This is great, thank you, Cheri!

MaryAnn

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is Roberta Estes' "X Marks the Spot" article (with pictures) from her
> "DNA Explained" blog:
> https://dna-explained.com/2012/09/27/x-marks-the-spot/
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> Listowner, Azores-Gen
> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 5:30 AM MaryAnn Santos <m...@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for this explanation. It is very helpful.
>>
>> Best,
>> MaryAnn
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 5:35 AM Tomas Leal <tomasl...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The XX configuration is tricky, which many either forget or do not
>>> realize. The Y-gene is so easy to follow because it always comes directly
>>> from father to son, father to son, at so on. My Y-gene is the exact same
>>> one my several times great-grandfather had (unless some genetic mutation
>>> occurred in between).
>>>
>>> With a female child, each parent contributes an X gene. Which
>>> grandmother that particular X gene came from is another matter.
>>>
>>> The X gene passed father to daughter had to come from the father's
>>> mother; however, she had an X gene from each parent, so the X gene the
>>> father passed on could have come either from his mother's mother or his
>>> mother's father. In turn, that X gene could have come from different
>>> grandmothers.
>>>
>>> What this means is full sisters can have different X genes via their
>>> mother, as the one from their mother passed could have come from any one of
>>> three grandmothers (either of two passed from the mother's parents or  one
>>> passed by the father)! Add in great-grandmothers and it's even more
>>> complicated.
>>>
>>> In the case presented here, the fathers were different so the X gene
>>> each one passed could be from a different grandmother as well. Thus, we can
>>> see the importance of "triangulation" of getting DNA samples from first
>>> cousins for comparisons, in addition to that from siblings.
>>>
>>> Tomás Leal
>>>
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