Hi Do you happen to know if a woman can do this or does it have to be a male?
Your information is really helpful
thank you for the post
Peggy
steven perkins <scperkins(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is some confusion here. Ancestry has purchased Relative
Genetics,
http://www.relativegenetics.com and will be offering DNA
test through Relative Genetics. The testing lab for Relative
Genetics, and for DNA Heritage (a company in England,
http://www.dnaheritage.com ) is Sorenson Genomics,
http://www.sorensongenomics.com The free DNA testing is offered by a
different entity, a non-profit foundation, Sorenson Molecular
Genealogy Foundation,
http://www.smgf.org Mr Sorenson is a Mormon,
but the project is not associated with the LDS church. In fact, it
was moved out of BYU because the university did not think it fit their
research plans.
The pedigree you send with the testing kit is the way you will find
your results when they are placed in the DNA databases. You search
for the names or the Ancestral File designation of a pre-1900
ancestor. When you find a pedigree with that person, look at it to
see if it is your pedigree. If it is, then you can get either your Y
chromosome or your mitochondrial DNA results. Both databases are
operating now. It is expected that there will be an additional
autosomal DNA database at some time in the future. There is no charge
for any of this. Mr Sorenson is a billionaire and he is funding the
SMGF.
If you can't stand to wait for 6 months to a year for results, then
pick a commercial testing lab, and pay several hundred dollars for
your results. To match what you get from SMGF at a commercial lab you
will need to start at 37 or 43 markers for Y DNA and with both HVR i
and HVR II tests for mtDNA. Then you can also do autosomal testing
for even more money.
I run 10 Y DNA studies at FTDNA. I recommend that everyone use SMGF
because it may be too expensive for people to get the 37 or 43 marker
test and do the mtDNA tests, and it serves as a good check on the
commercial lab since the SMGF results should match the commercial
results.
Earlier someone said that SMGF couldn't check the pedigrees.
Actually, they have genealogists on staff who do check the submitted
pedigrees and link them into the records from the LDS Ancestral File
if there are matches. Since part of the Ancestral FIle is incorrect,
you should check your pedigree at SMGF and let them know if there is a
problem with the Ancestral FIle link. In my case, there is a problem
with both my parents lines in the Ancestral File. My ancestor Edward
Perkins of New Haven is linked to the wrong family and DNA testing has
shown this is wrong. The same is true with John Ball of Stafford and
Fairfax Co.s VA who is wrongly linked to Col WIlliam Ball an ancestor
of George Washington, The DNA testing has shown that John Ball is not
a descendant of Col WIlliam Ball.
I hope this helps clear up the questions about SMGF.
Regards,
Steven C. Perkins
On 8/24/07, Melissa Ballard Long wrote:
No, not another test, but you can take your results & compare
them to other
projects. Someone posted that there were some charges but I haven't found
that yet. Although I wouldn't be surprised. The only thing I've heard
negative so far is that the results are slow in coming back. I did hear
that
Ancestry.com was buying Sorenson. So... Everyone knows what that means
... I love the info I find from Ancestry, but a lot of people resent their
methods. With Sorenson, there is some privacy still, I think. It is
definitely worth studying more & a very personal choice, I suppose.
However, I have chosen to participate & have spoken with another very
experienced researcher from another line who has also chosen to participate.
We'll see. Everyone just has to decide on their own. Free & be involved in
a more public database or pay & keep it more private? That is the choice if
you want to do DNA testing. It would be nice for it to be more affordable,
& it is compared to when it started, but it is not a household necessity &
therefore not something that a lot of researchers can justify. I was pleased
to find a "free" source to try. I just hope I don't regret it! I encourage
everyone to find out all they can about it & please keep us all posted, as I
will do.
Melissa.
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