Category Archives: DNA

Part 8 of the Series, The Autosomal Me, Published

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Roberta Estes

For those of you who have been following along as I extract my Native American segments from my DNA in order to find out which of my genetic and genealogical lines carried Native ancestory – Part 8 in the series was … Continue reading →

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Identifying Native Chromosome Segments

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Roberta Estes

If you’ve been following along with “The Autosomal Me” series on the http://www.dna-explained.com blog, the next segment, Part 7, “The Autosomal Me – Start, Stop, Go – Identifying Native Chromosome Segments” was just published today. While this series is obviously … Continue reading →

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DNA – What Came From Who??

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Roberta Estes

In part 6 of “The Autosomal Me” series, titled “The Autosomal Me – DNA Analysis – Splitting Up” we talk about figuring out which part of your Native genetic heritage came from which parent.  In my case, both African and … Continue reading →

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Shovel Shaped “Indian” Teeth

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I’ve been asked the question about what shovel teeth really look like.  Finding good photos is really difficult. One of our followers, Fletcher Freeman, who has contributed several articles, has also written about “Indian Teeth” on the Chowanoke Descendants Community website.  … Continue reading →

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Part 5 of The Autosomal Me Series

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Roberta Estes

The Autosomal Me is a series I’ve been writing on my http://www.dna-explained.com blog.  It is, step by step, tracking the tools I’ve used to identify my Native and African minority admixture and we’re working towards figuring out which lines, specifically, carry … Continue reading →

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The Autosomal Me – Testing Company Results

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Roberta Estes

On my blog, http://www.dna-explained.com, I’ve been writing a series titled “The Autosomal Me.”  Autosomal DNA testing is the type of DNA testing that provides testers with percentages of ethnic admixture, including Native American. I’m often asked about which testing company … Continue reading →

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DNA Test for $39

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Roberta Estes

I have people of Native heritage write to me almost daily and tell me that they’d like to test their DNA but that they can’t afford the testing.  Unfortunately, there are no subsidized programs for DNA testing, but this is … Continue reading →

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The Autosomal Me – Who Am I???

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Roberta Estes

This is Part 3 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was “The Autosomal Me – Unraveling Minority Admixture” and Part 2 was “The Autosomal Me – The Ancestors Speak.”  Part 1 discussed the technique we are going to use to … Continue reading →

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The Autosomal Me – Unraveling Minority Admixture

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Roberta Estes

You’re invited to come along with me on a journey.  It’s an epic event, a journey into the deepest recesses of our cells, into the smallest pieces of our DNA, into the part previously thought to be useless because it’s … Continue reading →

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Lost Colony DNA Project Makes The Scientist Magazine List of Top 20 Stories for 2012

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The Lost Colony DNA project, sponsored by the Lost Colony Research Group, http://www.lostcolonyresearch.org, found themselves featured at number 15 in The Scientist Magazine’s Top 20 stories for 2012. http://www.the-scientist.com/TheScientist/emails/daily/2012/12/26a.html Original article, published on January 1st, 2012, is found at this … Continue reading →

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