Re: mt dna testing

["Victor Villarreal" <vela_este@...>]

Margarita,

The limitation about only being able to test the female line does not
depend on the site doing the testing, but is something inherent to the
way men and women are genetically different.

However, you can determine your genetic lineage by testing anyone in
the direct lineage of your father, that is, your father himself or an
uncle, a brother of yours, a son of your uncle, even a grandson of
your father.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@k...>
wrote:
> If we can only go through the female line, then I'll have to go through 
> another site.  My mother was from Scotland, and her mother was from 
> Ireland.:(  Marge
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long wrote:
> 
> > I would love to see how others did thier dna tests. I feel cheated as
> >  a female that I can only do the mtdna (female)line. I ordered mine
> >  through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered his from another even
> >  though it's the same lab.. he does not have ancestors from
Mexico.  My
> >  test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6 weeks to arrive.  I'm
> >  waiting for my results now and expect them by the end of June.  I
also
> >  like how the Mexico site will hold our results for 25 years and will
> >  notify us if there is a match with someone.
> >
> >  I don't fully understand how they analize the results but expect to
> >  find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my research
records are
> >  correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in percentages, Joseph,
do you
> >  know how it's done?
> >
> >  Linda Castanon-Long
> >