">Ancestry</a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/BritainsDNA#Ethnoancestry" target="_blank">EthnoAncestry</a>, <a href="https://nebula.org/whole-genome-sequencing-dna-test/" target="_blank">Nebula</a>, <a href="https://www.oxfordancestors.com/" target="_blank">Oxford Ancestors</a>, <a href="http://www.paternityexperts.com/siblings.html#Male" target="_blank">Paternity Experts</a>, <a href="https://dna-explained.com/2012/07/25/national-geographic-geno-2-0-announcement-the-human-story/" target="_blank">Genographic Project</a> (Nat Geo 1.0), and Family Tree DNA affiliates such as <a href="https://www.igenea.com/en/home" target="_blank">iGENEA</a>, <a href="https://www.genera.com.br/" target="_blank">Genera</a>, <a href="https://www.dnaancestry.ae/" target="_blank">DNA Ancestry and Family Origin</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080817015138/http://www.africandna.com/" target="_blank">AfricanDNA</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">GEDmatch accepts autosomal DNA and X chromosomes from <a href="https://www.23andme.com/" target="_blank">23andMe,</a> <a href="https://24genetics.com/en/" target="_blank">24Genetics</a>, <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/dna/" target="_blank">AncestryDNA</a>, <a href="https://atlasbiomed.com/uk/dna" target="_blank">Atlas</a>, <a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/">Family Tree DNA (Family Finder)</a>, <a href="https://www.fullgenomes.com/" target="_blank">Full Genomes</a>, <a href="https://genesforgood.sph.umich.edu/" target="_blank">Genes For Good</a>, <a href="https://homedna.com/product/gps-origins" target="_blank">GPS Origins</a>, <a href="https://livingdna.com/" target="_blank">Living DNA</a>, <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/dna" target="_blank">MyHeritage DNA</a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Genographic_Project">NatGeo</a>, <a href="https://www.wegene.com/en/" target="_blank">WeGene</a>, and <a href="https://www.yseq.net/index.php?cPath=29" target="_blank">YSEQ</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-9782060640634056202021-11-17T13:25:00.031-05:002021-11-17T14:10:38.610-05:00Search Tool at mitoYDNA.org<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: left;">There is a new Tools feature at mitoYDNA.org that allows you to search the database for kits that match your search criteria for 3 fields:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN_hhzwyMralbs0YDiwd_Cfjd4sIOBEwPgXiFGVVYAOckCJEtulySJGYBcodfXuaN4F0xt8IitjTgTteJYAR-I460xs69j5uWpGWJxqiJ-dlefEE0h4E9Gz1vRIiZqqtqMLqdD078x-qQjWbULjQxR7GW9WTMbU7qk9oqDnff2-mS5ZyhgaTjrxGEm=s111" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="109" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN_hhzwyMralbs0YDiwd_Cfjd4sIOBEwPgXiFGVVYAOckCJEtulySJGYBcodfXuaN4F0xt8IitjTgTteJYAR-I460xs69j5uWpGWJxqiJ-dlefEE0h4E9Gz1vRIiZqqtqMLqdD078x-qQjWbULjQxR7GW9WTMbU7qk9oqDnff2-mS5ZyhgaTjrxGEm" width="109" /></a></div></div>
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<li>Name: looks at the <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">User last name</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">EKA last name </span></b>of each kit</li>
<li>Location: looks at the EKA <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>birth</b></span> and <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">death </span></b>location of each kit</li>
<li>Haplogroup: looks at Haplogroup of each kit </li></ul>
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<div>There are also 3 query operators for Equals, Starts With, and Contains. And you can limit your search to Y, mtDNA or Both (default) types of kits. </div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Parameters</h3><div><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Type: </span> the type of search field to find</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Name</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Location</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Haplogroup</li></ul>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Query: </span> Query option</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Equals - exact match to text entered</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starts with - match the characters entered to the start of the field(s)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Contains - finds the text <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">somewhere</span> in the field(s)</li></ul>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Search: </span> the text for which you wish to search</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Options: </span> Limit search to Y, mtDNA or Both (default) kits</li></ol></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are a couple of restriction/caveats of which you should be aware:</div>
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<li>Only the first 200 search matches will be returned in the results (to minimize server load).</li>
<li>Wildcards are NOT accepted.</li><li>The search is case insensitive ('York' or 'york' will be returned).</li>
</ul>See the HELP file at: <a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/Help/SearchHelp">https://www.mitoydna.org/Help/SearchHelp</a></div><div><h3>Examples</h3><div>Some examples of uses:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Haplogroups that Start With 'R'</li>
<li>Locations that Contain 'York' (New York, Yorkshire, ...)</li><li>Names that Contain 'stein' (Goldstein, Rothenstein, ...)</li>
<li>Y Haplogroups that Start With 'J'</li><li>Locations that Start With 'Ten' (Tennessee, Tenn., Tennessee, United States, ...)</li></ul></div>
<h3>Uses</h3></div><div>
<div>mitoYDNA's <b>Peter Roberts</b> has found several way (as FTDNA Project Administrator) to use the Search tool to:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>QUERY</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Find Y-DNA tested Pritchards and spelling variation</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">“Name” “includes” “pritchard” “Y only”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Find mtDNA testees whose direct maternal line is likely of African origin</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">“Haplogroup” “Starts with” "L" “mtDNA only”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Find Y-DNA testers who likely have direct paternal line Native American ancestry</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">“Haplogroup” “Equals” “Y only”: Q-M3 (C-M217, Q-M242) <b><span style="color: red;">3 queries</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Search for mtDNA testers who likely have Native American ancestry on their direct maternal line</p>
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<div>“Haplogroup” “Starts with” “mtDNA only”: A2 (B2, C1b, C1c, D1, D4h3) <b><span style="color: red;">6 queries</span></b></div><div><br /></div>
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</tbody></table></div><div><br /></div></div><div>See his use at: <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1324000/do-you-enjoy-searching-and-dna">https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1324000/do-you-enjoy-searching-and-dna</a></div><div>and link to NA lineage: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" id="LPlnk561729" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Gale Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14207449719644986883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-15977163299971049672021-09-07T15:01:00.004-04:002021-09-09T18:05:27.155-04:00How Does Your DNA Compare With Famous People?<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Written by Peter Roberts</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Now you can quickly see how your Y-DNA or mtDNA stacks up against <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Romanov-29" target="_blank">Emperor Nicholas</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Queen Victoria’s maternal granddaughter, <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hesse-Darmstadt-7" target="_blank">Princess Alix</a>, <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/York-1245" target="_blank">King Richard III</a>, <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourbon-149" target="_blank">King Louis XVIII</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> or </span><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arpadhazi-4" target="_blank">King Béla III of Hungary</a>.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uMaccG5LGuwtoa-D89ko_55E1EqRk20A8bC-It2Dhxk8y5TPMlWXDKcuCpOa_PLLGrBTcahVD1Y76UQbbM_ePID_cQao5PZuCScrTBGArdnH4Cy81RRuu0dUcdARQ59kQglykCD6YieA/s1785/1785famous.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1785" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uMaccG5LGuwtoa-D89ko_55E1EqRk20A8bC-It2Dhxk8y5TPMlWXDKcuCpOa_PLLGrBTcahVD1Y76UQbbM_ePID_cQao5PZuCScrTBGArdnH4Cy81RRuu0dUcdARQ59kQglykCD6YieA/w626-h180/1785famous.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Simply register at <a href="http://mitoydna.org/" target="_blank">mitoYDNA.org</a> and then upload your mtDNA and/or Y-DNA to mitoYDNA.org.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then enter your mitochondrial or Y DNA ID in the Famous field.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IXAg9Cb56tvZbH_X5un68dn8F8VMD459kftnyHP6ezSxzI4549GPjL0C9ng_57rJ1sHPFeCvKsdLui9On6AK6vUie459-dI3w8ewRxpkNtnKd7h9tFggPVZLBxOs7qooE82c8Sfkxin3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IXAg9Cb56tvZbH_X5un68dn8F8VMD459kftnyHP6ezSxzI4549GPjL0C9ng_57rJ1sHPFeCvKsdLui9On6AK6vUie459-dI3w8ewRxpkNtnKd7h9tFggPVZLBxOs7qooE82c8Sfkxin3/w626-h425/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+11.16.13+AM.png" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Y Results </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxiNYI-9U4jglarTx9uavlxiq5ZgU0EIYxXjJUNsuq8QAkHr_nUWisauCKpqpImQ8m9PZ3nLFr0IpV9Ry2CFXTPyBm_U9M0jBSCAc9IfXHU99o3aRcYr-ISET0tLIArJ7jyR3_k4xa4OF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="3336" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxiNYI-9U4jglarTx9uavlxiq5ZgU0EIYxXjJUNsuq8QAkHr_nUWisauCKpqpImQ8m9PZ3nLFr0IpV9Ry2CFXTPyBm_U9M0jBSCAc9IfXHU99o3aRcYr-ISET0tLIArJ7jyR3_k4xa4OF/w679-h191/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.37.40+AM.png" width="679" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Mitochondrial Results<br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-zjZl8fie1rpiBjSDLea_gYtdMs4OrkyCAVF471N1fgFT_gL8eygQYu7UnHLTrsl8LUbUkPanpD1i8-kI9gX0zKyjJnXfPoLalvAq2fkG8YiP62VDes3izg447mr5ucoiC9RNmtBzHLk/s2048/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.39.33+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="2048" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-zjZl8fie1rpiBjSDLea_gYtdMs4OrkyCAVF471N1fgFT_gL8eygQYu7UnHLTrsl8LUbUkPanpD1i8-kI9gX0zKyjJnXfPoLalvAq2fkG8YiP62VDes3izg447mr5ucoiC9RNmtBzHLk/w470-h278/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+10.39.33+AM.png" width="470" /></a></div><br /></div><div>As you can see I'm not even close!<p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">mitoYDNA
is a free Y chromosome and mitochondrial database which allows you to
find matches and make comparisons between different DNA testing labs.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Here are upload Instructions for <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Instructions_to_Upload_Family_Tree_DNA_Y-DNA_Test_Information_to_mitoYDNA.org" target="_blank">Y-DNA</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:MtDNA_instructions_for_mitoYDNA" target="_blank">mtDNA</a> from Family Tree DNA (the most popular Y-DNA and mtDNA testing lab).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">mitoYDNA also accepts Y-DNA and mtDNA results from other labs such as: <a href="http://www.yseq.net/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">YSEQ</span></a>, <a href="https://www.genebase.com/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Genebase</span></a>, <a href="https://shop.africanancestry.com/collections/ancestry-test-kits/products/patriclan-test-kit?variant=4981309997093" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">African Ancestry</span></a>, <a href="http://www.yoogene.com/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Yoogene</span></a> or from defunct labs: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeneTree#Y_chromosome" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Gene Tree</span></a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/DNA_Heritage" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">DNA Heritage</span></a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Relative_Genetics" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Relative Genetics</span></a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Sorenson_Molecular_Genealogy_Foundation" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">SMGF</span></a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/AncestryDNA#Ancestry.27s_Y-DNA_tests" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Ancestry</span></a>, <a href="https://isogg.org/wiki/BritainsDNA#Ethnoancestry" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">EthnoAncestry</span></a>, <a href="https://www.oxfordancestors.com/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Oxford Ancestors</span></a>, <a href="http://www.paternityexperts.com/siblings.html#Male" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Paternity Experts</span></a>, <a href="https://dna-explained.com/2012/07/25/national-geographic-geno-2-0-announcement-the-human-story/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Genographic Project</span></a> (Nat Geo 1.0), and Family Tree DNA affiliates: <a href="https://www.igenea.com/en/home" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">iGENEA</span></a>, <a href="https://www.genera.com.br/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">Genera</span></a>, <a href="https://www.dnaancestry.ae/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">DNA Ancestry and Family Origin</span></a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080817015138/http://www.africandna.com/" target="_blank"><span class="s1" style="color: #dca10d;">AfricanDNA</span></a>.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-35802402127635497602021-07-17T16:16:00.006-04:002021-07-21T21:57:39.964-04:00Earliest Known Ancestors in the mitoYDNA.org Database<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1SoCrh3f1XSxqvDPX94sNbpiHVJa3sMlUpho-dVmbqVZf4ax8alt0dIhlrGE3BxPFXLogv2qfR_cKiRQuZ5apkAtIoDgzvAj2ekhkAnAoIIMOeriCSQzR90RIVOJeOUWz6fF5sgKpeQ/s340/logo+blueBack.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1SoCrh3f1XSxqvDPX94sNbpiHVJa3sMlUpho-dVmbqVZf4ax8alt0dIhlrGE3BxPFXLogv2qfR_cKiRQuZ5apkAtIoDgzvAj2ekhkAnAoIIMOeriCSQzR90RIVOJeOUWz6fF5sgKpeQ/s320/logo+blueBack.png" width="320" /></a>June 2021<br />Lianne Kruger, Team Member<br />
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The earliest known ancestor, referred to as EKA, on a genealogical pedigree chart is the ancestor with whom all of your matches and you can trace
back to in that direct line. You may not know their names but they exist. They have to, they had parents. But for us they are the last one for names in our
pedigree list that everyone can connect to. <br />
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Shown below is my earliest known ancestor on a Sorensen line, Anders Sorensen. I do not know the first name of his father or his mother. Anders counts because I have a paper trail back to him but Mr. and Mrs. Sorensen, his parents, do not count because we do not have a paper trail for
them. If someone in our matches had a paper trail back to Anders parents, then they could be our EKA’s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UzLeuatkMkJ87tNZWhadRdAcK3-WOtzu8-rALtB0Bgi8GqVGSmVGmqSBX_G0qwaybVcl6x4A_181_2qzAKRMoCj4ha4C5CEUMyaRSP84LYpEQJe6zOJ75LoW5kr-B1-iGTWESXsdbSs/s773/EKA+Sorensen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="1" data-original-height="48" data-original-width="773" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UzLeuatkMkJ87tNZWhadRdAcK3-WOtzu8-rALtB0Bgi8GqVGSmVGmqSBX_G0qwaybVcl6x4A_181_2qzAKRMoCj4ha4C5CEUMyaRSP84LYpEQJe6zOJ75LoW5kr-B1-iGTWESXsdbSs/w513-h32/EKA+Sorensen.png" width="513" /></a></div><br />
Mags Gaulden explains, “Finding a DNA match who knows their family history can tell you about your family history.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finding an earliest known ancestor, shared between multiple matches, helps to confirm the genealogical paper trail.<br />
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The list below is an alphabetical listing of countries,within their regions, of user reported EKA’s for the DNA kits we have in our database. There are some countries that are defined as being located in two geographic areas such as Russia which is located in both Asia and Europe. It is included in both areas below because there are Earliest Known Ancestors from both the east side and the west side of Russia. <br />
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<b>African Countries</b><br />
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Algeria<br />
Egypt<br />
Morocco<br />
Seychelles<br />
South Africa<br />
Tunisia<br />
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<b>Asia</b><br />
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China<br />
India<br />
Japan<br />
Philippines<br />
Russia<br />
Singapore<br />
Sri Lanka<br />
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<b>Central America</b><br />
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<td>El Salvador<br />
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<b>Eastern Europe</b>
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Belarus<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Czechoslovakia<br />
Dagestan<br />
Estonia<br />
Hungary<br />
Croatia<br />
</td>
</tr></tbody></table> <!--EASTERN EUROPE TABLE --->
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Lithuania<br />
Latvia<br />
Bosnia<br />
Kosovo<br />
Poland<br />
Romania<br />
Russia<br />
Serbia<br />
Slovakia<br />
Slovenia<br />
Ukraine<br />
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<b>Europe</b><br />
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Austria<br />
Bavaria<br />
Belgium<br />
Channel Islands<br />
Denmark<br />
England<br />
Finland<br />
France<br />
Germany<br />
Greece<br />
Iceland<br />
Italy<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Netherlands<br />
Norway<br />
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Portugal<br />
Prussia<br />
Scotland<br />
Spain<br />
Sweden<br />
Switzerland<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Wales<br />
</td>
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<b>Middle East</b><br />
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Iraq<br />
Israel <br />
Saudi Arabia <br />
Syria<br />
Turkey<br />
Yemen<br />
</td>
</tr></tbody></table> <!--MIDDLE EAST TABLE-->
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<b>North America</b><br />
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Bahamas<br />
Barbados<br />
Canada<br />
Dominican Republic<br />
Mexico<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
United States<br />
</td>
</tr></tbody></table> <!--NORTH AMERICAN TABLE-->
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<b>South America</b><br />
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<tbody><tr><td width="10"><br /></td>
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Brazil<br />
</td>
</tr></tbody></table> <!--SOUTH AMERICAN TABLE-->
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Knowing that mitoYDNA.org has EKAs from all of these countries speaks to the international DNA testers who are uploading to mitoYDNA.org. Jump in and upload your mitochondrial and Y DNA and add to the list of international EKAs in this community based growing database.<br />
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<p></p></div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-61193742255689498992021-01-01T15:52:00.004-05:002021-09-07T15:08:16.362-04:00What sets mitoYDNA apart?<p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfsR1nPKD4sELqJ3VmTi9vpqroYmy2wb_FE9VKkiHYC-V42ch-fsuB91JVzrb_QuRxLqqi1FWWT21Juj3WcBPJKnvgw_Tylt7Bd3XwJ1sKwYMMEpoQMLj4FEoc-leK7NgoNzr4RIHRzQY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="883" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfsR1nPKD4sELqJ3VmTi9vpqroYmy2wb_FE9VKkiHYC-V42ch-fsuB91JVzrb_QuRxLqqi1FWWT21Juj3WcBPJKnvgw_Tylt7Bd3XwJ1sKwYMMEpoQMLj4FEoc-leK7NgoNzr4RIHRzQY/w640-h372/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />What sets mitoYDNA apart from other DNA Databases?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />- Mags Gaulden, Team Member, January 1, 2021</span></div></h2><br />I jumped into Genetic Genealogy to solve a family mystery, like so many of us. The very first test I did was a mtDNA test. I did it to see if my grandmother really was connected to the family she reconnected with after living for many years in a children's "home". The mtDNA work I did on the line, using the testing company database and a secondary database (available at the time), helped in major ways toward solving the mystery.<p></p><p>My Father is "all in" for my family research and tested next, doing a YDNA test. There are really no mysteries in my father's line, though I did make a discovery - a big one. My Surname is a derivative of the surname Gaulding. I discovered this not on the testing site - had no matches there right after his kit was processed - I discovered it by uploading his results to that secondary site to make discoveries.<br /><br />In my experience, I <b>needed</b> a secondary (third-party) database in order to make these discoveries.<br /><br />Since the old secondary database is no longer available? mitoYDNA.org makes the data not available in current DNA testing company databases available. But <i>what</i> is that makes mitoYDNA.org different from them?<br /><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">First and foremost? <a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/Team" target="_blank">The Team</a></h3><p></p><div><p>We are community supported in three ways:<br /></p><ol><li>Volunteers do everything. From the board over to our IT professionals, genetic genealogists, genealogists.</li><li>The community informs what we add to the basic database and tools and analytics.<br /></li><li>The community, through donations, keep the lights on.</li></ol><div>The first is self-explanatory; we are ALL volunteers. The second? We listen to our users and work to add tools and information and features to help them research using mitoYDNA.org. The third? Again it's self-explanatory. When we were starting we always said to each other "if each user donated just a little bit a month we could keep the proverbial 'lights' on".<br /><br /></div><div>Second and third and fourth and fifth...</div><div><br /></div><div>At the beginning when we were just going live, the owner of another DNA database said to me that we were doing it right, that if they had it to do over that they would do things the way we're doing things. Amazingly they had just used our team mantra "Doing DNA Right" in one of the best compliments we get, not just from them but from others as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are run by a non-profit company, mitoYDNA Ltd., with the oversight of a board who also play a role in the day-to-day work we do. So, not only are we run by a board but our board is on the team, doing work just like the rest of us. Lianne Kruger touched on our passion in her recent blog at <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h oo483o9r f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8" href="http://ifamilyhistory.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR3COgq8clXjzqYeU_YRFncK2TdreXxybVnnAYHVlFY-Zw_6aPiDGz0OHd8" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #e4e6eb; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">ifamilyhistory.blogspot.com</a><a href="http://ifamilyhistory.blogspot.com/"><br /></a><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">mitoYDNA.org, the database</h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />We take Y and mtDNA from all DNA testing companies. Have results from your <b>Sorenson</b> test from years ago? Add them to mitoYDNA.org to be able to use your data again. Have <b>Genographic 1.0</b> you can no longer access or use? Add your results to mitoYDNA.org. What about those <b>old Ancestry</b> tests that offered a look into your Haplogroups? Upload those old Ancestry results to mitoYDNA.org. <b>YSEQ </b>is another testing company available right now, add your results too! <br /><br />The point here is that mitoYDNA takes results uploads from every possible Y and mtDNA test, past present and future.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik0hdcvr5XJyihZ2hnHnPSLidcv0DEBXDrxw5_hMRKpPHTgDR5vRufP9jrsCUm5D98xJCYQGXDmtTCD46INSIFcfDm6GP3s9p6z_PmTSkprjaSqYa1M-hQrlbCST9iNCIpBCaHumDMTb4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tests Results taken at mitoYDNA.org" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="571" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik0hdcvr5XJyihZ2hnHnPSLidcv0DEBXDrxw5_hMRKpPHTgDR5vRufP9jrsCUm5D98xJCYQGXDmtTCD46INSIFcfDm6GP3s9p6z_PmTSkprjaSqYa1M-hQrlbCST9iNCIpBCaHumDMTb4/w640-h328/image.png" title="Tests Results taken at mitoYDNA.org" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />We have tools. All of the tools are available to every registrant on the site. We bring together tools we create and also tools that are available to the community, and put them in one place and in the context of your results.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26n4B0oje501E3Y2aB2NXJIMEaYh0SZODfMmKhdHxBHJhxtkXVkgZmSFhXc4bRVjYnL1BfKF1MmQSRBoivF8JASbCLR2cFMnlEray9lvYwrkD4qiC4UZvZYIsZnalZ3UfPa7jcT5MGTP1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tools in context with results" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="1101" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26n4B0oje501E3Y2aB2NXJIMEaYh0SZODfMmKhdHxBHJhxtkXVkgZmSFhXc4bRVjYnL1BfKF1MmQSRBoivF8JASbCLR2cFMnlEray9lvYwrkD4qiC4UZvZYIsZnalZ3UfPa7jcT5MGTP1/w640-h188/image.png" title="Tools in context with results" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLuHYDTosjUkkxxMoIUdita9tJSH4I4dBHFMhpTwAyqRpHUFFd13EaxVI5rPo7Heg5OICGAhYtcGPsWkiXU-HWClib2JJaL6LPUGH4k7H4vA-zWuTK9UdW8w6IoPC7qvaEvnCyKJFuaa5/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tools page at mitoYDNA,org" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1214" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLuHYDTosjUkkxxMoIUdita9tJSH4I4dBHFMhpTwAyqRpHUFFd13EaxVI5rPo7Heg5OICGAhYtcGPsWkiXU-HWClib2JJaL6LPUGH4k7H4vA-zWuTK9UdW8w6IoPC7qvaEvnCyKJFuaa5/w640-h308/image.png" title="Tools page at mitoYDNA,org" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxiepO2ygwkdWpg0ORPaPDLJVyfZmzV4psjNCtBUmv0nmNSKkbFT7b4QM7sgWO5xteb2T87ruFBSCGL8CCDzxLPgDlvdAj3-QMsLSQ03Ry4z5bRw4Yn7ZVUzLr7ggtYA-fURVJwPa8bda/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Results page with tools" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="913" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxiepO2ygwkdWpg0ORPaPDLJVyfZmzV4psjNCtBUmv0nmNSKkbFT7b4QM7sgWO5xteb2T87ruFBSCGL8CCDzxLPgDlvdAj3-QMsLSQ03Ry4z5bRw4Yn7ZVUzLr7ggtYA-fURVJwPa8bda/w640-h398/image.png" title="Results page with tools" width="640" /></a></div><br />You don't get any of these tools in one place like you do on mitoYDNA.org.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">THE BIGGEST difference between mitoYDNA and other Y and mtDNA databases? We will continue to listen to the community and improve the site, by creating new tools and analytics for use by all, for free.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Here is a bullet list with links.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 13px;">You need to register at mitoYDNA.org and be logged in to mitoYDNA to view the following links. Video describing how to register: </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WWnDdWKKw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WWnDdWKKw</a><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>mitoYDNA allows anyone to view your (or your father's) Y haplotype: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T10003" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T10003</a> and to view your mtDNA (differences from the rCRS): <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtKit?MtyID=T10542" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtKit?MtyID=T10542</a> At Family Tree DNA, you may be able to see results <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=yresults" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=yresults</a> & <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=mtresults" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=mtresults</a> but not all projects are public and you can't link directly to an individual's DNA result.</li></ul></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>mitoYDNA allows for <b>easy public comparisons of Y haplotypes</b> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YCompare?MtyID=T11094%2CT10835%2CT10837%2CT12559%2CT10855%2CT10836" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YCompare?MtyID=T11094%2CT10835%2CT10837%2CT12559%2CT10855%2CT10836</a> and mtDNA differences <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtCompare?MtyID=T12215,T10875,T12998,T13037" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtCompare?MtyID=T12215,T10875,T12998,T13037</a></li></ul></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>mitoYDNA allows you to <b>view DNA from human remains</b>. For example, the mtDNA of <b>King Richard</b> III: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10009" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10009</a> or the Y-DNA of <b>Czar Nicholas </b>II: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10007" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10007</a></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>mitoYDNA allows you to <b>store, view, and compare results from different commercial labs</b> such as <span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.yseq.net/?fbclid=IwAR1geZiB2SWtUKapJUX__Bkk5sy54yjHlStm5WtOmxqr-w-WBcrN-qvLogA" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">YSEQ</a></span><span style="border: 0px; 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display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Genebase</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.africanancestry.com%2Fcollections%2Fancestry-test-kits%2Fproducts%2Fpatriclan-test-kit%3Fvariant%3D4981309997093%26fbclid%3DIwAR2bLQ_gjQisJE9swF6FjahL3Y98OD3aJpADcW_RQ6tg4Wm6WzQs_js10Vc&h=AT196azw2ooD1I9_f57n60MuHAwX8Z-qvIWS-dhuzWYZ3OFehVlE1bRhLuHMtNlzqYcw8sAUAvFyCmo5vDKOYpMBKFoa44bVcGva4vM2YnaBArgqKdArYXNQqTirUsGBF2HrHbIrx1MSlVojxi56YaM&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">African Ancestry</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoogene.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0_YG1JhYiCq3gWDEB_TO0cLub0ZwbMnJkHlVEbERL3l93X_Mk3TUKQbt8&h=AT2-XmervXgOhxHGMRdtA8cJdWB6Gmkbg0pNIwID71yljq21EmHPiIrdIrjUc4GsI3hO7nTKt7KNZ6ODHxuLpFsekdYWaEaSiIpPyuEf1KhlggPxG0gr-OMK7zjULmBBr8VTr1zDSBPyDKf4fdXJMRM&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Yoogene</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> or defunct Y-DNA tests from: </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeneTree?fbclid=IwAR2M43XKDg54HFPkjgGpDBtvWB8-yykDLS7c0ajXxPBXMeyF9f5ZJ6z1moI#Y_chromosome" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Gene Tree</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fisogg.org%2Fwiki%2FDNA_Heritage%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1SXaw2iMXYs2gNb9eV1S5G8GUu3TP4Syh0CCW4tustNnCgP1S6lldmg1E&h=AT2YDvPBkKhu_-1kMWWjfQ-r0bOocx_05kbXFHKjrov6p0fuDFTLIx7vblVY-2HbIo4p4Y3mbqdi39nyGkDFWCSqLK7_ZaDJCP3B77gKJwJJCyHGvRfh-DGw1afbdjBq1SPZc8CfyLsdu_MYfyjB31Y&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">DNA Heritage</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fisogg.org%2Fwiki%2FRelative_Genetics%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1TJ7Qoza5o4J53XCJ0RoTciDxxZtO8bAaAJ-jQVhApJh4JTJVQgU9wC8g&h=AT0E14i19gCv1tSAyXsd3hChk0R6QJhdyxli4s3AKrRqTYYCbWpkYqBJBdwSZeNVwUIrAGrMvaR7zcNojdqA6J5vD44ZVYOshu3PytKBwK5NtJL2N8OwP-yyeDIgw-QbmX4VHTmFQiNvSZ46fpUJgpY&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Relative Genetics</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://isogg.org/wiki/Sorenson_Molecular_Genealogy_Foundation?fbclid=IwAR2qUn0QrTmvTkuqS04Tfkq10Gx-3aXz01ZN2sauN7d696mv1wKXjM6TAhY" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">SMGF</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fisogg.org%2Fwiki%2FAncestryDNA%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0vWl8Fp05NhB1ZZw-NgE47hLIKi_T4qANp7-uDo4stl_lq7litaAiDPSk%23Ancestry.27s_Y-DNA_tests&h=AT32KpPuTQZfp8HOjB-QYSu0Q2Ni8t6aQI8vUzE9GRBRGzip3UIz5TUFPxgLs_D4mC6DmQZV3dPJAHzlar_sfEQXrZATgfsOyj0J9v9tpo4gV1hLQC2-FLl8EDEbUg-I4Zv1ubxUZoHDAv-CGFPp8Gk&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Ancestry</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Family Genetics, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://isogg.org/wiki/BritainsDNA?fbclid=IwAR1IwF8bPyYtbHK02ioXJmwMFWgTS5YVPINlYgeMJbYNiP3humZCOai5VhY#Ethnoancestry" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">EthnoAncestry</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordancestors.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2M43XKDg54HFPkjgGpDBtvWB8-yykDLS7c0ajXxPBXMeyF9f5ZJ6z1moI&h=AT3xYy1eDClTZqfAAoRQdhAYqQxXceERPof14kVpftKrg6jDyJBs5LjhoDzWlZgeYxFXD4eYlVT-Xvjsjb7LBpzutRf9jJtnp7VjDfiTRQtRox7dMvfPYCtxu-Nx5t-rxLf6tbGew3ct4J2CSQeleuU&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Oxford Ancestors</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.paternityexperts.com/siblings.html?fbclid=IwAR3oz_kxqzFDtOIX-dR_OU58stequfP9KlUK97HlVMI5pd9gRkSv1eYdEKQ#Male" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Paternity Experts</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://dna-explained.com/2012/07/25/national-geographic-geno-2-0-announcement-the-human-story/?fbclid=IwAR0D5d9FnbmwrIV6ccpIRvvmInOqIqYSGjJ8ln3tKLe4DpDoJYENRCRTsKo" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Genographic Project</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Nat Geo 1.0), as well as Family Tree DNA affiliates: </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.igenea.com%2Fen%2Fhome%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1h-ORhhQsWC0X-2pjlyXaJIgTUGlPFB6t9FU6497BQrQLuy8KrYRR-CDo&h=AT0zm1XlrtIkKEEQTn0-buDYEO4kTcf6aHyVvwSH1pvf6eiCOhyrDmy3lApqJWjaejRC5G3np5AOpkwdmFhfVBCEz6YrSHM7Vkk0QPBKQLzr1TUtDOTZezoROSxftP4LAGvSRidicxJXY0Z1UvSLrTM&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">iGENEA</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.genera.com.br%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0opBew7g5UvlcbLzkBcPhdgpTi7o8HOmIMWTgvablz-yuNd1dP8a9AUjg&h=AT2OsJadhsKwkmyihIEqe8cW3K4Pvyju9KPmu0hTRaK_W677WMQ34GNa34xvLde-KqyJmdpBIZH-FGkf-ALCEIqnt51h3bC2kPU0ePC2ncGz2zbvGzD6Qeoru9cd5RWP7KlXS4QxrCthDRaD6gy-Qjs&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2BGTBjJfAzHeb45tFRZRG7P-Eoi21h-betm7pVG316sWukxaSoUeQnmEeoNSMPPXeqhkWdJ4RSxDO7KZjVfXUBUjoeexIjE5dU0Rdu4xP69BZ201loxpvot3dPHYlycNmH_x1VPvhC3OGGRJykjvxuQpbU4ubUkesnfT_qGSNQtirgC5GHpclSZLTgLpCOx0gnRe2um4TjoljHQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Genera</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.dnaancestry.ae/?fbclid=IwAR13sCvLv8m4OZteyo0HALW0WNzt8_tCjPPRzCUjqDcKaL1oh2F_pb4BzAs" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">DNA Ancestry and Family Origin</a></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, and </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080817015138/http://www.africandna.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">AfricanDNA</a>, and research labs using <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/4359513?us&en#/4359513?us&en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Yfiler</a>.</span></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mitoYDNA allows you to integrate with </span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>DNA Painter's Trees</b></span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://blog.dnapainter.com/blog/bringing-y-mt-and-mitoydna-into-dna-painter-trees/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #338fe9; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://blog.dnapainter.com/blog/bringing-y-mt-and-mitoydna-into-dna-painter-trees/</a> (last section).</span></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Use a <b>collaborative genealogy</b> site such as WikiTree to associate Y-DNA with a patrilineal line <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Haviland-425&person2_name=Haviland-266" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/index.phptitle=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Haviland-425&person2_name=Haviland-266</a> and <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haviland-266" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haviland-266</a> . <br /><br />or mtDNA with a public matrilineal line: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Tillman-416&person2_name=Hamon-244" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Tillman-416&person2_name=Hamon-244</a> and <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamon-244" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamon-244</a><br /><br />Those associations can be used to help confirm the accuracy of patrilineal and matrilineal lines. For example: <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:DNA_Confirmation">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:DNA_Confirmation</a></li></ul></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>mitoYDNA integrates with <b>third-party utilities</b>. Such as:<br /><br /><b>Rob Spenser's SNP Tracker</b>, go to <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T12262" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T12262</a> and click on the yellow Track button and the SNP Age buttons. You can also easily create graphics of Y-DNA clusters using SNP Tracker's Clustering utility, view the video demonstration at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58iqiwq1DM" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58iqiwq1DM</a><br /><br />Video demonstration of <b>J.D. McDonald's Time to the Most Resent Common Ancestor</b>: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACC-h0OwVLE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACC-h0OwVLE</a><br /><br />Video demonstration of <b>Ann Turner's Y-DNA Mutation Calculator</b> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6eW_LKo5zk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6eW_LKo5zk</a><br /><br />Video demonstration of <b>Dean McGee's utility</b> (starts at the 2:00 minute mark) <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Rx4x-2ss4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Rx4x-2ss4</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Join the discussion in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mitoYDNA" target="_blank">Facebook Users Group</a>.</div><p></p><br /><br /></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>mitoYDNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517783401528403156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-38528633498628613012020-11-28T13:03:00.002-05:002020-11-28T13:03:12.413-05:00DNA Basics - Most Recent Common Ancestor MRCA<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHBk1wOtptLtGdk3soENu4_L5eZBcYhiwFdN2OhtypCwNblTBVB8z6NRfKb2pFuYdA-sa50r22tZsTRiJktUiNTNoIXxHcIRLhcaZT8KsgeKooFqM0to9ctlD_K2s3Dz1A3RpvqRG_RQ/s540/MRCA+closeFam.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="540" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHBk1wOtptLtGdk3soENu4_L5eZBcYhiwFdN2OhtypCwNblTBVB8z6NRfKb2pFuYdA-sa50r22tZsTRiJktUiNTNoIXxHcIRLhcaZT8KsgeKooFqM0to9ctlD_K2s3Dz1A3RpvqRG_RQ/w320-h310/MRCA+closeFam.png" width="320" /></a></div>Most Recent Common Ancestor or MRCA is used in DNA and genealogical terminology. <p></p><p>The <i>most recent common ancestor</i> is someone in your direct line that you have in "<i>common</i>" (related to), with someone else. Most recent refers to that person being the closest or "most recent" to you in generations.<br /></p><p>The diagram on the right helps illustrate who would be the most recent common ancestor between me and my Uncle. My grandparents are my most recent common ancestor with my Uncle. It is not my mother because she isn't my Uncle's ancestor. </p><p>It is not my great grandparents because they are not the most recent ancestor. <br /></p><p>There are various ways some companies show you your MCRA. Ancestry has "Through-Lines", WikiTree has <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Relationship_Finder" target="_blank">"Relationship Trails"</a> and FamilySearch has the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/mobile/" target="_blank">Family Tree App</a> that shows you people who are close by if they are on your tree on the FamilySearch website. NOTE: These programs offer information contributed by individual users and all lines should be verified with good sourcing. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwD01wCI0GsYMeTRNHMBHwlNlglLwwgGdFS9-S-SPsGIazY8poeyrTj-WiHKWUMze9e8oisvbDX8QNTaP4Ad3sdRPhgOxRgUDMexpsCGqbBukW8Q2LSx33VhqrFp0KQgXcA4M56VJUG4/s734/MRCA+RootsTech+diagram.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="734" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwD01wCI0GsYMeTRNHMBHwlNlglLwwgGdFS9-S-SPsGIazY8poeyrTj-WiHKWUMze9e8oisvbDX8QNTaP4Ad3sdRPhgOxRgUDMexpsCGqbBukW8Q2LSx33VhqrFp0KQgXcA4M56VJUG4/w400-h284/MRCA+RootsTech+diagram.png" width="400" /></a></div>On the right is the FamilySearch app available during RootsTech. When you click on a name, it shows your direct line and their direct line back to where to the lines meet. These are your most recent common ancestor. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-72343462537528940552020-06-14T23:26:00.002-04:002020-06-14T23:32:56.873-04:00Y DNA Kits & Surnames<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Gale</b></div>
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<li>No one from your surname has tested at FTDNA. Or they only tested at 25-markers (or less).</li>
<li>An unusual last name that few/none have tested.</li>
<li>There was a surname change in your family in the past. Look for variations in spelling. Some countries don't use patrilineal naming. Surname analysis indicates that 1/3 of men will have <b><i>NO</i></b> matches [R. Spencer - 2019 FTDNA Admin Conf.]</li>
<li>N.P.E.</li><li>You didn't meet the FTDNA threshold to have the match listed. For someone to match, they have to meet the criteria for Genetic Distance in the following table:</li>
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<tr><td style="min-width: 60px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#3367d6" face="arial" size="2">12</font></span></td><td style="min-width: 60px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#b51200" face="arial" size="2">0 </font></span></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#3367d6" face="arial" size="2">25</font></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#b51200" face="arial" size="2">2</font></span></td></tr>
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Often, the common ancestor with a Y-DNA match predates the adoption of surnames. Remember that a lot of cultures traditionally used patronymic naming systems until quite recently, with names like O'Brien or Larson or MacGregor that changed every generation depending on the name of one's father. So if Lars Olson had a son Anders, the son's full name would be Anders Larson, not Anders Olson. Now let's say Lars Olsen was the most recent common direct paternal ancestor of your brother and some of his top Y-DNA matches. It's to be expected that you will observe surnames in the direct male descendant lines such as Hanson, Larson, Olson, Knutson, etc., and even names like Soderholm or Vetteland when a descendant branch adopted a surname related to a farm or other location where they lived.<br />
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Breaking from the Scandinavian example, in other parts of the world where surnames were recently adopted, often surnames were selected to distinguish individuals by their occupation (like Miller or Smith or Weaver). So, if we look at the descendants of a particular Robin Johnson in England, who lived not so long ago, but before modern surnames were adopted, his male lines might have surnames like Robinson, Johnson, Miller and Washington, reflecting a variety of frozen patronymics, occupations and place names. <br />
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<div>Fixed surnames were not adopted in some rural areas of Wales until the early 1800's. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_surnames#History">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_surnames#History</a></div><div>In Scotland fixed surnames were not adopted in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands until the </div><div>1700's. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_surnames#Patronymics">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_surnames#Patronymics</a>. Polish Jews did not have fixed surnames until the late 1700's and many Russian Jews did not have fixed surnames until the early 1800's.</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_surname#Ashkenazi_Jewry">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_surname#Ashkenazi_Jewry</a></div>
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As I wait patiently for the results of my recent Y test from
FTDNA, I’ve carved out some time from my schedule over the past week to attend
two webinars on the subject of understanding Y DNA and its application to family
history research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of these were free
live webinar sessions, and each have an additional session coming up soon for
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The first class I attended was given by Vivs Laliberte, who I had the
pleasure of briefly meeting last summer at a genealogy conference held in
Burbank. You may know Vivs as one of the
admins of the popular Genetic Genealogy Tips and Techniques group on
Facebook. His webinar was hosted by the
Utah Genealogical Association. In a
session that lasted just over an hour and a half, Vivs walked us through the
basics of Y-DNA inheritance, all the way through understanding how genetic
distance is calculated, and how we can use Y-DNA data in a surname study to
make predictions about which branches of our paternal trees split off earlier
than others. Vivs’ content was detailed
enough to capture the imagination of a fellow physics major (and made me even
more impatient to get my results), while his delivery and skilled use of
analogies made even the science-dense portions of the training completely
accessible to beginners. Regardless of level
or background, I feel like everyone in attendance came out learning quite a bit
more than when they came in! Vivs’ next
webinar is entitled “How to Choose a Y-DNA Test or Choose Not to Do” and will be
held live, Tuesday, June 23, at 6:00 PM (Mountain Daylight Time; GMT-6). Advanced registration is required, and you
can do so via this link.</div>
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I attended a second webinar last night, Diahan Southard’s “Using
Y-DNA and mtDNA in Your Family History.”
Diahan is the founder of Your DNA Guide, which provides DNA consulting
services, and has recently published a book by the same name. This is the second time I’ve attended one of Diahan’s
courses, the first being a live course at RootsTech 2019 where she introduced
attendees to all the latest DNA analytical tools. Diahan’s webinar took a different approach
from Vivs’, as her focus was on strategic application of Y-DNA as a tool to
solve genealogy problems. She explained
the importance of techniques like targeted testing, and gave some valuable pointers
on interpreting genetic distance, and how to use Y-DNA results in conjunction
with autosomal results to accomplish specific goals. My favorite part of the session was her
conversation on why one may have few or many matches, and why those matches may
or may not share my surname. If you’re
looking for some practical and creative ways to apply Y-DNA techniques to your
family research, this is absolutely the course for you. Fortunately, she is giving a second live
webinar on this same topic tomorrow afternoon, June 4, at 2:00 PM (Eastern
Daylight Time; GMT-4). This course also
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seminars, as you’ll be schooled in how the science works, what your results
mean, which test is right for you, and how to strategically apply your results
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I first tested my Y-DNA with Ancestry in back in 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew quite a bit about my Borland family in
the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My immigrant ancestor
arrived from Northern Ireland around 1783, and settled in William Penn’s “Manor
of Denmark” in the countryside of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, outside Pittsburgh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Considerable work had been done by my Borland
relatives (especially Ray Borland of Carrollton, Ohio) in learning the details
of Samuel’s life and his immediate family from Kilraughts, Northern Ireland
(including several of his siblings that also came to the US).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Samuel’s son James Borland, a music teacher
by profession, was my 4x great-grandfather, and his line to me is well
documented in records and photographs and through personal knowledge of my now
deceased great-grandfather Weldon Borland who I came to know well as a child
and a teenager, and who passed down much of the family history to me through
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Tracking family history beyond the mid-1700s in Northern
Ireland is difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While everyone in my
branch of the family was aware that the Borlands were ultimately of Scottish ancestry,
attempting to connect our line to a town or village in Scotland had proven futile
over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The emergence of Y-DNA
testing shattered that brick wall in expedited fashion!</div>
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My closest DNA match at the time my test results came in was
to a Borland, but from another line as of yet unconnected to my Borlands, members
of which came to Michigan from Clondavaddog, County Donegal, Ireland, some 73
miles from where Samuel Borland’s father John lived in Kilraughts (County
Antrim).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ancestry predicted the genetic
distance based on the differences in our STR markers to be approximately 10
generations, giving us a good time-frame of how early the Borlands may have
been in the north of Ireland, consistent with the history of Scottish settlement
of that part of Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History tells
us that after the Irish Rebellion of 1641, many Scots who had come to Ulster as
part of the Scottish army sent to put down the rebellion, settled in and around
the Belfast area after the Irish Confederate Wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able to meet my match in person, and we
sat down at a café in Washington, DC and discussed the earliest known origins
of our family lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He too, was unable
to trace his Borlands further back to Scotland.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The next closest Y-DNA match I had was to another Borland, at
a predicted generational distance of 15 generations, who proved difficult to
contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I therefore spent considerable time
building his family tree and tracing his branch of the Borlands back generation
by generation on my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a bit of
work, I learned that this line of Borlands did not pass through Ireland!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather, I discovered the birthplace of his
immigrant ancestor and I was able to connect him to a quite large Borland
family just outside of Kilmarnock, centered around the village of Galston.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the years, I have become more and more involved in the
genetic genealogy community, and I had the opportunity to exhibit at a
RootsTech convention in London last October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not sure of what I would find, I scheduled my flight to the UK three
days earlier than the start of the convention with the express intention of
taking a trip out to what I believed to be my Borland homeland in
Scotland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I did not meet any Borlands
currently living in the village or surrounding areas, I was able to find
evidence where the family had once lived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From Kilmarnock, I hiked a bit out of town and found my way to what
appeared on an old map as the “Waters Borland,” and found a dried stream
bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approaching the stream, I
encountered both a sign indicating a street named “Borland” and the local mail
drop was named “Borland Bank,” indicating its proximity to what would have once
been the banks of the Waters Borland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was nice to see that traces of my family’s presence had survived so many
centuries later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded my
excursion by hailing a taxi to nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galston,_East_Ayrshire">Galston</a>, where I had opportunity to strike
up conversation with some of the current residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They shared with me a bit about what it’s
like to live in this part of Scotland today, and what they knew about life long
ago in the region, over a plate of local black haggis, a local savory pudding
delicacy!<o:p></o:p><br />
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To me, sharing a bit of haggis and a conversation on local
history in the very same small town in Scotland where my Borland ancestors would
have lived centuries ago, with people who may even be my distant cousins, was
an amazing experience, that would have never been possible without having a
database dedicated to comparing Y-DNA results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, the Ancestry Y-DNA database is no longer public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor is the cross-platform Y-DNA comparison
database of the time, Y-Search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
unfortunate, the loss of these incredible resources demonstrates the need for an
organization like mitoYDNA, committed to serving the public with a perpetual
database for Y and mitochondrial DNA cross-platform comparisons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I uploaded my Ancestry Y-DNA results to the
site, and I hope the other Borlands join me in doing so, and I encourage
everyone else to add their data as well, as the value of these resources to the
community grows with the size of the database.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious local black haggis!</td></tr>
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If you haven't already joined the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mitoYDNA">mitoYDNA Facebook group</a>, I invite you to share your Y-DNA story with us. I hope to see you there!<br /><br /></div>
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Kevin Borlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426372327735189514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-83094987804320440492020-05-15T16:45:00.002-04:002020-05-15T16:46:33.724-04:00DNA BASICS - mitochondrial DNA Inheritance<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EXHta4ww4z40z3opCMiWSCXUhvodWlxp3Qfe2pgX8jMy0Ha9PTdZos22tg03rSzpSwmWY5iNjX-4laylvvhP2ZDy8lI51g8BLJ2g-7zc-TTwkOqb5XAR8iNcah5s9953O-ei3n2IYLI/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="743" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EXHta4ww4z40z3opCMiWSCXUhvodWlxp3Qfe2pgX8jMy0Ha9PTdZos22tg03rSzpSwmWY5iNjX-4laylvvhP2ZDy8lI51g8BLJ2g-7zc-TTwkOqb5XAR8iNcah5s9953O-ei3n2IYLI/w640-h398/mtinheritance.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />DNA BASICS - <font face="arial">mtDNA Inheritance</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">A person, whose biological gender is female or male, will inherit </span><font face="arial">mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother. Only daughters, in turn, will pass mtDNA on to her children. </font><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">This inheritance pattern carries on for...ever.</span></div>Mags Gauldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081776969546031775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-37674565876725908552020-05-15T15:50:00.005-04:002020-05-15T16:48:04.028-04:00DNA BASICS - Y DNA Inheritance<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7uhy3ajD5WG40bRKPqu22ZbfWWFejthPx-XcCi4ahHumY4gpY9b5uQSpWBKUWkBf-XZBDsQ3We63cjN8dPwnxb_Lvx-NmDQUVZObkhtTC807v_fCL9BbsQQT58WRMQyjmnTysObPGA4/" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="643" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7uhy3ajD5WG40bRKPqu22ZbfWWFejthPx-XcCi4ahHumY4gpY9b5uQSpWBKUWkBf-XZBDsQ3We63cjN8dPwnxb_Lvx-NmDQUVZObkhtTC807v_fCL9BbsQQT58WRMQyjmnTysObPGA4/w640-h482/YDNAinhertiance.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />DNA BASICS - <font face="arial">YDNA Inheritance</font></h1><div><font face="arial">A person, whose biological gender is male, will inherit YDNA from his father and pass it in turn to his sons. This inheritance pattern carries on for...ever.</font></div>Mags Gauldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081776969546031775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-73551170921296178672020-05-14T11:31:00.002-04:002020-05-14T19:41:14.650-04:00mitoYDNA the New YDNA and mtDNA Database<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #f7f8fc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguU21DAKQIunJxthCK1PjM_EVDhLTBFVNjDXBTWfvqutmNh6VELtnBwXNXn22-dZ62maI7_QQIoVdphJz34Wp8xaKvgvGIyOEcsk-Vir5MniXS4fNstmJWafX0F3Ep1JNzgdf3T2Y6KNU/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguU21DAKQIunJxthCK1PjM_EVDhLTBFVNjDXBTWfvqutmNh6VELtnBwXNXn22-dZ62maI7_QQIoVdphJz34Wp8xaKvgvGIyOEcsk-Vir5MniXS4fNstmJWafX0F3Ep1JNzgdf3T2Y6KNU/s320/ButtonLogoTeeter.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.225; margin: 0px 0px 1.05em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">mitoYDNA, THE new Y-DNA and mtDNA Database</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #f7f8fc; background-image: url("/wp-content-uploads/"); border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; float: right; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; width: 541.375px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">mitoYDNA</a>, THE new Y-DNA and mtDNA Database is here. What is mitoYDNA? How can it help the genealogy community? And many more questions, answered.</p><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 2.0625rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">What is a Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA database and why do we need it?</h1><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Y-DNA</span></em> – is the DNA for males that follows the patrilineal line back, father to son, for a very long time – thousands of years.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)</span></em> – is the DNA that follows the matrilineal line back, mother to her children, which is passed on by only her female children to their children, for a very long time – thousands of years.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />For years anyone who tested their Y-DNA and mtDNA could post their results to the databases YSearch and MitoSearch to do comparisons, matching and analysis. If you had a Y-DNA or a mtDNA test you could compare and match with people from various DNA testing companies. GDPR (<a href="https://eugdpr.org/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">General Data Protection Regulation</a>) caused FTDNA to make the decision to close these two databases – time and money to get each and every person in the former databases up to the new privacy standards was too expensive and time consuming to attempt.</p><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 2.0625rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">How and why did mitoYDNA get started?</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">I spoke with FTDNA in 2017 about YSearch and mitoSearch and its future since there were lots of rumors floating around regarding it’s possible closure. I was told that indeed the sites would be closing.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">As someone who uses DNA daily in my own business, and having used YSearch and MitoSearch for my own family mysteries – especially using mitochondrial DNA to solve an adoption mystery (or tale of adoption) in my own family – I knew firsthand how important having a free and accessible Y-DNA and mtDNA database was to my research. I know how important a third-party Y and mtDNA database is to DNA researchers in the genealogical community.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Over the course of 2017, a team came together to build and create mitoYDNA.org.</em></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.4375rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.21739; margin: 2.43478em 0px 1.21739em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Our Mission</h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">mitoYDNA.org is a website for uploading Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA to create a YDNA and mitochondrial DNA database. The site also offers DNA matching, analysis and tools to help our users/volunteers further their genealogical research. mitoYDNA is:</p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Crowdsourced</span> – www.mitoYDNA.org is volunteer driven.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Free</span> – www.mitoYDNA.org’s use will be at no cost to the users/volunteers, though donations are encouraged to defer hardware, facility and administrative costs.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Accessible</span> – www.mitoYDNA.org will be accessible to all.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">501(c)3 non-profit company</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">mitoYDNA Ltd., the 501(c)3 non-profit company behind the design, implementation, and ongoing upgrade and maintenance of mitoYDNA.org, is a group of collaborative genetic genealogists who believe genealogists can have access to a YDNA and mtDNA database which includes Y and mtDNA testing from all available companies today and those of the future. mitoYDNA Ltd. is based on the principles genealogical collaboration and continues to work to keep mitoYDNA:</p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Straightforward</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Current</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Expanding<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh4Bh5PLSI5Arzxl4C8LknRK5mZkUh1EAoztzwYjZkYAKgwKmpEBHfyVUuqOwgjExn0P-oATFWsm4Y2jMrn1HB66e8RPExt6Y5xGirPwqcOIhC-bj-v_e4_z5XjqVsN31cJ2zUitvv0Of/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="959" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh4Bh5PLSI5Arzxl4C8LknRK5mZkUh1EAoztzwYjZkYAKgwKmpEBHfyVUuqOwgjExn0P-oATFWsm4Y2jMrn1HB66e8RPExt6Y5xGirPwqcOIhC-bj-v_e4_z5XjqVsN31cJ2zUitvv0Of/s320/homepage.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 700;">Registration</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Using the menu bar for navigation, click on Register.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlnG9BPvElvGJTkhCyqrAGBwPujqtiKMm5iMCnvWoAe9evD7ByHt8yly1fiMDCSlQ-8_KTGjhdAH3SrTd85HDyQvS_t6JVgw2iQNKvol1zzwPWaPCn4iPAfEy60l3YOnXCBvPKx3BoMrV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="948" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlnG9BPvElvGJTkhCyqrAGBwPujqtiKMm5iMCnvWoAe9evD7ByHt8yly1fiMDCSlQ-8_KTGjhdAH3SrTd85HDyQvS_t6JVgw2iQNKvol1zzwPWaPCn4iPAfEy60l3YOnXCBvPKx3BoMrV/s320/Register.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">Fill in all of the fields (password help is listed below the password fields) and be sure to read the TOS/Privacy Statement and click the checkbox at the bottom of the page to verify you have read them – they are very important.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Once you have registered “Kits” and “Tools” will be added to the navigation menu at the top of the page.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Create </span></h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SvEKNyamM2UHLwl4ZIOY6pHrHR_udZT475gDJGQC-w2al8Lc2nXzSMn_4-YGImjlRF2LYdxG-koTbHwwhFvpAFHRjEbmNyzlAc_rA2L-yEHUprNWlGaYLTqerrMjC6dGzDL98n5xJAB/" style="font-size: 19.2px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SvEKNyamM2UHLwl4ZIOY6pHrHR_udZT475gDJGQC-w2al8Lc2nXzSMn_4-YGImjlRF2LYdxG-koTbHwwhFvpAFHRjEbmNyzlAc_rA2L-yEHUprNWlGaYLTqerrMjC6dGzDL98n5xJAB/s320/Create.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add caption<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Click Kits on the Menu Bar and it will take you to the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kits You Manage Page</em>. From there click on the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">create button</em> to create a kit.<br /><br /><br />When you create a kit, you will download your results in a CSV file for YDNA, from your testing company to your computer then upload it to mitoYDNA. For mtDNA you will download a chrome extension (for Google Chrome) which will download your mtDNA results from your testing company to your computer then you can upload it to mitoYDNA. For more on how to download your Y-DNA and mtDNA and upload to mitoYDNA please visit our <a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/faq" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">FAQ/Help page</a>.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">What Files does mitoYDNA take?</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">The Y-DNA files are the Short Tandem Repeat (STR) marker values (alelles) and represent your Haplo<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">type</span> (the set of DNA alelle values; not to be confused with Haplogroup) . mitoYDNA does <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><i style="box-sizing: inherit;">not</i></span> process Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) data! </p><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.1875rem; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.131579em; line-height: 1.10526; margin: 2.94737em 0px 1.47368em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;">DATA PROCESSED</h4><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">The chart below shows the current status of data processing capability for each company at mitoYDNA. Click on the Company name to get instructions on how to get the files you need to upload to mitoYDNA (if currently processed). Abbreviations: </p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">CSV</span> – Comma Separated Values</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Ch. Ext.</span> – Chrome Extension</li></ul><div id="xref" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><table border="1" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; height: 344px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; table-layout: fixed; width: 554px;"><colgroup style="box-sizing: inherit;"><col style="box-sizing: inherit;"></col></colgroup><colgroup span="3" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></colgroup><colgroup span="3" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: inherit;"><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><td class="text-center" rowspan="2" scope="colgroup" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Company – Help File</p></td><th class="text-center" colspan="4" scope="colgroup" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">mtDNA</th><th class="text-center" colspan="2" scope="colgroup" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Y-DNA</th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;"> FASTA CSV</th><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">HVR1/2 CSV</th><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Ch.Ext.</th><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Manual</th><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;"> CSV </th><th scope="col" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Manual</th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/Help/ftdnaHelp" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">FamilyTreeDNA</a></th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/Help/ancestryHelp" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ancestry</a></th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/Help/yseqHelp" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">YSEQ</a></th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;">★</td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Sorenson</th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Genebase</th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">Oxford</th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: inherit;"><th scope="row" style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em; text-align: left;">NatGeo</th><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0.4375em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">WikiTree Integration</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">mitoYDNA ID’s appear in WikiTree and can be used to view comparisons on mitoYDNA.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAZAEyv2iI2AMw7HDbQn7DRj2NjlDnFBWwOOu9vn26bYUok3UQZR7bDISR-xrWmUPOhOVMqM7ePcb9ByY_oLA2mS27CLmLtrQQB-T-vXxcxWp__hvZv_R8RfBX2cbjPB0pUde0vo9RmmO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAZAEyv2iI2AMw7HDbQn7DRj2NjlDnFBWwOOu9vn26bYUok3UQZR7bDISR-xrWmUPOhOVMqM7ePcb9ByY_oLA2mS27CLmLtrQQB-T-vXxcxWp__hvZv_R8RfBX2cbjPB0pUde0vo9RmmO/s320/WikiTreeInt.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Instructions_to_Upload_Family_Tree_DNA_Y-DNA_Test_Information_to_mitoYDNA.org" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">Instructions for Y-DNA and WikiTree</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:MtDNA_instructions_for_mitoYDNA" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">Instructions for mtDNA and WikiTree</a></p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Full Launch</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">We rolled-out all the tools, matching and comparisons we have planned for phase I of mitoYDNA.org and are ending a very successful beta testing run.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Since we are crowdsourced, we are getting suggestions and input from our facebook users group about the future of mitoYDNA.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Have fun, join the conversation and let us know if you need help, either in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mitoYDNA/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">Facebook Users Group</a>, or via info at mitoYDNA.org.</p></div></div>mitoYDNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517783401528403156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593181948610065700.post-47333664731193994002020-05-14T10:29:00.002-04:002020-05-14T19:38:41.115-04:00Why DNA?<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #f7f8fc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.225; margin: 0px 0px 1.05em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="http://grandmasgenes.com/why-dna/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grandmasgenes.com/why-dna/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnbmQ4KJ8GAB2LrC0wI9LltEj8e9soejfnhXWcvPRpxC6Eac6hImwHQIeG1EOVmLGLEm43-9dwuRomQ-8LeiE6_ttiENuRO2w3n01H_QqYTcBXwhXKbl_IHG-D1v79O-zjdpvLJNzxJWB/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnbmQ4KJ8GAB2LrC0wI9LltEj8e9soejfnhXWcvPRpxC6Eac6hImwHQIeG1EOVmLGLEm43-9dwuRomQ-8LeiE6_ttiENuRO2w3n01H_QqYTcBXwhXKbl_IHG-D1v79O-zjdpvLJNzxJWB/s320/Chrysanthemum.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Why DNA?</h2></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #f7f8fc; background-image: url("/wp-content-uploads/"); border-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; float: right; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; width: 460.438px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Oh, there are so many reasons why DNA.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">DNA is the thread that makes up the fabric of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">who</em> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">we are</em>. It is also the tint in our Iris, the gray (what, you aren’t grey yet?) of our hair, the knock of our knees, the recipe of our self. It is also the road map of our ancestry.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">I have, according to Doodle my Grandmother, my grandfather Gaulden’s hair and eyes. I can see in the mirror that I have my mother's smile. All of my siblings and I have the same basic build, in varying degrees, of our grandfather TC. One sibling has curly brown hair and resembles, again according to Doodle, Doodle’s mother Allie Compton. The other sibling is some kind of incredible replica of TC. I know that I see my sibling in the face and expressions of my niece. I also see the same niece in the face of a second cousin. All our family traits, everything is inherited and that inheritance is decided by our DNA.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the carrier of our genetic (origins, the study of heredity) information. It is “a chemical consisting of a sequence of hundreds of millions of nucleotides found in the nuclei of cells containing the genetic information about an individual. It is shaped like a double-stranded helix, which consists of two paired DNA molecules and resembles a ladder that has been twisted. The “rungs” of the ladder are made of <a href="http://isogg.org/wiki/Base_pair" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Base pair">base pairs</a>, or nucleotides with complementary hydrogen bonding patterns.”<span class="reference" id="_ref-0" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">[1]<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">So in the simplest form DNA is hundreds of millions of very small things found in a cell – each cell in our bodies. How these tiny things are set-up is how our body knows how to be. This is the basic thing to know.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">We inherit parts of us from our mothers and our fathers. We also inherit parts of us from our grandparents and their parents and their parents and…HOW we inherit it is much harder to explain.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">If we all inherited things only from each of our parents then we would all look just like our parents and each of our siblings. But as I discussed above, I don’t look just like my brother or my sister. I don’t look just like my father or my mother. I don’t look just like any of my grandparents. I look just like a random combination of all of, or parts of, different ancestors from the beginning of my family line(s).</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">So, I can ask my family questions and find out about my family history. I can be told I have my grandfather's eyes…wow, I must have inherited them from him…but who did <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">he</em> inherit them from? Well, no one is alive today to tell me that. No one is alive to tell me who his father was from first-hand experience either. I can go to the Library, County Archives, State or Provincial Archives and the National Archives and find the paper trail. The paper trail may or may not tell me anything further back than what the papers cover, but <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">how can I find out about the rest of the story</em>.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">Technically a DNA test won’t tell me who I got my eyes from, but it can tell me that I have blue eyes based on what my DNA test says. A DNA test can also tell me that my mother is my mother (despite how many times my sister told me I was adopted), that my grandmother is my grandmother and that her great, great, grandmother is really her 2xgreatgrandmother. To connect the DNA with the paper trail, to <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">prove</em> that trail, is basically the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">found</em> holy grail</span> of our family history.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">That is why DNA.</p></div>mitoYDNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517783401528403156noreply@blogger.com0