Do a Google- I had mine done at Oxford Ancestors, on recommendation  
of a friend who had hers done there, too. Some places are wildly  
expensive, some take months for the results. But the National  
Geographic genome project does basically the same thing, for much  
less. But other than telling you what your DNA results are, the rest  
you have to interpret for yourself- there are many online groups and  
websites to help you do this. There are groups that specialize in  
native Am. DNA, as I said. Or African, they have a databank of DNA  
from various tribes in Africa. Jewish lines incl. the Cohen, which  
evidently is a unique line. The male Y chromosome testing is  
different, but Oxford will do that, too. I have read all kinds of  
interesting tales about DNA discoveries. A French college student was  
told she had native American ancestry. No, what she had was a shared  
Hunnish ancestry. I believe it was the National Geo, who tested a  
small group of people from various backgrounds. To everyone's  
surprise, a woman of Greek ancestry shared DNA with a full-blooded  
Cree Indian. It seems that long ago their common ancestor had lived  
in central Asia, where one branch went south, and one went east and  
eventually to North America. I found that I had a long ago ancestor  
who was probably one of the North African cavalry mercenaries (or the  
wife/ slave/ camp follower of one) the Romans had stationed along the  
German frontier. And earlier than that, I share ancestry with the  
modern Kurds, who in ancient times were the Mittani.

Nancy

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On Jan 24, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Jessica Welton wrote:

> On the subject of DNA testing, who has tried it and what do you  
> look for in companies that do it?
> Some of my Native American friends expressed an interest, and I  
> have no idea what to tell them.
>
> thanks,
>
> Jessica
> On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Sunshine49 wrote:
>
>> Nothing to do with Virginia history, but a very interesting  
>> article about humanity's mixed ancestry. I had my maternal DNA  
>> done last year, the results were very interesting. The National  
>> Geographic genome project will do it for just $99, and there are  
>> places that specialize in African, Jewish, native American and  
>> other ancestries, but they cost a bit (or a lot) more.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> -------
>> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>>
>> --Daniel Boone
>>
>>
>>
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