http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi African American DNA Research Forum http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37419 Doesn't suprise me either Fri, 25 May 2012 18:15:57 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37419 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37418 There are no surprises for me: Thu, 24 May 2012 21:13:52 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37418 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37416 the oral history pasted down from my great grandmother to my mother is that she was madagascar by way of jamacia what ever that means but after a dna test her haplogroup is L3 afro-euro-asian. If anyone have any more information on L3 please let me know. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:32:01 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37416 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37415 Thanks Lisa...My last payment should be this month. I was waiting for the info about purchasing the lifetime membership. Happy to see I don't have to spend that $100.00. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:13 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37415 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37414 I received results from 23andMe on one of my siblings. Needless to say the admixture results were very similar to mine. The difference is that their African and European is a little higher than mine, but the East Asian is lower than mine.The interesting fact is that the African population match is ... Fri, 18 May 2012 15:21:25 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37414 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37413 Lisa...Very well put. I think people get confused because of how little the testing process is discussed in the various TV programs. They tend to give results but don't necessarily reveal how they came to those results. Linda Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:39 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37413 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37412 On 23andme, I recently came with a match up of .58% over 3 segments with a predicted match of 3rd cousins. This is the issue: My family has been in Mississippi since the mid 1800's and during the Civil War. I have the documentation. Though on this paternal line the oral history says that the ... Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:13 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37412 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37411 I scraped my fathers cheek and sent it off to Family Tree DNA. According to family lore my father's paternal line is Native American. I know my family in this line and they do consider them selves Native American, are registered members of a tribe. They have naming ceremonies. Once Pow Wow ... Fri, 11 May 2012 18:44:51 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37411 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37410 Just in case anyone wanted to get a kit and pay over time (subscription), you need to do so by Thursday as everything is changing at 23andme!https://www.23andme.com/you/community/thread/13176/ If you purchase a kit by Thursday you will pay the $99 up front fee and $9/month for a year. After ... Tue, 08 May 2012 21:48:32 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37410 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37408 Who has the best DNA? Ancestry.com or Africanancestry.com? Also, is there a real proof to all of it? Just curious is all. I do plan to take it, but hope that it really works for me. Joseph Sun, 06 May 2012 11:50:46 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-dna/index.cgi/md/read/id/37408