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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 16, 2010 16:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by sundiata on Apr 16, 2010 20:57:22 GMT -5
I've considered having one of these tests done but they're so darn expensive. On second thought, I've limited my testing down exclusively to the Y-chromosme since I know where my maternal ancestry ends, and that's with a native American great great grandmother, thus I'll be knocking off a good $300. As for my paternal DNA, I have unchecked suspicious however (similar to what T.D. Jakes had concerning his Igbo ancestry on "African American Lives") that I can be tied either with the Fulani or Mandinka. Don't ask me why I think that (could be wishful thinking or that a girl at my school from Congo told me that I looked "Sahelian") but after I get my tax return, I'm sure to confirm or disconfirm them. I think I'm going to put in an order. I'll be sure to report my results here.
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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 17, 2010 0:48:00 GMT -5
I've considered having one of these tests done but they're so darn expensive. On second thought, I've limited my testing down exclusively to the Y-chromosme since I know where my maternal ancestry ends, and that's with a native American great great grandmother, thus I'll be knocking off a good $300. As for my paternal DNA, I have unchecked suspicious however (similar to what T.D. Jakes had concerning his Igbo ancestry on "African American Lives") that I can be tied either with the Fulani or Mandinka. Don't ask me why I think that (could be wishful thinking or that a girl at my school from Congo told me that I looked "Sahelian") but after I get my tax return, I'm sure to confirm or disconfirm them. I think I'm going to put in an order. I'll be sure to report my results here. You and I have a similar maternal line of ancestry for my maternal grandmother is also Native American but I nevertheless took both tests for both the maternal and paternal line and as expected ended up with haplogroup A for my maternal line and E3a* for my paternal line with closest matches to Mende and Mandinka.
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Post by homeylu on Apr 17, 2010 11:39:08 GMT -5
Good video, well explained. Sundiata, you should still get both tests done, unless both your maternal grandparents are Native American. I had it completed several years ago, because although I knew my maternal grandmother was "full-blooded" Native American, my MATERNAL grandfather was NOT. So I used a male cousin on my maternal side, as there are only female siblings in our family. I wanted a "complete' picture, so I also used a female aunt on my paternal side.
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Post by NeferKemet on Apr 19, 2010 17:02:28 GMT -5
I did use African Ancestry for both maternal, and paternal tests just recently. They only tested a small number of markers (6 for maternal, and 8 for paternal) to come to their conclusion. I was somewhat satisfied with the results being that they claim that they can tie you directly to a "tribe" but, being that they only test a small amount of markers, it seems that it's really not sufficient to come to an absolute conclusion. They tied my maternal DNA to Mende, and Kru peoples (Sierra Leone, and Liberia), and paternal DNA to Fula, and Balanta peoples (Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau).
So, I ordered more definitive full DNA tests from Family Tree DNA to cover all markers for my maternal, and paternal DNA again.
Very expensive indeed.
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Post by chatoyer on May 27, 2017 22:01:59 GMT -5
You will get a similar result with FTDNA, because they only use the so call "BANTU Haplotype" which is only about 6-8 Loci...
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Post by chatoyer on May 27, 2017 22:02:43 GMT -5
You will get a similar result with FTDNA, because they only use the so call "BANTU Haplotype" which is only about 6-8 Loci...
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