What is DNA?

DNA is short for Deoxyribosenucleic Acid. It holds the genetic instructions for all living things, and even some viruses. The main job of DNA is holding long-term information called “genes“. A person’s DNA is the same in every cell. The same DNA in the blood, as in saliva, skin cells and even semen.

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Maternal and Paternal DNA Testing

Testing your DNA on  your Mothers, Fathers or both sides.  Mitochondrial DNA Testing is your Mother to Mother.  Y Chromosomes 33 and 46 marker tests distinguish DNA on your Fathers side, Father to Father.

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Ancestry.com has paternal and maternal DNA testing.


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If your going to do some DNA Testing, use a trusted source, DNA Ancestry.  The pricing is very competitive and with there Paternal and Maternal DNA Lineage tests provide you with your ancient ancestry (haplogroup) and your own collection of genetic markers which can be used to connect with genetic cousins. Share and collaborate with others using Ancestry’s family trees and DNA groups.  Your family is important and this would be not only a fun hobby, but a meaningful one as well!

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Mother

It has been over 4 years since my mother passed and I have really been taken back at all my mother did and how she made it look so effortless. If you have a great mother like I, you will understand the magnitude of a mother and there ability to make you feel some lovin or lots of lovin, it’s the nurturing as a baby and thee unconditional love! Is it in your mitochondrial dna to be a nurturing, loving, caring mother?

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What is Mitochondrial DNA?

Mitochondrial (mtDNA) is found in organelles found in the cell nucleus. Mitochondrial was discovered as having it’s own DNA make up in 1963, though public testing didn’t begin until the 1990s.
It is passed to you from your mother! Mitochondrial DNA

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1940 Census available in 2012

National Archives release of the 1940 Census Records is scheduled for April 2, 2012 – 72 years following the census day of April 1, 1940.

The Census you filled out this year will be available in the year 2082.

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Mitochondrial DNA Test can now include a Consultation to Help you Understand Your Results

At $49.95, one-hour self-service consultation to help you understand your DNA test results and work up a plan for using them in your search—for example, which relative to test next for comparison. GeneTree CEO Jeff Wells compares this to “teaching people how to fish.”

A full-service report, in which GeneTree staff will analyze your Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Testing results, use the company’s resources to find genetic matches, and analyze pedigrees of potential relatives for family connections. The consultant also will use other, non-GeneTree resources. The cost is $49.95 per hour, with a five-hour minimum.
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A Perfect Mother’s Day Gift!

A perfect Mother’s Day gift! A DNA Test that you can take, will determine your mother’s ancestry! Your Mitochondrial DNA comes from your mother, replicated and specific to you, her and her mother.
Find out her ethnic background, find lost relatives of old and new, migration path, Haplogroup and potentially hundreds of stories that have been hiding in the past for many years.
You know this is something your mother may never do for herself, yet it is so important for us all to be able to know everything about our past! Get your Mitochondrial DNA Test sent today!

My mother DNA test

We share the same Mitochondrial DNA:)

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Just Discovered… and all black penguin?

It is unheard of! An all black penguin found in Sub-Antarctica on a South Georgia Island. The chances of this could be slim to none as it has never been seen, and may never be seen again.

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DNA is Recovered from the Extinct Elephant Bird

Elephant bird roamed the earth less then 400 years ago. Sightings of this flightless bird as late as 1640-1650 in Madagascar showing the bird could be found at 10 foot tall.
The elephant bird was deemed as the largest bird in the world until it’s extinction in the 17th century. Adult fossils and eggs have been found since.
Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA have been extracted from an egg to help us find out more about this very large bird related to the ostrich and emu.

Moa Mitochondrial DNA

Up to 10 Feet Tall

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