"- If so, what did they suggest were the merits of that rather than theusual sequence
of first, YDNA and then second, mtDNA."
They are in business to make money. They will offer what people will buy. The three
tests give different information. So it all depends on what you are looking for. Some
people are looking to connect with living relatives. Some people are just interested in
learning more about their family histories.
1) Y-DNA is passed only from biological father to biological son. A Y-DNA test only
provides information about the direct paternal line and no other part of the tree. Only
males have Y-DNA. Females don't have Y-DNA.
2) mtDNA is passed only from biological mother to biological child. An mtDNA test only
provided information about the direct maternal line and no other part of the tree. Both
males and females have mtDNA but only mothers pass it on to their children.
3) Autosomal DNA is inherited randomly. It takes a lot of work and luck to figure out
where it came from.
Family Tree DNA allows for the import of
Ancestry.com Y-DNA data. I don't think they
allow for the import of autosomal DNA data. If they do, that is news to me.
As I said, the testing services are in the business to make money so having a test that
can be purchased by both males and females is going to create more customers. Most of the
time two brothers will have the same Y-DNA so there is not much point in having two
brothers both take a Y-DNA test. Ditto with two siblings and mtDNA. But since autosomal
DNA is inherited randomly, two siblings could have very different autosomal DNA test
results. When you are talking autosomal DNA, a lot more people in a family need to be
tested. In an ideal world -- you would want to test every one of your ancestors still
living because you have only half of your father's autosomal DNA and only half of your
mother's autosomal DNA. That's a lot of money for DNA testing!
"does their test include Y and/ormitochondrial - or what?"
I can't answer that. You will have to check their website to see what they are
offering.
"there is also a CARTER-DNA list wherein yourname, Holly, appeared
consistently."
Guilty as charged. Several of us have been working for several years now to sort out many
of the Carter families in colonial Virginia. For the most part, the Y-DNA of the old
colonial Virginia Carter families have been identified. The goal now is to make the leap
across the pond. There has been a lot of speculation and "creativity" but very
little in the way of firm documentation.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:02:36 +0100
From: all(a)tom-and-ann.demon.co.uk
To: carter-uk(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARTER-UK] Oxford Ancestors Ltd.
Hi Holly,
On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:52:27 PM, you wrote:
>
>
> That is interesting information. Thank you for sharing it. Sorry
> I wasn't clear before. I'm mainly interested in Y-DNA on the Carter
> surname. What they are talking about there is autosomal DNA
> testing. Autosomal DNA is only good for about 5 generations.
Yes - I think one of the reasons I had signed up for the Ancestry DNA
announcement was that I was interested to find out:
- If their test was *only* autosomal
- If so, what did they suggest were the merits of that rather than the
usual sequence of first, YDNA and then second, mtDNA.
I'm fairly clear on the respective benefits of the Y and the
mitochondrial DNA tests, but I've still not sure why Ancestry appear
to be offering only autosomal - or does their test include Y and/or
mitochondrial - or what?
After I made my previous posting I went to browse the CARTER list
archives and found that there is also a CARTER-DNA list wherein your
name, Holly, appeared consistently. So it seems that I *was* trying to
"teach Granny to suck eggs". Thanks for your forbearance!
<snip the rest>
--
Best wishes,
Tom Piercy
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