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DNA Matching QUESTIONs
Posted on September 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
Rodger asked: Sorry Kelly but I don’t follow you. Most of this DNA information reminds me of the matrix. Strings of numbers without any apparent meaning or order. How do you know there is a match and what are you looking at/for? Good questions. Lets review some basics of Y-DNA. There are two kinds of […]
Why the ‘Y”? Why Wheaton?
Posted on September 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
WHY THE Y? Brief recap on our inherited DNA. 22 pairs of autosomes (atDNA) 1 pair of sex chromosomes XX (Female) XY (Male) Mitrochondrial DNA (mtDNA) everyone inherits from their mothers Of these the only ones to be inherited without recombination (that is half from your mother and half from your father) are the “Y” […]
National Geographic Geno 2.0 project
Posted on September 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Kelly I have been looking at National Geographic Geno 2.0 project. Great! Is this the project you are raising money for?No. That was for the Walk through the Y for the Wheaton Group B of which you are a member. This will cover deep ancestry on the Y for all in Group B. We also […]
Got Questions?
Posted on September 16, 2012 2 Comments
Post a question and I’ll do my best to answer it here. That way everyone can benefit and post comments. Sometimes your answers will be better than mine. The idea is to build an interactive community. You can participate as much or as little as you like. You can start out with a comment or […]
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