Revisit your DNA profile

[Talk2Me]

Originally Posted by ozzman

well,consider that all humans have 99 percent the same DNA as Chimpanzees so....what's any of it mean?

Absolutely nothing really.

Facts: Whereas rhesus monkeys and humans share about 93 percent of their DNA, the Abyssinian house cat shares 90 percent of its DNA with humans. Mice and humans share, on average, about 85 percent of their DNA, which is one reason why mice are so useful for medical research.

Humans also share more than 50 percent of their genetic information with plants and animals in general. They share about 80 percent with cows, 61 percent with bugs such as fruit flies. You'll even find human DNA in a banana – about 60 percent. Much of this isn't involved in "coding" but honestly...meaningless.

[RP]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Speaking a a retired fifth-grade teacher, I had the opportunity to observe this phenomenon first-hand, up-close, and personal...

Thanks for my morning chuckle...

[Mr. Jelly]

They have followed DNA data to see how the world populated. They have DNA from archeological sites for some historical basis. And they found that Genghis Khan's DNA is in more peoples DNA than any other person.

[ozzman]

Originally Posted by Mr. Jelly

They have followed DNA data to see how the world populated. They have DNA from archeological sites for some historical basis. And they found that Genghis Khan's DNA is in more peoples DNA than any other person.

But more Chimp than Genghis Khan

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Silurian

...If we go back in time far enough we can all be 100% sure that our ancestors came from Africa...

Um, not necessarily...

Originally Posted by Mr. Jelly

...They have DNA from archeological sites for some historical basis, and they found that Genghis Khan's DNA is in more people's DNA than any other person.

Busy little bugger, wasn't he...

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Um, not necessarily...

That’s an assertion. Good luck coming up with more evidence than exists for the African origin of Homo sapiens to back up the assertion.

[Bob Womack]

I haven't done the DNA thing for the simple reason that folks of my surname have an association that traces our linage. They also have their own Visa card. My nuclear family didn't join the association or get the card, but we had other family members who were obsessed and tracked our nuclear family all the way back to the Doomsday Book 1085 on both sides. My mother's side came to Jamestown on the second boat and my father's on the third, as I recall. Thus, we are overwhelmingly English on both sides, but four generations back a person on my mother's side took a Cherokee bride. No doubt we'd come up as 67% Italian or something.

Which brings up a joke I heard from a Mohawk Native American after I told him I had some Cherokee blood:
Q. There are three American men in a room: a brunette, a blonde, and a redhead. Which one has Cherokee blood?
A. All of them.

When he saw my face at the answer, he said, "Oh, that's okay," and he told me another joke:
Q. How do you fit twenty-one Mohawks in a phone booth?
A. You tell them their ancestors owned the land it was built on.

Please note that those jokes came directly from a Native American and I am just passing them on.

Bob

[RP]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Thus, we are overwhelmingly English on both sides, but four generations back a person on my mother's side took a Cherokee bride.

Bob

Having traced one family lineage to the Saponies, a small Virginia tribe who are now largely based in Person County, NC, I've been curious as to how much Native American ancestry and how far back would show up today on a DNA study as Native American. A problem in using 1900s public records in Virginia to track or validate Native American ancestry is a guy named Walter Plecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Plecker, former State Registrar.

[Wade Hampton]

Interesting article about Walter Plecker. I never heard of him before.


whm

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

That’s an assertion. Good luck coming up with more evidence than exists for the African origin of Homo sapiens to back up the assertion.

Re-read Post #33...

[Silurian]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Um, not necessarily...

If you have compelling evidence to the contrary, feel free to share it.

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Re-read Post #33...

The post is interesting but doesn’t address the origins question. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/c...nghis-khan-dna

An international group of geneticists studying Y-chromosome data have found that nearly 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical. That translates to 0.5 percent of the male population in the world, or roughly 16 million descendants living today.

Impressive lineage, but it says little about human origins. He lived a thousand (almost) years ago, the genetic evidence for human origins points to ancestors 200,000 years ago.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Silurian

If you have compelling evidence to the contrary, feel free to share it.

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

The post is interesting but doesn’t address the origins question. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/c...nghis-khan-dna

An international group of geneticists studying Y-chromosome data have found that nearly 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical. That translates to 0.5 percent of the male population in the world, or roughly 16 million descendants living today.

Impressive lineage, but it says little about human origins. He lived a thousand (almost) years ago, the genetic evidence for human origins points to ancestors 200,000 years ago.

You clearly miss the intended humor in Post #35, as posted - which, given your responses, suggests other issues at play here...

Have a lovely day...

[Dirk Hofman]

Nope, didn’t get it, read to me as separate comments…no worries. But to suggest other issues at play? I guess I’ll chalk that up to humor as well…

[Silurian]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

You clearly miss the intended humor in Post #35, as posted - which, given your responses, suggests other issues at play here...

Have a lovely day...

Sorry, I didn't get it either. That's the internet for you.