From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri May 19 16:57:47 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 k4JMvljb030333; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:57:47 -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 k4JMvi0J027649 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:57:44 -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 k4JKNHFI019050 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:23:17 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k4JKNH5R019049 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:23:17 -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 k4JJYHFI018910 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 15:34:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k4JM8Xor013308 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:08:33 -0600 X-Envelope-From: whalent@excite.com Fri May 19 16:08:33 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 k4JM8Xjb013297 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:08:33 -0600 Received: from excite.com (nn3.excitenetwork.com [207.159.120.57]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4JM8U1M010825 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 16:08:31 -0600 Received: by xprdmxin.myway.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 79F302F5BC; Fri, 19 May 2006 18:08:20 -0400 (EDT) To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #213 Received: from [24.7.148.9] by xprdmailfe6.nwk.excite.com via HTTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 18:08:20 EST X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: ID = 0f27883e2e41a914477dfd7b41d9efba Reply-To: whalent@excite.com From: "Tom Whalen" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: whalent@excite.com X-Mailer: PHP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20060519220820.79F302F5BC@xprdmxin.myway.com> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:08:20 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Score: 1.734 (*) BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,RCVD_FAKE_HELO_DOTCOM 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 DNA can tell your country of origin - sort of. I had 37 markers of my Y chromosome DNA tested at Family Tree DNA. They have about 64,000 samples in their database. My results showed that I matched within 1 mutation with two other men. One reported that their ancestors came from England and the other from the United Kingdom. I have traced my direct male ancestor back to a John Phelen, who was born in Ireland in 1715. According to Family Tree, there is a 97% probability that I had a common ancestor with each match in the last 12 generations. However, neither has my surname of Whalen. So our common ancestor came from England or the United Kingdom. Another possibility is that that ancestor came from Ireland. It is common that the Irish migrated by ship from England, say Liverpool, and their descendent's only know where they "came from" as being the cith from which they sailed. I am within 4 mutations of the 37 markers with another man who has the same surname. Family Tree says there is a 95% probablility that we had a common male ancestor within 24 generations. Tom Whalen Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:42:22 -0500 From: "Kathie Harrison" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #213Now how would DNA be able to tell you that??? Was this post someone's tongue in cheek question? [pun intended]On 5/18/06, EXPONATIONAL@aol.com wrote: > Please advise if DNA reseach can idetify the ancesters birth place, or > country. >> Thanks. >> A.Khanani >>-- Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/------------------------------X-Message: #10 Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 09:15:54 -0700 From: "Kith-n-Kin" Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #213I don't think this is a joke. The University of Arizona is part of a major -- and I mean major -- study on the human migration history and patterns, using mitochondrial DNA, which shows such interesting things as which regions your ancestors passed through.http://hammerlab.biosci.arizona.edu/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging/spencerWells.html On the other hand, on a more "micro" level, many families are trying to "cross the pond" by collecting male DNA from direct lines and comparing that to DNA from various enclaves of families with the same surnames (or thought to be the "same" line) in Europe and Asia.So, can you tell where your family came from? Maybe, if you have the "right" current set of relatives.Pat (in Tucson)|-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathie Harrison |Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 08:42 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #213 || |Now how would DNA be able to tell you that??? Was this post |someone's tongue in cheek question? [pun intended] ||On 5/18/06, EXPONATIONAL@aol.com wrote: |> Please advise if DNA reseach can idetify the ancesters birth |place, or |> country. |> |> Thanks. |> |> A.Khanani |> |> || |-- |Kathie Harrison |Ancestral Whispers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/ ||