To: Pharmboy
Does anyone else find this a bit creepy?
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.
9 posted on
12/30/2005 5:23:52 AM PST by
Chanticleer
(A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular. -- Adlai Stevenson)
To: Chanticleer; Ditter
Lemme 'splain. Creepy? If you are uninterested in your ancestry, I still don't get "creepy."
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.
11 posted on
12/30/2005 5:42:24 AM PST by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Chanticleer
Besides, I can't imagine asking my brother or father for a DNA sample. I already tried this.
Results were as I feared. My dad accused me of thinking he wasn't my "real" father and my brother promised to do it but took the kit and it was never seen again.
33 posted on
12/30/2005 3:00:40 PM PST by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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