Bibliography DNA Lecture

 

Unlocking Your Genetic History, A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Family’s Medical and Genetic Heritage, Thomas H. Shawker, M.D., Nashville, Tennessee, Rutledge Hill Press, 2004. [Out-of-print but can sometimes be found on Ebay and www.Amazon.com].

 

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2, 2000, “The Y Chromosome in Genealogical Research, ‘From Their Y’s a Father Knows His Own Son.’”

 

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2005 “Genealogy & Genetics,” [available to NGS members at www.ngsgenealogy.org].

                                                           

Bryan Sykes, Seven Daughters of Eve, Bantam Press, 2001 [available at Armstrong Atlantic State University].

 

Paths to Your Past, A Guide to Finding Your Ancestors, National Genealogical Society, Arlington, Virginia 2009, [copy donated to Sun City Computer club].

 

 

Providers of DNA Testing

 

§         Family Tree DNA http://www.familytreedna.com

§         Relative Genetics http://www.relativegenetics.com

§         Genetic Genealogy http://www.DNAancestryproject.com/

§         Sorenson Molecular Gen. Foundation http://www.smgf.org

§         Oxford Ancestors http://www.oxfordancestors.com

 

 

Go to www.FamilyTreeDNA.com and see if your surname is already in a group DNA project.

 

For more information see the Frequently Asked Questions at www.familytreeDNA.com

 

Internet Resources

 

For more on The Seven Daughter of Eve, see the following websites:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_Seven_Daughters_of_Eve

 

http://mctiernan.com/mtdna.htm

 

http://www.duerinck.com/migrate.html

 

http://www.dnai.org/d/index.html

 

Map of worldwide Haplogroups: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mcdonald/WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf

 

The Genographic Project

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/genographic/about/about-this-blog.html

 

A few explanations

 

Y chromosome DNA is passed from father to son for generations. It can be tested and compared for males who may share a common male ancestor. Only males can be tested. If a woman wants to know about her surname DNA she needs to find a male father, brother, nephew or cousin with the same surname to participate.

 

mtDNA is passed from mothers to daughters for generations. Daughters can be tested to trace the lineage of their maternal line. Mothers also pass it to their sons, who do not pass it on to their sons or daughters.

 

Haplotype: a specific set of Y chromosomes or set of mtDNA characterized by slowly mutating markers

 

Haplogroup: is the distribution of haplotypes in a specific geographic population.