chromosomes and different geographic regions

[DavdJ]

On the chromosome browser feature. Are geographic regions represented by each chromosome?

Sincerely,

David

[Táltos]

On the chromosome browser feature. Are geographic regions represented by each chromosome?

Sincerely,

David

Oh David I so wish they would add this feature. FTDNA is behind the times with this. In fact I just griped about this not even 10 minutes ago in an email to one of my Gematch cousins!

[DavdJ]

ah interesting! They should add it!

Another question. Which set of chromosomes is from your Father's and Mother side. I was wondering because most of my father's is on the left side?

or am I just imagining this? lol

[tomcat]

Yes, you are just imagining, or hoping, that is the case, but it isn't that simple.

The only ways you can attribute segments on a chromosome to one or another parent is through finding correspondences between your family tree and that of a match, or by ancestry in the case where your parents were ethnically distinct, or by geography in the case your parents' ancestors have different geographic origins and followed different migratory paths.

[mkdexter]

David, the feature you are asking about is called a Chromosome Painting, used in Biographical Ancestry (BGA) reporting. FTDNA does not have that feature as mentioned.

You have a SET of 23 chromosomes, if you don't count them as pairs, you actually have 46 chromosomes total. You get a chromosome 1 from your father and a chromosome 1 from you mother, a chromosome 2 from your father and a chromosome 2 from your mother.. and so on up to 22, then for the last two chromosomes it is different father to child vs mother to child. Father to child gives a Y to his son, a X to his daughter. Mother's give a X to her child whether the child is a son or daughter.

Matt.

[josh w.]

David, the feature you are asking about is called a Chromosome Painting, used in Biographical Ancestry (BGA) reporting. FTDNA does not have that feature as mentioned.

You have a SET of 23 chromosomes, if you don't count them as pairs, you actually have 46 chromosomes total. You get a chromosome 1 from your father and a chromosome 1 from you mother, a chromosome 2 from your father and a chromosome 2 from your mother.. and so on up to 22, then for the last two chromosomes it is different father to child vs mother to child. Father to child gives a Y to his son, a X to his daughter. Mother's give a X to her child whether the child is a son or daughter.

Matt.

If you upload to Gedmatch you can see chromosome painting for your chromosome sections. Presently, it takes a few weeks to fully upload your data from the testing company.