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From: "Margaret ODonnell" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] surnames and DNA testing / mDNA
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:57:52 -0000
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Toni - Please read below
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From: "Trena" <>
To: <.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret ODonnell
>snip.
I am from the clan Katrine, a female who lived around 15,000 years ago.
The female mDNA always stays the same and is passed on from Mother to
Daughter, a son also gets his mothers dna however he cannot pass it on, it
dies with him.
In the Oxford Database, I have 20 Exact matches from around the world,
*****big snip*****
>"Toni said"
>Excuse me if I appear rather thick regarding the above, There is a
>extremely large gap between you and an unknown female who lived (where?)
>15,000 years ago.
Margaret says -
I was answering to Janet's question on mDNA.
" I did say to Google " to find out more information if you were - really
interested -
The 20 Exact Matches I have are for Living People - not 15,000 years old.
There is a good book - The Seven Daughters of Eve written by Professor Sykes
which would explain it all.
>Regarding a male line,
- I am not a male so not interested.
Toni said -
>Quite frankly, I'd rather spend £150 with SP and/or obtaining BMDs from
>England confirming my children's lineage, than going the DNA route. [<vbg>
>I just couldn't afford to have all my possible ancestors dug up and
tested.]
Margaret says -
Being at the - End- of my Provable Scottish Genaology going back to 1708 in
Angus and having already spent a fair bit of money over 12 + years on this
hobbly ,also been on this list for 8 of those - Deciding to have my mDNA
done by Professor Bryan Sykes of Oxford University was a personal choice
not a Genealogy one , however knowing that ones Female mDNA cannot be -
Diluted by marriage and or giving birth over the years appeals to me .
I have Three daughters and two Grand Daughters ( so far) and that exact same
mDNA has been passed on to them.
Flipppant comments were unnecssary.
Kind Regards
Margaret ( Central Scotland)

>Toni ~ Ontario


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