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IBM Genographic Project

  • 03-07-2008 12:49pm
    #1
    reregholdsworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Link

    Just wondering if anyone has sent a sample of their DNA to this project?
    If so, what routes did your ancestors take in arriving at your present location? Were you surprised?


Comments

  • #2
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    Sample of DNA?? As in draining a few of your kids into a tube and sending it off?? No thanks! :D


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    $100?! Nahh!


  • #4
    reregholdsworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭reregholdsworth


    You never know, this kind of project could be the answer to all of wee Roisin's problems.

    (see other thread)


    I dunno about you but I am a little interested to find out what my distant ancestral origins are.
    Thing is, I'd probably pay my money and then find out there's no unusual genetic skeletons in the cupboard.


  • #5
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    reregholdsworth wrote: »
    I'd probably pay my money and then find out there's no unusual genetic skeletons in the cupboard.
    You related to Fritzl?


  • #6
    reregholdsworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭reregholdsworth


    why, what would you do if i was?
    set up a shrine?


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  • #7
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    I sent my sample off today, I will have to wait a month or so before I get my results. I think it would be interesting to know where my ancestors came from. You can only do one family line per test (either direct maternal ancestors or direct paternal ancestors - I chose paternal), so it will give only a very narrow branch of my family tree but it will still be good to know where my Y chromosome has been. If the results are interesting I will get my mother's line done also.


  • #8
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Dave! wrote: »
    $100?! Nahh!


    What's that worth these days, a couple of pints and a packet of crisps?


  • #9
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    Got my results back today. My Y chromosome's migratory journey:

    050mapym5.jpg


  • #10
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    No surprises there then I imagine Charco :)


    I sent mine off 3 weeks ago. ope to have some news soon.


  • #11
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    Ponster wrote: »
    No surprises there then I imagine Charco :)


    I sent mine off 3 weeks ago. ope to have some news soon.

    If by soon you mean another 3 or 4 weeks then you will indeed have them soon. It got frustrating near the end, I was logging in most days and it seemed to be making no progress.

    I'd say my map is a pretty standard migratory path of modern Europeans, I was going to get my maternal line done as well but I don't want to spend my money just to get the exact same map back again.


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