Cheri, Thank You for helping me make the DNA order. I am so excited to see the results and share it with others. Mahalo Kathy
On Jul 21, 3:36 pm, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy O, > > I need some names in order to reconstruct a pedigree so I don't misinterpret > who is who's mother's mother's mother and if it's on the maternal side. > > On mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)... > All DNA samples are compared against the Cambridge Reference Sequence > (CRS). The test that was ordered (mtDNA Basic or mtDNA Plus) will determine > what is reported back to you. If just mtDNA (basic) was ordered, your > cousin's mtDNA was compared against a few hundred base pairs on > HyperVariable Region 1 (HVR I) only. You'd get something like 126C, 294T, > etc reported back. At the location that the geneticists call 126, your > cousin had a C (for the chemical cytosine) there instead of what the CRS > had. Now, if your cousin had the mtDNA Plus test, he'll have 2 regions > reported back (HVR1 and HVR 2). This covers something like 800 base pairs. > Again, instead of giving you all 800, they only report the differences back > to you. > > Nicole mentioned the book "The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Bryan Sykes. See > if your local library has it. It explains haplogroup T (your cousin belongs > to subgroup T2) and the nickname of "Tara." There are 4 T2's in the Azores > DNA project so far. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
