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

[Cris Howe]

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.
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> 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.
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> Karl
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