DNA Stories.

[243rose]

Okay.

thanks.
will let you know my results if i have it done.

all the best
iain

[iainkennedy]

I have tested with 6 different DNA testing companies now and run the Kennedy project with DNA Heritage who use 43 markers. This test is compatible with the new DNA.Ancestry (ancestry.com) test. Although I have used Oxford Ancestors they are lagging a bit in terms of what they offer (10 markers). Bit of a shame really as Professor Sykes at Oxford was the one who got the whole concept of surname DNA testing going.

Yes you could wait for more people to populate the various databases, but suppose everyone did that?

Iain Kennedy
http://www.kennedydna.com

[243rose]

Iain.

Thanks for the telling off...... i like a bit of disipline.
I have had a quick look at yr website and after reading for a couple of minutes will settle down to read the rest.
Hopefully it'll give me a greater insight into the whole process and point me in the direction i should go .

Many thanks.

[Lookin2]

That was interesting but as we say here in USA I want the most bang for my bucks and my family submitted swabs for the tests I had mentioned there was no info re "mutation" factor but that Father to Son, Mother to Daughter was an unbroken line.  I  found out that mutations do occur and that break sends out a new line which as far as I know the before/after gives little retrievable info.  Things seem to be moving ahead at fast speed and I agree the more markers the better the test.  Good Luck if you go ahead you may turn out to be one of those with unbroken lines.

[243rose]

i've felt pretty broken for a long time.....i will let you know how it goes.
I read the web site adhered to in a previous post.
i would have liked the explainations to be a bit more reader friendly.... there is a place for plain speak.

Cheers
iain 

[Lookin2]

Iaian Kennedy.  Read you One-Name Article and have a question for you re your reference to R1b haplogroup.  How does the R1b fit with the names such as Ursula, Helena, etc. or does it? Thank you

[iainkennedy]

Ursula Helena etc are user-friendly names made up by Professor Bryan Sykes to head up the maternal (mitochondrial) groups. These are what he called the Seven Daughters of Eve as almost everyone in Europe descends from one of them. I'm in Helena (group H) along with about 40% of Europeans.

R1b is the biggest paternal (Y-chromosome) group in Europe.

Both groups have sub-divisions. eg I'm in R1b1c7 for Y-DNA which is a Celtic sub-group from Ireland and Scotland mostly. You can get sub-group tests for Helena too although I haven't done mine yet.

Iain

[Lookin2]

Did you find out about sub group R1b1 by DNA test or by joining Kennedy Surname search.  Would you know if any of these companies that offer free DNA tests include the new more recent SNPs 2006 that you mention in your article. Thank you

[Comosus]

R1b is most common in Western Europe, and R1a is most common in Eastern Europe.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Y-Haplogroup_R1_distribution.png

R1b is red, R1a is pink.