SELLERS DNA PROJECT
http://www.sellers-sellars-sollars-zellars.net/sellers_dna.htm
Use this link to join the project and purchase your DNA test.
http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=B24965
Your genetic test kit consists of a cheek scraper and a collection tube. In about five minutes, you will be able to read the instructions and perform a painless cheek scraping. The effect of using the scraper is about the same as brushing your cheek with a soft bristle toothbrush.
MTDNA testing = http://www.familytreeDNA.com/facts_genes.asp?act=show&nk=3.1
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It
takes 4-6 weeks for the results to be mailed from the lab.
Then we can post results
from everyone that has sent a Release Form.
A Rerun test Adds about 3
more weeks. No extra cost. But they do
Not change the result date!
FROM
SHERRY MAZZETTI
[mailto:sherrymazzetti1@prodigy.net]
This is my understanding of
the most common DNA tests
available. If a female is tested, the test will be for
her mitochondrial
DNA aka Mtdna--a straight line
female test--from her to mother, grandmother,
greatgrandmother, etc. Males are tested for Ydna--a straight male
line
DNA--from him to father,
grandfather, etc. (Because a male also
carries his
mother's mitochondrial D,
technically a male could be tested for his direct
female line, although none
of his children could, as they inherit his wife's
Mtdna. For our purposes, this is irrelevant.)
For a Sellers line to be tested, a direct male Sellers
descendant is
needed. Presumably, under the assumption that
paternity is known, any male
whose surname is Sellers can
be tested.The age of any living person is
probably irrelevant. Most mutations occur about once in 10,000
yrs., at
least for Mtdna. In any case, they are rare events.
I would love to see if/how Johann Michael aka John Michael aka
Michael
Sellers of Bracken Co. KY is
related to me, but only his direct male
descendants will show if he
is related to other Sellers in our discussions.
My Mtdna results (which I
have) show nothing to link me to any of my male
ancestors.
Note that there are more sophisticated tests which use a
number of
markers to determine if any
given child is the child of a particular set of
parents--sometimes a
paternity test and sometimes a combination of genetic
markers from nuclear DNA to
determine if a dead person is a couple's
child--as in the Laci
Peterson case. (Blood types can also be used to some
degree, usually to exclude a
father when the mother is known.)
Don't know if this makes sense. Hope so.
Sherry
Sellers.Michael
[msellers@acresgaming.com]
Just wanted to pass along an
article from MSNBC on January 16, 2002 about DNA being used in genealogical
pursuits to indicate if two people are related via a distant, common ancestor.
The full article is at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077144/
DNA 101
http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/dna101.html
Family tree dna info index
http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/description.html#mtDNA
dna discussion forum
DEC 2004
the more I'm involved with DNA
testing, the more
interesting it becomes. I have to admit it does NOT answer all your
questions. Although It can and does help answer some questions, like
everything else in Genealogy, it creats as many (More) than it
answers.
And Nowhere in the process are you
advised to abandon the paper trail.
In most instances you'll need both
the paper trail and the DNA to find
that illusive connection..
The typical question that many of us ask... Just how can DNA
testing help me?? Take into consideration a Surname study.. Two
variations in spelling of the same
or similar Surname.. A DNA test can
possibly tell if they share a common
ancestor... (or not! :-) ) One
particular Surname Study that I'm aware of Shows a definite
division, in
that, some have a Scottish
ancestry, where as others of the same
surname
are definitely of English
origins.. A DNA test could help you to
discover relatives you didn't know
you have... A DNA test could possibly
help you to connect to someone who
has been a bit more successful in
tracing their line than you
have...
There are a lot of ,what could
be construed as, stumbling blocks
with DNA testing also.. it could show adoptions that were unknown -
verify extra-martial affairs that
have been hidden a few
years/generations.. affairs/liaison's that happened out of
wedlock (as we know it)..
etc, etc,
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