I think I will do 23andme if I decide to do it. I know most of my mother's paternal line, but her mother was adopted. She was lucky enough to have someone at a records office leave her adoption records out where she could peek at them, so I do have names and a partial ancestry. But, if I could get more information on that part of the line, it would be nice.
Besides, I am just curious as well.
Thanks for the information!
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> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:12:51 -0600
> From: ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com
> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
> Subject: Re: Female DNA Test Recommendations
>
> Hi Cynthia,
>
> You need to define your objectives. Are you most interested in finding
> relatives, in discovering something about specific ancestors, or learn
> something about deep, ancestral origins?
>
> Mitochondrial DNA will tell you something only about your mother-line,
> just as you dad's Y-test told you something about your father-line. The
> full mtDNA test through ftdna can show the uniqueness of your line over
> the last five generations. Their $49 mtDNA test will match you to far too
> many people to be that helpful.
>
> The Family Finder samples your autosomes--those chromosome that are not
> sex chromosomes (X and Y). Unlike the Y and mtDNA, it doesn't have a
> specific pattern of inheritance. Instead, your autosomes are a mixed bag
> of 50% of your mom's autosomes and 50% of your dad's autosomes. Your
> siblings inherited a different combination. The test might find a match
> between you and a third cousin but a sister's test might not have the same
> match. In other words, it's a gamble. For example, you know that your
> dad's Y came from his dad's, dad's dad's dad, etc. My Y came from John
> Cooley. That's a given. No such prediction of descent exists for the
> autosomes. I, for example, match to no Cooleys at both 23andMe and ftdna.
> To understand why you match to another person, you have to know the
> genealogy already.
>
> FTDNA's Family Finder tests only autosomes. 23andMe tests autosomes, the X
> and mtDNA (plus the Y for males). They also provide the results of tests
> on medical markers. I have three times the number of matches at 23andMe
> than I do at FTDNA. So, if you want a "starter" test at good prices, my
> personal recommendation is to go with 23andMe. You can later transfer the
> results to ftdna (for a price!). I don't think you can transfer the other
> way. And (as many of you know), I personally *never* recommend
> Ancestry.com for anything at all.
>
> -Michael
>
>> I'm going to buy myself a belated birthday gift! I want to do the MtDNA
>> tes=
>> ting or Family Finder=2C but I am not sure which to go with and through
>> whi=
>> ch company.
>> Does anyone have opinions about the best company to work with? Hopefully
>> wi=
>> th he most "active" participants (i.e. people who actually upload their
>> .ge=
>> d files and such).
>> My father's Y-DNA was done through FTDNA and I uploaded it to
>> Ancestry.com=
>> =2C so I am familiar with both of their systems. I haven't done anything
>> wi=
>> th 23andme.
>> Any help is appreciated!
>> Thanks :) =
>>
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