Posted on 12/30/2005 4:07:34 AM PST by Pharmboy
If you know your Y-chromosome markers, enter them in the spaces provided in the drop-down menus and it will trace paternal line names and likely countries of origin. Three names popped up in my likely ancestry: Nickle (USA and Scotland), Rogers (USA) and Mahoney (USA).
Here is my Place/Time Analysis:
Important notes:
A match close to 100% for a given time period does not necessarily mean that your paternal-line ancestor lived in that country at that time, only that the closest match in the SMGF database had a paternal-line ancestor living in that place and time. In general, the above graph may not imply actual ancestry, just most likely ancestry based on the current SMGF Y-chromosome database.
The highest-likelihood matches may refer to paternal-line cousins rather than to direct paternal-line ancestors. It is possible that a close paternal-line cousin migrated to a country that your direct-line ancestors never lived in.
The closest match in a given time and country may not be genetically related to other individuals in that country at that time. This graph refers to specific individuals living in the country, not necessarily to the country as a whole.
I came upon this site through a genealogy discussion board. I did NOT ping the pingmeisters (PH; SC) in order for you to ping your lists, but just because I thought you might be interested in this Sorenson site if you've done your Y-haplotypes (or if you're a Mahoney, Nickle or Rogers and we are perhaps, cousins).
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Neat article. My Y-haplotypes are probably best unknown. I'm pinging "the few" ...
LOL! What could you possibly find that you'd rather not know? Hey--I hear Genghis Khan even had a soft side...or perhaps you'd find out that you and I are cousins 1,500 generations removed??
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Besides, I can't imagine asking my brother or father for a DNA sample.
Hey, Dad. Could I just swab your cheek for a bit? I want to know about my ancestors.
If you're a woman, they do a mitochondrial DNA which gives your maternal line. If you are a guy, then you only need to swab your own cheek. If your dad or brother does it (or paternal uncle, for that matter) YOU do not have to do it since ALL the men in your family with the same last name have the same Y chromosome as you.
This is not creepy at all. I want to do it. My brother is the last living male of our line. My father was the only son and my brother his only son. My brother has 2 daughters. He will go along with it but I just don't know what to do with the swab.
sarcasm ended.
It seems a bit Brave New World, Apocalypse time kinda thing. Like some day, we'll carry our genetic code around like a Driver's License, and the markers will determine what we will or will not be able to do. I've probably read too much dystopian literature or seen one too many SF shows.
It may be a bit paranoid, but it's not beyond the realm of possibility. I guess I just don't want my DNA in a database somewhere. Heck, I don't even like to give out my Social Security number! I think I'll keep my markers to myself.
Still, it is intriguing. Maybe one day my curiosity will get the better of me.
Thanks, I e-mailed it to my brother.
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Thanks for the ping. There was a GGG topic about the National Genographic, oops, Geographic article on an mtDNA study ($100 a head) in which one could participate. I didn't do that either. ;')
I've seen my own genealogy going back in some lines twelve generations, and have never encountered any crossed lines, so I'm inclined to think that I'm probably cousins with about half of America. :')
There was another topic on FR, I've been unable to find it, regarding a claim that everyone is descended from a single individual who lived in Asia a mere 3500 years ago, IOW, only that (he or) she was our last common ancestor. I wonder if anyone has the link? Good time to post the GGG links update.
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