Hi Marc, Good Questions:
[Q: Does it matter if you have descended via mothers or fathers? Does your
pedigree from Robert Witherington have to be all mothers or all fathers or can
it be a mixture?]
Been awhile.
Getting dna is a medical exercise. But finding common dna establishes common
ancestors OR lack of common dna establishes lack of common ancestors. So we
apparently assume that if 10 Wtons are tested and 9 have the 'common' dna
traits, then the 10th one is from another line. If we had Robt's dna, we could
determine exactly if anyone was a descendant of Robt. Even the Mitachondrial
(sp?) dna directly from the UK mummy found in ice allowed establishment of an
exact descendant after 5,000 yrs.
Each descendant carries half the dna from each parent. There are different
kinds of dna - some more useful for female linkage - other better for male
linkage.
If I'm from Robt, then your dna must match mine in relevant detail. If we
attempt to match just 2 people, then all we know is whether we are in the same
or related Line, or not - not which line until we get more samples. And I'm way
above my head now.
The Rice dna stuff should answer many ques.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Roddin" <niddor(a)hotmail.com>
To: <WIDDRINGTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:06 PM
Subject: [Widdrington] Re: dna study
| I'm a little bit confused. Maybe you can answer these two questions:
|
| How do you get DNA for Robert Witherington?
|
| Does it matter if you have descended via mothers or fathers. Does your
| pedigree from Robert Witherington have to be all mothers or all fathers or
| can it be a mixture?
|
| Thanks.
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