You know those websites that say they will collect a sample from your DNA and make a comparison and tell you where your "lineage" is from etc.
I wonder how accurate is that, and if anybody ever tried.
2006-09-26 10:11:19 · 4 answers · asked by ♥ Karen ♥ 4 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
I participated in the National Geographic Genome Project. Very interesting! It tells you which group of early humans you're ancestors left Africa from, and where they first migrated to! It also got me in touch with people who were a genetic match with me, so that was interesting to find distant relatives.
But, if you're looking to find "lineage" as specific as country or geographic region, thats impossible. People have been moving around too much throughout human history for genetics to be able to isolate genetic markers by region.
2006-09-26 15:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by Katyushka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not but would very much like to. Several months back, I did read about a Mexican-American woman who had a test done to verify Native American ancestry. As I recall, it came back showing that she was 52% American Indian. Sounds about right for someone who would likely be classified as Mestizo. She had a second test done and it came back showing no Native blood! Don't know if it was the same test that was repeated or if different labs were involved but it caused me to reconsider having a test done at this time. I'd want to know more about the reliability of the test, not to mention the reputation of the lab.
2006-09-26 13:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by randyboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can indicate a region you likely decend from. Not too much more than that without your ancestors DNA.
2006-09-26 10:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Dane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope but it would be really really neat huh :)
2006-09-26 10:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by jess_n_flip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋