Autosomal tests aren't sex specific. The idea is that each generation gets
half from each parent, a quarter from each grandparent, etc. The five
generation thing is just a generality. All of our genes, other than the
occasional mutation, go back many, many generations. It's just that after
about five generations with all the halving and new mutations, sequences
become too fragmented to accurately compare.
The biggest problem is that most people share insufficient information in
their accounts to know whether a match has real significance. I have
nearly a thousand matches, but only three of them are confirmed.
But 23andme tests for a lot more, including about 2500 mitochondrial DNA
markers, the X chromosome, and markers useful for medical history. And,
for men, they test about 1700 markers on the Y.
Of course, there's no guarantee that you'd get any Cooley matches. I
didn't. :(
-Michael
> Ive thought about seeingif my mother would get tested, but its just at 5
> generations I think, and apparently Pat Albert only had girls.. and if it
> won't help, I don't see the point. I'm certainly willing to do anything
> to try and ID Perrin's lineage though.
> Perrin > Albert > Mary > Gaye > Mom... yeah, 5
> If I could find Patsy's children.. they would be only 4 generations I
> think, since Albert's youngest daughter was younger than my grandmother.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com"
> <ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: For the list too]
>
>
> A thought:
>
> Autosomal DNA tests are said to be help to about five generations. For
> some of you, five generations back would include Perrin C. It's a gamble,
> but it could pay off.
>
> I'm curious, how many of you have had the autosomal testing done? FTDNA
> has lowered lowered the rate to $99, matching 23andme, but 23andme and a
> much larger database, and includes additional tests.
>
> -Michael
>
>
>> It's not you, Nancy. Others have trouble sending attachments. Although
>> some of us can send them with no trouble, the fault is with the script
>> that I wrote to run the list. There's something about MIME attachments
>> it
>> should be looking for that it's not--or there's something non-compliant
>> about some of the common emailers that some user. (For example, I know
>> that IE versions earlier than 8 have a bug regarding an HTML/CSS element
>> that renders my webpages unreadable.)
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>> ----------------------------
>> Subject: For the list too
>> From: "Nancy Cooley" <nancycooley_at_me.com>
>> Date: Fri, August 2, 2013 5:14 pm
>> To: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> So sorry, Michael, about the transmission of the photo. We are still
>> somewhat technologically challenged. Thanks to Bonnie and Curt for
>> their
>> email too.
>>
>> To Sandy Stanton: We have had the info on Nellie Cooley Woods for some
>> time and have gradually learned more about her daughter, Daisy Woods
>> Erickson Briggs also. But who is Nellie's mother? There is no accurate
>> information. There is a photo of Nellie and Daisy on our Ancestry page
>> which is private for awhile while I clean it up!
>>
>> Bonnie, we have the same on "Frd" for the 1880 census. Was it really a
>> Fred or Frederick born 1879...or meant to be Albert who was added to the
>> family at the bottom of the same census page? Margaret (1900 census)
>> had
>> 7 children, 2 of whom were living in 1900. If there was a Fred (who
>> does
>> not show up in the1885 Kansas census) have not yet discovered what
>> happened to him.
>>
>> Also, thanks again for the clues re Margaret Ann Reed Cooley. She was
>> 66
>> when Perrin died in 1912. Could she have remarried and that's why we
>> can't find her death record in either Montana or Missouri?
>>
>> Thanks to you all for your patience and help for we beginners!
>>
>> Nancy Cooley
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>> History
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