Question about our answer below......My Mother had her mtDNA tested. So would it be beneficial to do the Family Finder on her? Would that be an upgrade to the DNA already on file or would she need to complete a new test? In a message dated 6/2/2012 4:56:15 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time (Mex, gfsche...@gmail.com writes:
Here are some more good questions I'm getting about Family Finder, a DNA test from Family Tree DNA. Q: I tested my Y-DNA and my mtDNA. How does Family Finder compare? A: It doesn't. They are 3 different tests that can be run on your DNA. Just like if you are hungry, you can have a choice of apples, bananas, or oranges. Y-DNA is your father's father's father's line only. mtDNA is your mother's mother's mother's line only. Family Finder covers all your lines. It's not a straight shot like Y or mtDNA. It's a tangled web of all your lines. Some people have enough DNA in them that it detects ancestors born 175 years before. My dad has matches with people whose common ancestor was born in the mid 1700s. My dad was born in 1934. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
