[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing - THE NEAR FUTURE

[Nelson Itterman]

This discussion  about THE NEAR FUTURE, I have been giving the subject of
DNA a lot of thought. No matter what you find out with DNA. It really does
nothing but give you an idea. Unless you have the "begats" and the marriage
certificates to tie you into an ancestor, you really have nothing of
genealogical value. With our ancestors coming mainly from Volhynia, where
the linkage is limited by the records we have it becomes a wild guess at the
best. I guess I may have another look at it. At 85 years of age, time is of
the essence.
Nelson

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Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing - THE NEAR FUTURE


Great discussion.    I certainly don't disagree with what Karl has said,
but.....I would encourage all the guys to do as detailed a test on their Y
chromosome as they can afford.   The potential is huge right now, and some
of us may not be here in ten years.   Also, the Y chromosome is very small,
and unlikely to reveal any health information.   Find a project trying to
connect men with the same surname, and consider signing up.

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Karl Krueger <dabookk54 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> All of this discussion on DNA testing is great. Maybe I'm opening a 
> new can of worms here but it is likely that in the next 10 years the 
> type of testing you do for genealogical purposes will become rather 
> obsolete. Technology continues to advance and they want to reach the 
> point where a complete genome sequence can be done for $1000 and have 
> the results in a matter of days or weeks. I only say this to let you 
> know what is coming down the road and when this happens this will 
> become the premiere method for doing genealogical testing. You will no 
> longer be limited to mitochondrial or Y-chromosome markers. Literally 
> any piece of DNA can be used to potentially link you to any other 
> person with whom you may have a common ancestor if you can find a
particular marker sequence to link to your line of interest.
>
> The National Cancer Institute is pushing forward to develop high 
> throughput genome  sequencing to study specific types of tumors. These 
> efforts are helping to pave the way to make this affordable for the 
> common person. Of course along with that you may find which diseases you
are vulnerable to.
>
> Karl
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