can scientists, or whoever does genealogy
tell ur nationality by getting your hair sample and testing it?
2006-11-18 05:52:46 · 8 answers · asked by ♥Londoners♥ 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
maybe
2006-11-18 06:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by °The Earth Goddess° 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No; just general ethnicity. DNA is DNA, but most Canadians, for instance, have a mixture of European lines, as do most Americans. There are markers for Native Americans and Africans in the DNA, but distinguishing an American from a Canadian, or a Brit from a Frenchman, or a Swiss from a German can't be done via DNA.
The DNA company I used (and most, I believe) use a scraping from the inside of my cheek, not hair. They sent me a plastic "blade". It wasn't sharp - about like scraping my cheek with a plastic picnic spoon.
2006-11-19 10:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By taking a DNA sample from the hair and checking the ethnic
markers, it is possible.
But unless you request it and are willing to pay for the testing,
it likely that they will.
The problem arises when the population is more homogeneous,
not impossible but definitely more difficult.
2006-11-18 14:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the hair. if DNA is present the can determine the most likely lineage based on comparitive samples. I don't know if a large enough database has been created to narrow it definitively, unless you're icelandic.
2006-11-20 22:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by jmsm1222 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can't really tell your specific nationality but they can tell whether you are black, white or hispanic. Don't any of these people watch shows on foresnics?
2006-11-18 14:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,i'm a retired chemist.send me a sample and i can tell you.
2006-11-19 01:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by jgmafb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emo girl is back.........and I don't really know.......hair is hair.
2006-11-18 13:54:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no
2006-11-18 13:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋