{"id":27,"date":"2013-02-17T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T21:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hydegenealogy.org\/blog\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:10:42","slug":"hyde-dna-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hydegenealogy.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Hyde DNA Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 Quick Guide to DNA Testing <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are three DNA tests that are useful to family history and genealogy researchers – Y-DNA<\/strong>, mtDNA<\/strong>, and autosomal<\/strong>.  Below is a brief description of each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Y-DNA Test – only available to males; tests only direct male lines.<\/strong> The “Y” in Y-DNA refers to the Y-chromosome. A father passes his Y-chromosome only to his sons and not his daughters. Therefore, the Y-DNA is useful for analyzing only direct<\/span> male lines father to son to son, etc. To use Y-DNA, you must have an unbroken male line back to the ancestor you are investigating, i.e., no female breaks. Your best choice for a Y-DNA kit is to order it from the company Family Tree DNA. Their website: https:\/\/www.familytreedna.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you have paid your money, they will ship you a kit in the mail. You follow the instructions on how to swab the inside of your cheek with a small toothbrush-like swab and place it in a tiny bottle and ship it back to FTDNA. They will email you the results. It may take up to six weeks for the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mtDNA Test – available to both males and females; tests direct female lines.<\/strong> Bear in mind, mtDNA testing is of limited use for family history researchers. Scientists, especially anthropologists, use mtDNA to trace the migration patterns of people over thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Autosomal Test – available to both males and females; Family Tree DNA’s “Family Finder” and Ancestry.com’s “AncestryDNA.”<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family Tree DNA and Ancestry.com provide an autosomal test. This test provides analysis of a person’s ethnic percentages and connects them with relatives descended from any of their ancestral lines from approximately the most recent five or six generations, back approximately 150 years. This test uses autosomal DNA (inherited from both of your parents, your four grandparents, your eight great-grandparents, and so forth). It offers the opportunity to discover recent genetic cousins (up to fifth cousins) on both your mother’s and father’s sides of your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The test that we recommend for family historians is the male-only Family Tree DNA Big Y 700, and Dan Hyde wrote a paper on why<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you need help analyzing your DNA test results or have questions, please feel free to contact Dan C. Hyde at hyde@bucknell.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Background on DNA Testing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Hyde’s talk on “Using DNA Testing for Genealogy”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DNA Web Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Successes of DNA Project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Quick Guide to DNA Testing  There are three DNA tests that are useful to family history and genealogy researchers – Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal.  Below is a brief description of each. Y-DNA Test – only available to males; tests only direct male lines. The “Y” in Y-DNA refers to the Y-chromosome. A father passes his […]<\/p>\nContinue reading →<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3uISF-r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55,"url":"https:\/\/www.hydegenealogy.com\/?page_id=55","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":0},"title":"Background on DNA Testing","author":"Dan C. 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Variants include, but are not limited to, Hide, Hides, Heide and Heyde, and prefixes\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":172,"url":"https:\/\/www.hydegenealogy.com\/?page_id=172","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":4},"title":"DNA Successes","author":"Dan C. Hyde","date":"February 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Hyde DNA Study has enabled several of us in the R1a1a haplogroup to break through the \"brick wall\" of 1796. It has since re-united a family that I had never imagined. We now have joined 7 different Hyde lines that drifted apart in the late 1700's. 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