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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: Amy K on Thursday 23 September 04 23:45 BST (UK)
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I think I would. If it became cheaper and it could actually tell me something useful...
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Definitely would without hesitation!
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Definitely not! I might find I am related to the Osbournes.
I think there was a big DNA genealogical exercise in Cheshire recently. It cost only about as much as 3 new hospitals or 219 extra bobbies on the beat. It showed that quite a lot of people in the North of England have Scandinavian blood in them [or some such] and that quite a lot of them hadn't.
My vagueness on this subject is caused by the scope of their research being unbelievably irrelevant or, in plain words, "Who cares"?
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DNA testing may be the only way I can prove my Norwegian Roots. :-\
Kazza.
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I would! I think that would be quite exciting!
Wheres the swab?
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Given the fact that my mother and I have blonde hair and blue eyes I would LOVE to know if I am of Scandinavian origin.
If we look at other projects that tax-payer money is given to, a study in Scandinavian genetics is by no means a waste. As much as anything that study was done to see how far back genetics can actually trace. The male Y chromosome is a very good marker. Looking at the advantages that genetics has yielded to say forensics and disease combatant drugs/ immunology then surely any research can only be a good thing?
Geoff.
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My husbands part Irish, my daughter-in-laws part Welsh & my gt niece half Shri Lankan but I can only claim English ancestry although the name Everitt is supposed to be Germanic in origin & Purcell French but that's way back when.
Nothing wrong with English ancestry but would love to find someone exotic on my side so count me in.
There again aren't we all supposed to be descended from one woman in Africa?
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As I currently understood genetic testing can tell us from which of seven unique women our Mother's, mother's mother's (you get the drift) mother was.
It can also reveal our father's father's father's .... father.
(mitochondial DNA- not passed down the female line)
Apart from that the mix in the middle is just about anyone's guess?.
Although there was a TV programme on (last night?) where they were attempting to identify a murdered child and had analysed DNA to indicate whereabouts in the globe he was most likely to have been born. I think it is that different 'Populations'/geographical areas of the globe have different rates of mutations in particular genes.
Pauline
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Not meaning to be a spod, or rude, but its the other way round. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited maternally, the Y chromosome is used to find your fathers fathers fathers fathers......etc (assuming you are a boy).
Paula
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I'll try to remember for next time. :-[ Pauline
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I've been reading this topic with interest as i'm a geneticist. The ethics around genetic testing is a debate that can go on for ages. I personally would be interested for myself from a genealogical level especially as i think my grandfathers parents were first cousins and haven't been able to confirm this from the usual sources...although there are some big hints.
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Funny how things skip a generation. My son doesn't particularly look like either me or my husband but when it was my dad's 80th we compiled a wall chart of dad through the ages. He and my son were married at a similar age and there is a striking similarity between them - everyone commented about it.
Now perhaps my dad and his grandfather looked similar and dad's grandfather and his grandfather etc
The mind boggles...
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Paul,
I noticed in my tree that several cousins inter-married, BUT only had children if they were three generations between their common ancestor. My family was obsessed in keeping their wealth. At least, up until about WW1!
I remember from reading a book about Eleanor of Acquitaine that there was a catholic rule, that could only be overuled by papal intervention, that stipulated this.
What are the exact genetic effects upon say immunity? ??? I know they quote Queen Victoria and the general Sax-Coburg line and their genetic diseases as the most common example.
Geoff.
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Geoff,
By inter-marrying any rare mutation that could be disease-causing is more likely to be seen in the offspring. For example, in some diseases you need two copies of the defective gene for a disease/disorder to occur (one from each parent). In the general population you may never find anyone else carrying the defective gene (assuming having one copy of the defective gene and one normal copy = a normal person). But within a family the chances of two people each carrying the defective gene is higher therefore the chances of their offspring have two copies is also higher. Of course there are always exceptions to the rule.
Paula