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The Taulbee DNA Project now has a new family volunteer administrator: Jesse Stamper.
Due to its inheritance characteristics, DNA testing for surname-based DNA projects targets the male Y chromosome, therefore only Taulbee males can be tested for the Taulbee DNA Project. However, anyone (male or female) who has Taulbee ancestry, but is not a Taulbee male themselves, can get involved in the project by finding Taulbee males in their immediate or extended family to do the testing. There is nothing to fear from doing the testing. It is a quick, easy, and painless process that does NOT involve having blood drawn or visiting a medical lab. The supplier of the testing service will mail out a test kit (view a test kit here), and the sample collection can be done anywhere. The test sample is collected easily and painlessly by rubbing a small swab on the inside of the test subject’s cheek. Then mail the test kit back to the testing company. Results take about six weeks. Since the testing occurs in the inactive part of our DNA, no information regarding any medical or genetic conditions is revealed by the testing. So, we would like to invite all Taulbee males to join the project and sign up for testing. And, we would like to encourage everyone with an interest in Taulbee genealogy to seek out Taulbee males in their family to participate in the project and do the testing. The benefits of getting tested to both the participant and the Taulbee research community far outweigh the relatively modest cost of the testing itself. Click here for FamilyTreeDNA's Tutorial on the whole process as well as how to interpret the results.
Using the markers from the male Y chromosome, which pass virtually unchanged from father to son, several things can be determined. It is possible, for instance, to determine which TAULBEE lines in the United States are related and possibly even link back to related lines in Europe. Additionally it may be possible to learn which Haplogroup or Haplotype your markers place you in and what part of the world your paternal Y and/or maternal mtDNA ancestor originated. The area may or may not be very specific. But it is very interesting!
The results of the DNA tests will be made available on the internet for interested Stamper researchers. But privacy will be maintained and only the kit # and ancestor's name will be shown.
Due to its inheritance characteristics, DNA testing for surname-based DNA projects targets the male Y chromosome, therefore only Taulbee males can be tested for the Taulbee DNA Project. However, anyone (male or female) who has Taulbee ancestry, but is not a Taulbee male themselves, can get involved in the project by finding Taulbee males in their immediate or extended family to do the testing. There is nothing to fear from doing the testing. It is a quick, easy, and painless process that does NOT involve having blood drawn or visiting a medical lab. The supplier of the testing service will mail out a test kit (view a test kit here), and the sample collection can be done anywhere. The test sample is collected easily and painlessly by rubbing a small swab on the inside of the test subject’s cheek. Then mail the test kit back to the testing company. Results take about six weeks. Since the testing occurs in the inactive part of our DNA, no information regarding any medical or genetic conditions is revealed by the testing. So, we would like to invite all Taulbee males to join the project and sign up for testing. And, we would like to encourage everyone with an interest in Taulbee genealogy to seek out Taulbee males in their family to participate in the project and do the testing. The benefits of getting tested to both the participant and the Taulbee research community far outweigh the relatively modest cost of the testing itself. Click here for FamilyTreeDNA's Tutorial on the whole process as well as how to interpret the results.
Using the markers from the male Y chromosome, which pass virtually unchanged from father to son, several things can be determined. It is possible, for instance, to determine which TAULBEE lines in the United States are related and possibly even link back to related lines in Europe. Additionally it may be possible to learn which Haplogroup or Haplotype your markers place you in and what part of the world your paternal Y and/or maternal mtDNA ancestor originated. The area may or may not be very specific. But it is very interesting!
The results of the DNA tests will be made available on the internet for interested Stamper researchers. But privacy will be maintained and only the kit # and ancestor's name will be shown.