From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Aug 11 02:41:32 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 k7B8fWjb001591; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:41:32 -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 k7B8fWsQ020834 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:41:32 -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 k7B628FI027003 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:02:08 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7B627xq027002 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:02:07 -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 k7B5JQFI026849 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:19:26 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7B7wdUH011772 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:58:39 -0600 X-Envelope-From: curti_m@yahoo.com Fri Aug 11 01:58:39 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 k7B7wdjb011761 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:58:39 -0600 Received: from web52205.mail.yahoo.com (web52205.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.48.128]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k7B7wZBp002640 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:58:36 -0600 Received: (qmail 97712 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Aug 2006 07:51:49 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zT9CV/qlCqqNN7DVfS/Bun7T75QtTOoWZzPDUOfwKJW0l1k0NXz+e7YC7czdGyoBJHYdx+IbRD53HNxG6M/8W1UMKSLwNSPQFNZ29WatuQu6nXXxOC9nlfBIaIVFdFwdl+qqoLFUMZv8yCTVZBtkblQ5d7J1DoWZoLs5RIZ6am8= ; Message-ID: <20060811075149.97710.qmail@web52205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [70.57.106.104] by web52205.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:51:49 PDT Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:51:49 -0700 (PDT) From: curt mason Reply-To: curti_m@yahoo.com To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200608110504.k7B54AGA024615@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k7B7wdUH011772 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k7B5JQFI026849 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA: boy vs girl -From: "GD Wells" -Subject: 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? Sons get X from their mother, Y from father. Daughters get one X from each parent. I don't think anyone knows how to tell which parent donated which X chromosome. It's known that it does make a difference, but it's not understood. The X is passed from father to son to son. Easy to track. Also, the Y test is cheaper than the X test. -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?? The surname is irrelevant. Some are adopted, others may have been sired by the milkman instead of by their mother's husband. We can't tell by looking at the records. Some current studies of DNA lineages suggest that the 'milkman' may have been more popular than thought. --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.