It traces both male & female ;-)
We inherit 50 % of our DNA from our father & 50 % from our mother. We each have 22
pairs of
chromosones, so one of the "pairs" you'll get from your father, the other
from your mother. Just by
testing yourself, you won't know which you recieved from which parent. You would have
to test one or
both parents and/or other close relatives from each side of the family to determine this.
If you & both of your parents tested, you would match both parents at 100 %. even
though you don't
have 100 % of each of their DNA, the 50% from each will match each 100% (if that makes
sence?)
If a sibling also tested, you would not match 100 % with the sibling, although you would
"share" a
large portion of the DNA you each inherited from your parents. This is what makes us each
"unique"
Your parents would have inherited 50 % of their DNA from their parents, of which you would
inherit
roughly 25% from your four GRANDPARENTS, and so on down the line of your ancestors.
Once your DNA results are in, Familytreedna will look for matches to your DNA over a
certain
threshold of others in their database. At this point, connecting those matches will depend
largely
on the paper trail not only that you have, but the information provided by those whom you
match. Not
everyone uploads a gedcom and many do not even supply surnames of their ancestors,
although many do.
Looking for certain surnames in a particular location and time frame could help to fill in
the gaps
in the paper trail.
Familytreedna has utlities that can show you where on each chromosone you match with
someone & can
also tell you what others match on those same chromosones.
If you google 'autosomal dna' you should be able to find tons of information that
might explain more
about this new genealogy tool.
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: <Brahmstadt(a)aol.com>
To: <carrico(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Family Finder test and the Carricos
Leighton,
I am a descendent of William Bartholomew Carrico born 5 Oct 1782 in
Maryland. I have hit a dead end in the paper trail. My line all stays in
Washington DC and Maryland. William B. participates in the War of 1812 in the
Maryland militia and he was a watchman at the DC Navy Yard for almost 30
years. Much has been done in regard to the Carrico in Kentucky. The
Carrico's in Washington DC are a brick wall.
I have ordered the DNA test. However, I am uncertain of how much help it
will be since I am female. Does this trace the female as well as the male
line?
In a message dated 12/29/2012 7:43:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LeightonTu(a)verizon.net writes:
A while back Linda Boorom posted about the Family Finder test and a
possible
benefit to figuring out our closely matched Carricos.
My group of Carricos (proven to be Carricos by y-DNA testing) has been
pursuing an effort to identify the parents of our Matthew G. Carrico, b.
about 1810 in what is now Spencer County, KY. At the moment we have Family
Finder test results for descendants from the three children of Matthew who
survived to have children of their own. In some lines we have multiple
test
subjects for a total of 7. In addition to Linda Boorom, I know of at least
five other persons with Carricos in their tree who also have taken the
Family Finder test. We have some interesting matches to other Carrico
lines
but we need to see if almost all Carricos match on the Family Finder test.
Carrico DNA may be that dominant but that is yet to be proven.
The matches that have occurred are often unexpected. But taking the Family
Finder test does present an opportunity to solve some long standing puzzles
as well as see how many generations back the Family Finder test can
identify
a common ancestor. Since every Carrico who has a proven paper trail back
to
Peter the immigrant should be able to identify their most recent common
ancestor a close knit group like the Carricos could help answer the
question
o how far back Family Finder can look.
The sale ends 31 Dec so if you can take advantage of it the benefits to all
of us who have holes in the paper trail may be substantial. Thank you for
your consideration.
Whatever you decide, have a Happy New Year.
Leighton Turner, 3rd great grandson of Matthew G. Carrico
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