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My brother and I are working to discover our ancestors, and at this time we are looking to determine Native American ancestry. My brother ordered the DNAWorks test yesterday from familytreedna.com. I note Dr. Blankfeld's response to Redheaded1 regarding which test to use to determine her husband's Native American ancestry in a pattern that changes hands from women to men in 6-7 generations. The response stated that a DNAPrint test might be informative, if the dilution were not too high. We are seeking information as follows:
My brother
Our (his) mother
Her father
His father
His mother
Her Native American parent (don't know which of two was Native American)
My brother had a different father than me. My brother's father descended from purely Scottish folk on both sides, whereas my father descended from Anglo, Celtic and possibly Native American folks. Our mother is descended from Anglo, Celtic and, from above, possibly Native American folks.
My question is, given the distance to the Native American parent through our mother, and given the fact that my brother's father descended from a homogeneous lot of folk, is there a possibility that the Native American ancestry in my brother's sample will be obscured or "diluted" by the Scots to the point that it will not appear in the results? Please explain more about "dilution" in our fact pattern. Please also tell us what more, if any, we might gather from me having a DNAPrint done. Thank you.
My brother
Our (his) mother
Her father
His father
His mother
Her Native American parent (don't know which of two was Native American)
My brother had a different father than me. My brother's father descended from purely Scottish folk on both sides, whereas my father descended from Anglo, Celtic and possibly Native American folks. Our mother is descended from Anglo, Celtic and, from above, possibly Native American folks.
My question is, given the distance to the Native American parent through our mother, and given the fact that my brother's father descended from a homogeneous lot of folk, is there a possibility that the Native American ancestry in my brother's sample will be obscured or "diluted" by the Scots to the point that it will not appear in the results? Please explain more about "dilution" in our fact pattern. Please also tell us what more, if any, we might gather from me having a DNAPrint done. Thank you.
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