They can range from about $100 to about $400 depending on how many markers are tested
Brenta
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On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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