DNA test for humans????

Question

Has anyone ever heard of this??

What esactly does it reveal about you???

How much does it cost and how do you get it done?

Answer 1

There are many places you can get your DNA tested for genealogical purposes.  Ancestry.com, for one, has info and also Familytree.

Just google DNA test and you will get about 5 million hits

Answer 2

DNA yes

it costs £5 from your local TESCO express.

Answer 3

Yes there are lots of company's offering DNA tests for family historians, what I want to know is why do you think you Will find Humans on this site?

Answer 4

A test for your Mtdna will not show any paternal line at all, only your mother, her mother, your great grandmother etc., etc.

The test for Y-DNA (of your father,brother, paternal grandfather, uncle or male cousins) will show your probable "ethnic" ancestry back to when you evolved 10s of thousands of years ago, and will show the various "additions" along the way.

Below is a reply I have given to a similar previous question, dna cannot tell you which country you originated in, only the probable area, or areas of the world your ancient ancestors passed through during their evolution.

Human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes, and one pair of s*x chromosomes. Females carry a pair of X chromosomes that can swap, or recombine, similar regions of DNA during meiosis. However, males harbor one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, and significant recombination between these dissimilar s*x chromosomes does not occur. Therefore, the non-recombining region of the Y chromosome (NRY) remains largely unchanged over many generations, directly passed from father to son, son to grandson, and so on, along with genetic variations in the NRY that may be present. Scientists can use genetic variations, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), on the Y chromosome as markers of human ancestry and migration.

It is very effective and the best companies will retest until they get a conclusive result.

If you have, say, just the first 12 markers tested($149 with FTDNA), that will give an indication of where you originated, the more markers you test on, the more information is gained ( for mtdna, your suggested geographic origin and your maternal deep ancestral ethnic origin, $129 with FTDNA) if you test on the maximumum of, say 67 markers ($349 with FTDNA), it is possible then to find a match to someone else carrying your own, or a different surname, and to prove a link where perhaps no "paper trail" exists. It can therefore pinpoint a place in which your ancestors probably lived in recent history but DNA does not, obviously,

have a surname attached to it, surnames have only been used for around 700 years and of course your DNA originated 10s of thousands of years ago. You can also have a SNP test which will help show the migratory pattern of your ancient ancestors, having said that, you can join a Surname project (e.g. with FTDNA) and receive discounted prices on your tests.

I recommend that you make yourself aware of the various tests available, and the costs with each testing company.

Plus, check out what is available to you after you have tested.

I used Family Tree DNA ,they were the first in the field (founded in 1999), have the largest data base, and do the testing for the National Geographic's Genome project, their "after sales" is excellent and I consider they are the best, but you have to make your own decision on that.

http://www.familytreedna.org

NOTE :-

If you are female, you only carry your mother's Mtdna, and her mother's Mtdna, and her mother's Mtdna etc.,etc.,etc. and that will show only your mother's lineage (you will pass that Mtdna on to your daughters and sons, but your sons will not pass it on to their children). You do not inherit your father's Y-DNA.

If you are male, you inherit your father's Y-DNA, his father's Y-DNA, his father's Y-DNA, and so on back to your origin. You also inherit your mother's Mtdna, but you only pass your Y-DNA on to your sons.

Answer 5

In these times everyone is worried where everyone comes from. They dont realize that we all come from the same place. The begining the creation. Adam,Eve,the garden. If you find out that your ancestors were bad just do the opposite and if they were Holy be holy. For knowledge brings forth  power to change all things. God bless and keep you smart!

Answer 6

I have had this done,and it can be expensive.

Mine was about $200.

It's done by swabbing the inside of the cheek.Then you mail it into the company for analysis.

You have to take into account the limitations of what can be learned from the testing.Females can only test their MtDNA.

The mother,to grandmother,to great-grandmother etc..

That will leave out alot of your ancestors.

But if you want to know something about your maternal line,then it may be worth it.

It could tell you if your female line goes back to Europe,or the Americas.

It will tell you what Haplogroup you belong to.

Males can also have their Y- DNA tested to trace the line back from their father.

Of course there are also tests to determine parentage as well.But that is another matter.I assume you mean the genealogical testing.

You will just have to decide if it is worth the money to you.There are many companies that will do this now.

Answer 7

Take an mtDNA (maternal) deep ancestry test and get your Dad, brother or paternal Uncle to do a YDNA (paternal) deep ancestry test.

These will give you a stunningly accurate picture of the migration routes of your paternal line and maternal line ancestors, even down to 'when' they were in different places.

Visit familytreedna.org, genebase.com, or dna.ancestry.com

Basically the more you spend the more accurate the analysis can be. Although perversely it makes finding matches more difficult because so few people have done high number marker tests.

I've done a YDNA deep ancestry test and I have to say it is the most exciting journey I have ever taken.

best regards,

RouX