What kinda test is this called?

Question

i wanna find out more of where i come from...not like my country Brazil i already know enough about that...but i mean like if i have any traces of any other cultures such as german, african, dutch, anything! i heard there are certain tests where they check your DNA of what cultures you are...can someone plz tell me the actual name of this test? everytime i ask somebody else about this they ask me if i know my dad or mom..i'm NOT talkin about a paternity test

Answer 1

Driving test?  Spelling bee?  I guess I don't know.  Sorry.  (2 points, please.)

Answer 2

DNA test

Answer 3

Since you are a female you would take the MTDNA test.  The Y-DNA test is not available to women as the male DNA dies out in the female. Men carry both the male and female DNA of their ancestors.

By taking the MtDna test you will get the original origin of your female line, mother to mother to mother, etc.

I recently took this test and my results say I'm from one of the 7 daughters of Eve and where my line originated and showed where this line migrated to.  I have a sequence of "markers" and if I match someone else exactly, then we have a common female ancestor.  Right now, there isn't anyone on Ancestry that has taken the test that I'm related to.  I can also enter these results into some of the other sites that have databases that track the female DNA.

I didn't tell me that my 5th grandmother came from Germany or anything like that. It went to the origins of the line.

Answer 4

ancestry test

http://www.ancestry.com/?o_xid=34563&o_l...

Answer 5

DNA test.

Answer 6

While a DNA  test can tell you why you have curly hair, brown eyes, are short, etc, the "BioGeographical Ancestry (BGA) test"  is the term given to the biological or genetic component of race. BGA is a straightforward and objective description of the Ancestral origins of a person, in terms of the major population groups. (e.g. Native American, East Asian, European, sub-Saharan African, etc.). In many countries across the globe, there has been far-reaching integration among populations that had initially been separate.In the fields of human genetics & anthropology, this combination is referred to as admixture. BGA estimates can also be understood as individual admixture proportions, which take the form of a series of percentages that add to 100%. For example, a person in question may be found to have: 75% European; 15% African; 10% Native American ancestry, or they may be found to have 100% European ancestry.

   The ancestry test uses a specific selected panel of Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) that have been categorized in a large number of distinct population samples. These markers are selected on the bases of showing considerable differences in regularity between population groups & can tell us about the origins of an individual whose ancestry is unidentified. For example, the Duffy Null allele (FY*0) is very common (approaching fixation or an allele frequency of 100%) in all sub-Saharan African populations. Thus, a person with this allele is very likely to have some level of African ancestry. After the investigation of these AIMs, in a sample of a person's DNA, the probability that a person is derived from any of the parental populations and any of the possible mixes of parental populations is calculated.

  How can BGA be utilized?

  1.  Estimates of BGA can help reconnect individuals separated by adoption, or some other event, with their ancestral populations.

  2. Understanding health disparities--why are some races more prone to diabetes or heart problems than others, etc.

  3.Even if an individual is not interested to find out about their ancestors, they can reveal the past of their family either to verify family legends or to search for forgotten roots. (Am I really, truly an ancestor of King Henry VIII or is just a story handed down through generations?)

   Can BGA provide additional details about ancestry?

"AncestryByDNA™ 1.0" is the first version of the test, and it is specifically designed to provide information to uncover the levels of Native American, European, and African ancestry, as three component groups.

"AncestryByDNA™ 2.0 and 2.5", are expanded to provide information on the proportions of ancestry on the continental level for most continents, Native American, European (which includes European, Middle Eastern and South Asian groups, such as Indians), African, but we distinguish ancestries within Asia and the Pacific Rim by adding East Asian, (which includes the Pacific Islanders) as an additional group.

  "AncestryByDNA™ 3.0" is currently under development, and may be able to define the levels of ancestry within continents (such as distinguishing Japanese from Chinese, or Northern European from Middle Eastern).

(this site goes into longer detail about this test--http://www.dnaancestors.com/faq.php#q2 )