Hi Linda,
We have tried them all - we settled upon tools at GEDMatch.com as being the best-of-breed which provide chromosome-by-chromosome mapping of the genome so that we can find common fragments within each chromosome for genetic genealogical purposes.
The DNATribes.com stuff comes with an expert to assist in interpretation - his name is Lucas, readily answers all questions AND and he is generally regarded as a subject matter expert by his peers.
We can quibble over the finer details of one group over another...but we have fond 23andme.com, GEDMatch.com and DNATribes.com to provide the fastest, most coherent, and correct results for the money.
As a matter of disclosure, I have no financial entanglements with any of those companies.
J
On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Linda Threadgill wrote:
Harlow,
Have you used some of the free apps online to get population information? Seems that the service provided by DNA Tribes is similar to the information that can be gotten from World9, SNPMAP, etc.
Linda
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There is no "Silver Bullet" - Andrei Charlap and I have spent thousands of dollars on genetic testing and analysis tools.
I would like to recommend you
1. use 23andme.com to get the medical and haplotype data.
2. download the 23andme dataset (over 500,000 dna fragments) and then upload it to GEDMatch so that you can find out the geographies which contribute to your genome.
Then I would like to recommend you use DNATribes.com to undertake tribal analysis in order to discern, within close proximity, the tribe to which your particular mutations reside.
In my case, we discovered that my Middlle East admixture is from the Qahtani tribes of Yemen, Oman and United Arab Emirates...representing 5% of my genome. roughly 1% is from Sudan, the rest comes from Basque, Spanish French, Portuguese, Polish and Crimean groups.
This will afford you insight into your genetic ancestors of the last 500-600 years.
Hope that helps.
J
On Feb 29, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Susan J. Avery wrote:
Not without a male who is direct line from the surname in question. That
you must have. It can be a cousin that is related to you but that cousin
must be male and must carry the surname you are asking about.
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:11:19 -0500 "Marilyn J. Jackson"
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> When I was watching the Who Do Think you are featuring Blair
> Underwood
> they told him he was this percentage European descent and this
> percentage African American.
>
> I believe that I may have either African American or tri racial
> ancestry
> in one branch of my father's family. There are no direct line
> female or
> male descendants from this couple.
>
> Would any of the current tests provide information to answer my
> question?
>
> Marilyn Jackson
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