Ever thought about having your DNA checked?

[The Troll]

   They sure would make good body parts for your own use.      God won't produce a new arm or leg for you, but you clone sure could.     

[Palehorse]

I remember them cloning a sheep but it seems, IIRC, the cloned one had all kinds of health problems they hadn't expected. That's been a lot of years ago though.

Dolly lived her entire life at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. There she was bred with a Welsh Mountain ram and produced six lambs in total. Her first lamb, named Bonnie, was born in April 1998. The next year Dolly produced twin lambs Sally and Rosie, and she gave birth to triplets Lucy, Darcy and Cotton in the year after that. In late 2001, at the age of four, Dolly developed arthritis and began to walk stiffly. This was treated with anti-inflammatory drugs.

On 14 February 2003, Dolly was euthanised because she had a progressive lung disease and severe arthritis. A Finn Dorset such as Dolly has a life expectancy of around 11 to 12 years, but Dolly lived 6.5 years. A post-mortem examination showed she had a form of lung cancer called Jaagsiekte, which is a fairly common disease of sheep and is caused by the retrovirus JSRV. Roslin scientists stated that they did not think there was a connection with Dolly being a clone, and that other sheep in the same flock had died of the same disease. Such lung diseases are a particular danger for sheep kept indoors, and Dolly had to sleep inside for security reasons.

Dolly attained her name as a nod toward the mammary gland DNA from whence she came. And we all know only one Dolly with a mammary connection. . .  (And yes she was given that name because of Parton) 

http://www.roslin.ed.ac.uk/public-interest/dolly-the-sheep/a-life-of-dolly/

[Henry Hawk]

And we all know only one Dolly with a mammary connection. . .  (And yes she was given that name because of Parton) 

http://www.roslin.ed.ac.uk/public-interest/dolly-the-sheep/a-life-of-dolly/

I could just hear Paul Harvey saying...............and NOW you know........................the reeeest of the story!

[Palehorse]

I could just hear Paul Harvey saying...............and NOW you know........................the reeeest of the story!

[me]

Dolly lived her entire life at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. There she was bred with a Welsh Mountain ram and produced six lambs in total. Her first lamb, named Bonnie, was born in April 1998. The next year Dolly produced twin lambs Sally and Rosie, and she gave birth to triplets Lucy, Darcy and Cotton in the year after that. In late 2001, at the age of four, Dolly developed arthritis and began to walk stiffly. This was treated with anti-inflammatory drugs.

On 14 February 2003, Dolly was euthanised because she had a progressive lung disease and severe arthritis. A Finn Dorset such as Dolly has a life expectancy of around 11 to 12 years, but Dolly lived 6.5 years. A post-mortem examination showed she had a form of lung cancer called Jaagsiekte, which is a fairly common disease of sheep and is caused by the retrovirus JSRV. Roslin scientists stated that they did not think there was a connection with Dolly being a clone, and that other sheep in the same flock had died of the same disease. Such lung diseases are a particular danger for sheep kept indoors, and Dolly had to sleep inside for security reasons.

Dolly attained her name as a nod toward the mammary gland DNA from whence she came. And we all know only one Dolly with a mammary connection. . .  (And yes she was given that name because of Parton) 

http://www.roslin.ed.ac.uk/public-interest/dolly-the-sheep/a-life-of-dolly/

Guess I missed that but I didn't watch much TV back then either. Glad to know it probably had nothing to do with the cloning.

[Palehorse]

Guess I missed that but I didn't watch much TV back then either. Glad to know it probably had nothing to do with the cloning.

Not your fault. DNA is kind of in my wheelhouse so it gets my attention. 

[Palehorse]

I've sent my DNA sample in. . .

In about 8 weeks I will either have validation of the "conjecture" within our oral family history, or scientific evidence that it is a bunch of bunk.

I'm of an age wherein if my analysis results gets into someone else's hands, I don't give a damn. . .  I want answers dammit! 

Okay. The results are in and have been in for several weeks. (I just got sidetracked by other life events for awhile; and my baby sister's genealogy research project got a great big boost from my results).

I have absolutely zero percent Native American DNA in my ancestry. NONE! (Making a liar out of my grandparents on one side of my family).

It turns out I am Western European and for the final piece of irony within this thing, I am Scottish. (NO I am not wearing a damned Kilt!)

Specifically my family hails from the Scottish Highlands and the Frasier Clan - the Lovat area of Scotland.

So this makes me an immigrant just like everyone else, however I am an 8th generation of American. I have even found the grave of the man from whence I emanate within a graveyard 30 miles from our family farm; and he came over here via Ireland with a few men well before 1760. In 1760 he was living in North Carolina and building a community for other Scot-Irish immigrants that were arriving each month so that they'd have a place to stay when they arrived.

Each time I get some time to do a little digging with my sister, we find out more and more about our family history. At this time we have traced back to the 15th century in Scotland and ar filling in the gaps between 1760 and 1400. . . It is AMAZING stuff that makes me wish I could afford to go to Scotland and see the places from which my family has arisen. 

[Henry Hawk]

Okay. The results are in and have been in for several weeks. (I just got sidetracked by other life events for awhile; and my baby sister's genealogy research project got a great big boost from my results).

I have absolutely zero percent Native American DNA in my ancestry. NONE! (Making a liar out of my grandparents on one side of my family).

It turns out I am Western European and for the final piece of irony within this thing, I am Scottish. (NO I am not wearing a damned Kilt!)

Specifically my family hails from the Scottish Highlands and the Frasier Clan - the Lovat area of Scotland.

So this makes me an immigrant just like everyone else, however I am an 8th generation of American. I have even found the grave of the man from whence I emanate within a graveyard 30 miles from our family farm; and he came over here via Ireland with a few men well before 1760. In 1760 he was living in North Carolina and building a community for other Scot-Irish immigrants that were arriving each month so that they'd have a place to stay when they arrived.

Each time I get some time to do a little digging with my sister, we find out more and more about our family history. At this time we have traced back to the 15th century in Scotland and ar filling in the gaps between 1760 and 1400. . . It is AMAZING stuff that makes me wish I could afford to go to Scotland and see the places from which my family has arisen. 

That is fun stuff to know!  I have flirted with the idea, but haven't done so.  One of my Uncles (who has passed recently) has done extensive research at one time and my cousin has offered to let me see his results. I am planning on visiting him this fall.

[The Troll]

That is fun stuff to know!  I have flirted with the idea, but haven't done so.  One of my Uncles (who has passed recently) has done extensive research at one time and my cousin has offered to let me see his results. I am planning on visiting him this fall.

  I wonder how many you have in your wood pile.   

[Anne]

It is fun learning about your ancestors. We (my son, his wife and I) have traced two different lines back prior to the Revolution and men who faught in it. Most have come from Ireland, England and Germany.

[The Troll]

  My wife checked my grandfather Coate's ancestrey back to Marmaduke Coate in the 1700's in England.  She also checked my father's father back to Dark county Ohio where no records were made during that time.  She couldn't find anything of his history, except he was an engineer for the Nickle Plate Railroad and he retired from there.   He worked every day during that depression and didn't send his boy any money. 

I didn't like him at all when I was a kid, I only met him two times..  He left my dad and his brother with their poor crazy grandmother in Anderson, Indiana during the worse part of the Hoover depression.  He was not a nice man.      My dad and his brother really had a bad time during the depression of not being feed or clothed very well.    

[libby]

Got my results on Saturday, and there were a few surprises. For instance, my daughter showed 2% American Indian. I expected the same or more, because I grew up knowing for sure, from family history, that I had some Indian in me. Seems I am 98% European, mostly Irish.

Here's the breakdown:

Africa North < 1%

Europe 98%:

Ireland 37%
Europe west 29%
Great Britain 22%
Italy/Greece 3%
Iberian Peninsula 2%
Scandinavia 2%
European Jewish 2%
Finland/NW Russia 1%

Pacific Islander < 1%
Polynesia < 1%

My daughter wants to trace hers further back. So do I.

[me]

Okay. The results are in and have been in for several weeks. (I just got sidetracked by other life events for awhile; and my baby sister's genealogy research project got a great big boost from my results).

I have absolutely zero percent Native American DNA in my ancestry. NONE! (Making a liar out of my grandparents on one side of my family).

It turns out I am Western European and for the final piece of irony within this thing, I am Scottish. (NO I am not wearing a damned Kilt!)

Specifically my family hails from the Scottish Highlands and the Frasier Clan - the Lovat area of Scotland.

So this makes me an immigrant just like everyone else, however I am an 8th generation of American. I have even found the grave of the man from whence I emanate within a graveyard 30 miles from our family farm; and he came over here via Ireland with a few men well before 1760. In 1760 he was living in North Carolina and building a community for other Scot-Irish immigrants that were arriving each month so that they'd have a place to stay when they arrived.

Each time I get some time to do a little digging with my sister, we find out more and more about our family history. At this time we have traced back to the 15th century in Scotland and ar filling in the gaps between 1760 and 1400. . . It is AMAZING stuff that makes me wish I could afford to go to Scotland and see the places from which my family has arisen. 

If you did it through Ancestory.com it won't always show Native blood because they don't do that test particular part of the test or something along those lines. It tells that somewhere in the info they send back. Hubby's didn't show up either and he has pictures of his grandmothers on both sides. I'll see if I can find where they explain that, or have my daughter find it. She knows the site better than I do so it will be easier for her to find again.

[libby]

If you did it through Ancestory.com it won't always show Native blood because they don't do that test particular part of the test or something along those lines. It tells that somewhere in the info they send back. Hubby's didn't show up either and he has pictures of his grandmothers on both sides. I'll see if I can find where they explain that, or have my daughter find it. She knows the site better than I do so it will be easier for her to find again.

My daughter said basically the same thing. I don't think her American Indian came from her father because he was born in Germany. His parents were Austrian and Czech.

[The Troll]

  My daughter said basically the same thing. I don't think her American Indian came from her father because he was born in Germany. His parents were Austrian and Czech.

  Well lordy, lordy, there must be an Indian  in the wood pile somewhere.