General Digest, Vol 91, Issue 7

Armando, thank you for the information. I will take a look at those websites.

Saludos
Edward

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On Aug 27, 2013, at 3:04 PM, general-request@lists.nuestrosranchos.com wrote:

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> 1. DNA testing (Armando)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:14:11 -0500
> From: Armando
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.com
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] DNA testing
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> Hello Edward,
>
> The books on DNA testing are outdated and don't do proper comparisons or
> explanations. DNA testing is a new field and advances are happening too
> rapidly. Learning is done through websites and blogs.
>
> Ancestry.com and Family Finder do autosomal testing. Autosomal testing
> looks at the DNA that you inherited from all of your ancestral lines. You
> don't inherit autosomal DNA from all of your ancestors but you do inherit
> autosomal DNA from all of your ancestors. It can be confusing and hard to
> explain.The following site has charts that can somewhat explain what you
> are wanting to know http://www.dnainheritance.kahikatea.net/autosomal.html
>
> Family Finder is much better than Ancestry.com because it allows you to see
> which chromosome you coincide with your matches. This allows for
> triangulation in order to pinpoint which ancestors passed down that segment
> of autosomal DNA. Family Finder also tells you how much autosomal DNA you
> have in common. Anything less than 5.5 is called IBS Identity by State and
> is insignificant.
>
> Ancestry.com is also different than Family Finder which is also different
> from 23andme which is also different than Geno 2.0. I prefer using the
> Family Finder raw data and running it through the Dodecad Globe13 which
> includes Amerindian testing and also has a source database. Only Globe13
> and Geno 2.0 inlcude source population info. They are the most transparent
> calculators. The names of the ancestral components of Globe13 closely match
> those of Gen0 2.0. A program for using the Globe13 calculator is at
> http://www.y-str.org/tools/diy-dodecad-wrapper/
>
> You can download all of your Family Finder files by using
> http://www.dnagedcom.com/FamilyTreeDNA/default.aspx
>
> Y-DNA helps identify the paternal line and can provide matches on the
> paternal line. If you relatives that you don't know their paternal then
> they should get a Y-DNA test. The mtDNA is strictly the female line. If you
> have relatives for which you can't identify the female line the mtDNA test
> might help but since the mtDNA changes so slowly it is hard to identify how
> two females are related. It is more for determining if it is Amerindian or
> European.
>
> If your relatives get an autosomal test it will help with triangulation.
> http://dna-explained.com/2013/06/21/triangulation-for-autosomal-dna/
>
> If you upload your raw Family Finder data to www.gedmatch.com you will be
> able to triangulate with others once that feature is put back on the site.
> It takes 6 weeks for the file to process so you want to get the file
> uploaded as soon as possible.
>
> You should also read the following presentation on autosomal testing
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21841126/DNA.pptx
>
> Regards,
> Armando
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> Hello my name is Edward Arce Luna I'm really new at this DNA testing,but I
> would like
> some information. I have done DNA testing on ancestry.com I did the
> paternal and maternal testing I've also did family Finder DNA testing on
> family tree DNA . I would like to get some of my siblings, uncles, aunts,
> Tested. I'm not sure which test would benefit me, Would it be the
> Paternal DNA or maternal or family finder testing.?Any books or any website
> you
> Can recommend that would give some basic information on the DNA testing
> interpretations?
> I have done the DNA testing on ancestry.com. Which is the paternal and
> maternal.
> I also done some DNA testing on family DNA. Now the family Finder DNA
> results are somewhat different compared to the ancestry.com DNA testing I'm
> a little confused!
> Saludos
> Edward Luna
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:21:11 -0500
> From: Armando
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.com
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] DNA testing
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> I just noticed an error in my previous post. I was trying to write it all
> too fast. The correction is "You don't inherit autosomal DNA from all of
> your ancestors but you do inherit autosomal DNA segments from ancestors
> that existed through any of your ancestral lines." I hope that makes more
> sense especially with the content of the rest of the post.
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