From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Aug 10 23:03:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7B53vjb024352; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:03:57 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7B53qt2001519 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:03:52 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7B2OSFI026487 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:24:28 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7B2OSEg026486 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:24:28 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7AJjPFI025737 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:45:25 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7AMObVn004252 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:24:37 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Thu Aug 10 16:24:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7AMObjb004243 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:24:37 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao02.cox.net (fed1rmmtao02.cox.net [68.230.241.37]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7AMOaEm022799 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:24:37 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060810222432.ZCXN12581.fed1rmmtao02.cox.net@TOWER>; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:24:32 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'GD Wells'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] A Woman's DNA Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:24:36 -0700 Message-ID: <002f01c6bccb$c61fe5c0$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <44DB66A0.00002C.03920@HOMEPC> Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Gloria Because each of us carries a particular chromosome pair that includes one (X) from our mother and one (X or Y) from our father. If we get XX we are female, if XY we are male. The information that is crucial for paternity is on the Y chromosome, so girls don't have it. Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of GD Wells |Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:04 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] A Woman's DNA | | | | Please explain why a woman's DNA cannot be traced. My maiden name is | Donaldson. That was my father's family name. Why can't the |DNA start with me, go to him and on back in time? | | On the other side of my family, my mother was a Donaldson, no |relation to my | father that I have found. Why can't my DNA be taken, go back two | generations and then pick up that male Donaldson ancestor and |trace on back? | | I don't understand why not women - why only men? I have some |male cousins | on my mother's side of the family, but none carry the |Donaldson name. I | have read that the man tested has to have the last name. Is |that true?? | | glowells@bellsouth.net | |