Genetics
James Green's Page of
Genetics Links
initially from RootsWeb Review, Vol. 5, No. 25, 19 June 2002
Remember, DNA is the Gene in Genealogy!*
  1. Purposes of a DNA Surname Project* New link added 9 Dec 2002 9 Dec 2002
    *per 8 Dec 2002 email from Bennett Greenspan, President of Family Tree DNA
    1. Identify others who are related
    2. Prove or disprove theories regarding ancestors
    3. Solve brick walls in your research
    4. Determine a location for further research
    5. Validate existing research
  2. Chris POMERY'S DNA Portal
    1. List of Y-Chromosome DNA Studies being undertaken by Family Historians New link added 25 Nov 2002
      Add your Surname Y-DNA Project to this web page of
      285 Surname Y-chromosome DNA Projects
      by writing the webmaster: Chris Pomery at [email protected]
    2. Most ordinary people got a fixed hereditary surname in the 1200s & 1300s  New link added 3 Dec 2002 3 Dec 2002
  3. Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) Calculator New link added 22 Nov 2002 22 Nov 2002
  4. Database of 12,387 Caucasian European Y-STR Haplotypes New link added 23 Nov 2002 23 Nov 2002
    At bottom of left frame, click on "Start Search"
  5. Database of 1,705 Y-STR Haplotypes from USA New link added 23 Nov 2002 23 Nov 2002
    of which 628 are White, 599 are Negro, & 478 are Hispanic
    At bottom of left frame, click on "Start Search"
  6. Tests from Dr. Scott Woodward via Ancestry.Com:
    Paternal Ancestry Signature (Y-Chromosome haplotype) $196.95
    Maternal Ancestry Signature (mtDNA sequence) $219.95
    Native American Signature (mtDNA haplotype) $196.95
    The test checks 23 markers of junk DNA which are designated:
    The Names of the Markers Being Used
    1) DYS3105) DYS3889) DYS39113) DYS43717) GGAAT1B0721) Y-GATA-A7.2
    2) DYS3846) DYS38910) DYS39214) DYS43818) Y-GATA-A1022) Y-GATA-C4
    3) DYS385a7) DYS389II11) DYS39315) DYS43919) Y-GATA-A423) Y-GATA-H4
    4) DYS385b8) DYS39012) DYS39416) DYS46220) Y-GATA-A7.1
    The above prices & 23 markers are as of 23 June 2002.
  7. Prices of Family Tree DNA -- Genealogy by Genetics Houston TX (Michael Hammer)
    The Group rate for the 25 marker Y chromosome test is $169 + $2 shipping.
    If not part of a group project, the cost is $209 each.
  8. GeneTree DNA Testing Center New item added 14 May 2003
  9. There is a list called Genealogy-DNA at RootsWeb. New item added 27 Nov 2002 27 Nov 2002
    To subscribe, send an email to its server [email protected]
    with subscribe in the subject or the message or both.
  10. Archives of RootsWeb Mailing Lists These 2 links were added 27 Nov 2002 27 Nov 2002
    (including the Archives of postings to the Genealogy-DNA List (which started in 2000))
    1. Search the archives of a list.
    2. Access the Threaded Archives of a list
Return to James Green's Page at Genealogy.Org, or
Return to James Green's Page at FortuneCity.

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http://freepages.genealogy.RootsWeb.Com/~jwg3/genetics.htm
http://Genealogy.Org/~green/genetics.htm and
http://millennium.FortuneCity.Com/byker/362/genetics.htm
( http://members.FortuneCity.Com/jgreen/genetics.htm)

This page was put on the web 21 June 2002.
This page was last Updated 14 May 2003.

This page was put on the web by
James W. Green III.

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