I'd call Customer Service at FTDNA on that one. 713-868-1438
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wrote a long and detailed message to my cousins in an attempt to > convince some to get DNA testing and one of the points I brought up was the > fact that we don't all get the same DNA from our parents which is proven > because my nephew from my sister has at least one or two matches to people > with Portuguese ancestry that I don't show as a match. And I went on to say > that if my siblings were all tested (I have 6 siblings) there is a chance > we could all represent a much higher percentage of the DNA from each of our > parents. Maybe we could reach the level of close to 100% from each. > > So that leads me to my question. Does anyone know whether there is a way > to check what DNA exactly was passed down to children by the parents? For > instance, if one or two more of my siblings were to be tested, is there a > way to know what percentage we have total from my father who also got the > test? We'll never know that from my mother because she's long deceased, > though perhaps that is also possible. > > It would be very interesting, because at my father's birthday party > yesterday, two attendees were siblings and the only representatives from my > deceased aunt's DNA. So if they both got the Family Finder test, could we > then estimate how much DNA they two represent from their parents? Even > though both are deceased, it seems they could figure it out by adding up > what DNA is different for each of them and the total might be 150% of one > person's own DNA, making the answer that they have maybe 75% of the DNA the > two parents had and 25% of each person's DNA is different than the other > sibling. This is all just wild play with numbers, but you should be able to > follow me. Just simple math. > > Thanks, > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
