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. >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >> at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/**archives/va-roots.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> >> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/**archives/va-roots.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html