About us
To a greater or lesser extent we are all interested in where we have come from. For some this may mean who were their great grandparents and where did they live; others may wish to discover cousins, uncles, aunts, distant relations living now or who lived in the near past; some may want to trace how their family moved from one location to another over several centuries and to learn how they lived and what their occupations were; yet others may want to know what tribe or clan they came from in the very distant past, whether their ancestors were Vikings or Goths and, going even further back, to trace migration lines out of Africa from 115 million years ago.
The Tattersall Surname DNA Project aims to satisfy as many of these interests as possible through Family Tree DNA testing.
The basic test is the Family Finder (autosomal) DNA test appropriate for women or men. Autosomal DNA is a term used in genetic genealogy to describe DNA which is inherited from the autosomal chromosomes. An autosome is any of the numbered chromosomes, as opposed to the sex chromosomes. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (the X chromosome and the Y chromosome).
If you are a male Tattersall, and would like to order both the Family Finder and YDNA, then I suggest either the YDNA-37+Family Finder or YDNA-Big Y. The Big Y is preferred, but you can always do the 37 now and upgrade later. A Y-DNA test looks at male inherited Y-Chromosome DNA. As the Y-Chromosome is passed on from a father to his sons, it is only found in males. Y-DNA testing can then be used to trace clearly a direct paternal line.
If you are a female Tattersall then the mtDNA tests are for you. A mitochondrial DNA test (mtDNA test) traces a person's matrilineal or mother-line ancestry using the DNA in his or her mitochondria. mtDNA is passed down by the mother unchanged, to all her children, both male and female. A mitochondrial DNA test, can therefore be taken by both men and women.
Go to familytreedna.com for information about testing.
The Tattersall Surname DNA Project aims to satisfy as many of these interests as possible through Family Tree DNA testing.
The basic test is the Family Finder (autosomal) DNA test appropriate for women or men. Autosomal DNA is a term used in genetic genealogy to describe DNA which is inherited from the autosomal chromosomes. An autosome is any of the numbered chromosomes, as opposed to the sex chromosomes. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (the X chromosome and the Y chromosome).
If you are a male Tattersall, and would like to order both the Family Finder and YDNA, then I suggest either the YDNA-37+Family Finder or YDNA-Big Y. The Big Y is preferred, but you can always do the 37 now and upgrade later. A Y-DNA test looks at male inherited Y-Chromosome DNA. As the Y-Chromosome is passed on from a father to his sons, it is only found in males. Y-DNA testing can then be used to trace clearly a direct paternal line.
If you are a female Tattersall then the mtDNA tests are for you. A mitochondrial DNA test (mtDNA test) traces a person's matrilineal or mother-line ancestry using the DNA in his or her mitochondria. mtDNA is passed down by the mother unchanged, to all her children, both male and female. A mitochondrial DNA test, can therefore be taken by both men and women.
Go to familytreedna.com for information about testing.