DNA Testing?

[pettsy]

I have just skimmed here, and will have to re read, what a fascinating subject.
I have been interested in having my dna done since that tv programme "So you think you are English?"
I contacted Channel 4, and they said they used a company based in the States.

Anyway what I want to know is what can I learn from MY dna?
Just my mothers side of the family 

My father, brother, uncle & aunt (my dads brother and sister) are interested.
So who would be best to have their dna tested?
My dad or my brother?

For my mums side, me or my mum?
Her father and brother are no longer with us 

I want to learn about both sides of the family 

This is very interesting.

[clivealbert]

Hi, my son bought me for christmas, The GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT KIT,this is a world wide project, this is in an ongoing project, which will hopefully describe the migration of people, from the origin to where we are now, andour own ancestors journey through time. It should show I hope the way or route my very distant ancestors arrived in England. Best wishes Clive.

[bwgan ceredig]

I've been thinking of doing the test via Ancestry, but I've read about cases where the rights to the DNA then belong to the company doing the test.  I can't find anything about who will own the DNA once the test is done in this scenario  ...now I have no paranoia (spl?) of someone creating clones of me...(if they can come and do my housework then good luck to them...I'll have two please  ) but it makes me feel...I don't know...'funny' (I think that's the technical word for it) that someone else could own the rights to MY dna.

Anyone have any clue or has my recent ill health turned my brain even more to mush than I had thought? 

[john franks]

Hi Bwgan,

I think it boils down to whether or not you trust the company offering to do the work for you. If you wouldn't trust them with your email or real address then beware; otherwise read the small print and if it sounds ok then go for it, I would suggest.

More generally though having just read the whole of this thread, various online and offline sources on DNA and having just sent off my own sample to Family Tree DNA I have come to realise what a huge subject it is. This thread alone has raised some interesting issues and concerns so it seems to me that a lot of us have a lot to learn whilst there are also some more expert members amongst us. This leads me to wonder if Rootschat should consider setting up a section devoted solely to the subject of the use of DNA for genealogy. Just a thought!

John

[Romilly]

Hi Bwgan,
This leads me to wonder if Rootschat should consider setting up a section devoted solely to the subject of the use of DNA for genealogy. Just a thought!
John

Sounds like a good idea to me John!!

I'll second that...

Romilly

[epc]

My husband has just had his dna done with www.familytreedna.com

We have no complaints, a lot of explanations came with his results.

The most interesting part was finding that he does not originate from Ireland as was believed.   His haplogroup originated in the Nordic area and it is thought his roots are probably French, German, Belgium or the Netherlands.

We were lucky to find a one name tree researching his surname.  They found sponsorship towards the cost of the dna, which helped enormously!  I gather this happens a lot. 

Good luck,  epc

[hiraeth]

My uncle (father's brother) has recently agreed to do a dna test for me.   He is 85 and the last surviving male in my Dad's direct line, i.e. I was an only child, his children are daughters and other brother died without issue.   This test will be my one and only chance to access the information from my Dad's side of the family.    So now I need to try to decide whether to  test both male & female and how many markers I can afford!

Does anyone know if you order the test through a particular group does that prevent you from submitting it to another group or is there additional cost for that?   Ideally I would like to join the Welsh DNA group and the Patronymic group.  Is that possible?  Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Heather

[pettsy]

Hello

I can  not answer your question, as I am, still trying to find out as much as I can about the different types of DNA available.

I would suggest that you buy the Who Do You Think You Are magazine, the issue with Colin Jackson on the front.

I has several pages on the subject, including Colin's story.

There is a Ethnicity test which I was interested in, I know all my family and ancestors of white Brits, English, Scottish and Irish, but I would like to find out more.
Do we have Italian/French/Spanish blood?
I don't want to be told we come from Europe, I want more, like on the TV programme you think you are English"

One question I do have, and hope someone can advise, is should my father or my brother get tested for the "Y" DNA test?
If my bothers gets his DNA tested, would it show just our fathers male line, or my father and my mothers male line?

[epc]

It would only show your fathers male line. i.e. your father's father, then his father. and then his father, and so on.  Hope that you can understand this.