Can anyone give "guesstimates" as to the costs of these tests?
M

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Joanne Thorne <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Bill and Ladies,
> Have been reading these DNA posts.  I am so interested and
> I must admit it all gives me a big headache.  I am so totally
> uninformed and find it all very confusing when trying to learn
> what to expect.  Some of you who have had the testing done
> seem so excited and I wonder exactly what I will know, after I
> have a test,  that I do not know now? I do not know of anyone
> in my family that has been tested.
> Subscribing to another site is not something I wish to do right
> now.  Can anyone recommend a book that would help?
> Thank you.
> Joanne Yeager Thorne
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Davidson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Genealogy
>
>
>  Doris,
>>
>> In addition to the "male Y chromosome test" that is "representative" of a
>> male (only) DNA donor, his father, his father's father, his father's
>> father's father, etc., there is also a "female test" (the mtDNA test) that
>> is "representative" of a male or a female donor, his/her mother, his/her
>> mother's mother, his/her mother's mother's mother, etc. (note: each of
>> those women will typically have had a different "birth last name" as well
>> as a different "married last name," so using this test presents an extra
>> "research challenge" for that reason).  There is now a third test that
>> anyone (male or female) can take, and it will show DNA "matches" to any
>> "biological cousins" who also took that test....male or female and
>> irrespective of their surnames....who share a common ancestor within about
>> 4 or so "generations back" (this test apparently gets a little unreliable
>> back beyond 4 generations or so).  Using this test also presents an extra
>> "research challenge," since you will probably get matches to some surnames
>> that you never knew had any connection to your family (the same could also
>> be true, of course, with the above mtDNA test).  As this third test becomes
>> more popular, the "odds" of finding many "matches" will continue to
>> increase.  Family Tree DNA calls this last/third test the "Family Finder"
>> test.  I used Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) for my Y chromosome test. That is the
>> same company that National Geographic uses for DNA testing, and I can
>> highly recommend them.
>>
>> Bill D.
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