Genealogy

 Chapter 4: Genealogical Applications for mtDNA Exercises. All the questions refer to diagrams in Appendix A: page 136 1. Which descendants shown inherited the mtDNA of Mary Ann (Smith) Jones (2) : 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 21, 22, 33.  Mary Smith passed her mtDNA to all her children; 3, 4, 5 . Her son 3 Albert, did not pass his mtDNA to his children. His children got their mtDNA from their mother, 6. One daughter, Mary 4 , had only a son, 11 . That son had mtDNA from 2, but did not pass it to his children. They instead got mtDNA from his wife, their mother, 15.  Her daughter Emma, 5 , passed her mtDNA to her daughter Emma, 12 . Emma 12's daughter Mandy 21 gave the mtDNA from 2 to her daughter, Mandella, 33 . Emma Crocker 12 also passed mtDNA from 2 to her son Max 22 . Max had a daughter who had the mtDNA from her mother, 28.  2. Ira Gerball 20 died in Vietnam. ... Which people on the chart share the same mtDNA as Ira for purposes of identifying his remains?  Three peop...

It's been about a month since I gave up waiting and started "making something happen" on 23andme . I have 983 "DNA Relatives" there, and Gedmatch shows me my top 1000 matches. I've messaged all of the 23andme matches, with mixed results. First, only about one-third of the cousins have a name or profile that I can see on 23andme. Those people I have messaged by name, and if they have surnames and/or localities listed, I often mention those if they sound interesting or familiar. Many people have nothing listed in their profile but a name. Those folks without a name can be messaged, but it has to be generic. A few of those nameless people have accepted contact, and some "sharing", which is what 23andme calls comparing genomes. Of course sharing genomes is the whole reason I'm doing this, so it has been a lot of work just to get to starting line. For those who are not interested in doing this work to get matches, my advice is: use FTDNA or An...