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Expected to find Jamaican DNA

Posted by John Humphrey Wakefield on 30/6/2016, 18:12:23

I took an Autosomal DNA test looking to confirm Jamaican Ancestry, my results show No African or Asian Ancestry, my Great Grandfather is recorded as a Mulato.
Should I now except my excepted Jamaican family is not blood related?

Re: Expected to find Jamaican DNA

Posted by Debbie Kennett on 2/7/2016, 18:30:25, in reply to "Expected to find Jamaican DNA"

John, Do you have any connections with Devon? If so you can join the Devon DNA Project and I can look at your results. You only have around 12.5% of your DNA from your great-grandfather and even if he was half-Jamaican this might not show up in a DNA test purely because of the random way in which DNA is inherited. Therefore, the test does not show that you are not related by blood to your Jamaican relatives. Can you test any other close relations in Jamaica to see if they share the expected amount of DNA for the cousin relationship?

Re: Expected to find Jamaican DNA

Posted by john Humphrey Wakefield on 11/7/2016, 16:42:33, in reply to "Re: Expected to find Jamaican DNA"

I did not complete my registration, I should have included my Mothers family, her Devon connection is Susan Elston born in Shobrooke in 1850, so I can include- Bricknell, Elston, Treatt, Green, Palmer of Topsham, and possibly Burgess of Topsham, Gidley, Letton, Pyle/Pile, Webber, Granger. unfortunately I do not know anything of any existing Jamaican family.

Re: Expected to find Jamaican DNA

Posted by Debbie Kennett on 11/7/2016, 17:08:58, in reply to "Re: Expected to find Jamaican DNA"

Thanks John. You would indeed qualify for the Devon Project. Would you like to join us?

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/devon/about/background

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