I have a question on that too, if a female doing the family finder test, will that get both of her parents DNA?
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Elle said: > << have a question, maybe you might know. When I send in the DNA should I > include only my Azores side or should I include the Irish side as well. If > I use my mother's DNA (she is 96) I will get her parents DNA - father from > Azores and mother from Ireland. Or should I use my own DNA to see if I can > capture my father's side as well. My father was from England.>> > > I'm going to answer this on the DNA thread, not on a thread about a > freguesia. > > I need to know which DNA test you have in mind (Y-DNA, mtDNA, or Family > Finder). But if you are asking about uploading your Gedcom, include > everything. > > If you are ordering Family Finder, you should do it for your mom. Anyone > who has access to their parents should use their parents for Family Finder. > If a sibling of your parents are alive, use them. And for the lucky few > who have access to their grandparents, use them. > > If your father is deceased and you want his Y-DNA, you are not the person > to take the DNA test as I don't think the name Elle is male. But maybe I'm > wrong and you are a man. If you are a female though, you'd have to get an > uncle or male cousin that carries your dad's surname to take a Y-DNA test. > If you were ordering Family Finder on your dad, I'd use one of his siblings > if there are any still alive (as they are the same generation). If there > is no one, then yes, you'd be the person to take the DNA test. > > > Cheri Mello > Family Tree DNA Admin > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. > > > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
