Posted on 06/15/2005 11:34:14 AM PDT by blam
I bought three test kits - one for my mother, one for my father, and one for my husband.
My husband did his already but results not back. My mom keeps forgetting to do hers.
But the one for my dad is problematic. He thinks it's the type of DNA testing you do for paternity. I tried to explain the difference but it's not sinking in.
Maybe if he sees something about it on TV he'll understand.
Dear Mr. Tet6,
While we appreciate your DNA sample, we would ask that
next time, you LICK the envelope closed.
Thanks
THe editors NG.com
The only way to use this as a paternity test would be if you are male and you and your father each take the Y chromosome test and they come out with different haplogroups -- but this really isn't designed for that.
I know, I just decided to crack wise a bit for some Father's Day levity, that's all. :-)
BTW, now you should get your mtDNA tested -- you will need to use another company though.
Dang, I meant to get my dad's mtDNA tested, too. Will have to get a second test for him. I think you can order them from ancestry.com.
He's 72, better quit dilly-dallying.
My husband and youngest are neanderthals :O
Maybe i'm zulu..
ping for later reading....
Oh, no prob. I bought a kit for my dad for father's day and he started accusing me of wanting my paternity tested, so I am a mite hypersensitive.
Lol.. I like the way you think.
Maybe they'd come back to tell you that you have a fido felinis.
I floated the concept past my sister today. But I'D have to pony up the $100, or it'd never get done. < |:(~
$99 is actually a bargain for this type of test, but even better is that they're using the money to fund genetic testing on indigenous groups all over the world. I am SO looking forward to those results.
For example, one fascinating study of DNA recently showed that modern day Jews are closely related to Kurds, who live in Northern Iraq. Maybe from when they were in captivity in Babylon?
Don't have the bucks- I'll wait for a cheaper kit, or maybe they'll put a booth in a mall someday!
I did my geneaology back to 1400's, nothing but French and Spanish, but I'd like to see if there's a touch of the Scot in there! Why else would I love bagpipe music and men in kilts?
Apparently, you don't sign the consent form. You just mark what gender you are and that is consent. But they have no idea from whom that sample is pulled. Was it you? your child? a sibling? a neighbor?
The consent form doesn't even allow your signature, you just black in a dot. It really is anonymous.
Yup. Mosul sits on or near the ancient city of Nineveh(sp), that's where the Northern Tribe(s) were exiled. If you remember FReeper 'Lost Tribe', he believed the Northern Tribe were Celts.
You don't sign your name on the consent form. I have one right here. You black in a dot that says male or female. That's all.
Why are people so paranoid? What can they do with the information that can be used against you?
Maybe you should handle the forms with latex gloves so they won't get your fingerprints. Sheesh.
Using a female relative is a lot cheaper than using another company! Family Tree DNA affiliated with ancestry.com, costs $219 for the mtDNA test!
http://www.familytreedna.com/ftanc5.html
I think I will call a female cousin of my dad and ask if she will take the test if I pay for it and share the results. She's also interested in genealogy, and this line is one of our "brick walls."
I can't imagine what they'd be thinking at the DNA place. :-)
I signed up for this weeks ago and just got my kit last week. Been too busy to even open it but I plan to get it back in the mail next week. Pretty exciting stuff, for those who are interested.
Tracking your DNA..
They claim privacy..Do you beleive it?
In 1940 the federal government asked information about race--they said it would never be used against those who responded--yet the government used those same figures to intern Americans of Japanese descent.
It was also illegal for American-Japanese to bear arms.....
HHHmmnn.......
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