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From: "judith cole" <cojocj(a)sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:02 PM
To: <cate(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [CATE] Descendant of John Cate Sr.
Nora had a younger brother b-? who stayed in TN with his grandparents
which I believe was the Gibbs. Haven't been able to find any info on him.
Hoping someone can help me.
--- On Mon, 10/5/09, Jerry Bryan <c24m48(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Jerry Bryan <c24m48(a)hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CATE] Descendant of John Cate Sr.
> To: cate(a)rootsweb.com
> Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 2:54 PM
> > I am related to Nora Cates b
> 1871 Knoz, TN who married John Russell
> > Swafford. Can a Swafford born in 1943 take the DNA
> test and be linked to
> > the Cates? Also found in my
> research that Martha Elizabeth Cates b
> > 1819 in Orange NC, daughter of Thomas Sykes b 1785
> married Thomas
> > Jefferson Cates b 1812 NC. Another cross over of
> Cates.
>
>
> The basic answer is that DNA testing for genealogy has to
> follow the male
> line only. In your case, you would have to find a
> brother of Nora Cates,
> the brother would have to have a son, the son would have to
> have a son, etc.
> down to the present day. And it would be that present
> day Cates man who
> would have to test.
>
> There is also a DNA test for the female line called
> mitochondrial DNA
> testing, or sometimes just mDNA or mt-DNA or something like
> that. But the
> DNA test for the female line is typically of little or no
> value for
> genealogy because the mutations in the mDNA are so much
> slower than are the
> mutations in the Y-DNA in males that is tested for
> genealogy. With the
> Y-DNA, there will probably be a mutation every few
> generations, assuming you
> are testing enough markers. But mutations in mDNA
> typically occur only over
> many hundreds or thousands of years.
>
> Jerry Bryan
>
>
>
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