The Challenges of Jewish DNA testing
By Kitty Munson Cooper
Blogging at blog.kittycooper.com
98% shared
DNA with him
99.7% with me
are NOT
the same as
personal genome tests
Forensic DNA tests
23 pairs of chromosomes
Image of painted (SKY) chromosomes - where each of the 23 pairs of chromosomes comes in a distinct color. Courtesy of DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research
Y Haplogroups
Sample Y DNA STR results for 37 markers
Jewish E haplogroup Family Tree DNA project
Mitochondria
Inheritance from 8 g-grandparents, courtesy of Angie Bush
Admixture of a 100% Ashkenazi person from GEDmatch.com
Photo of Elizabeth Jacobs born 1842 in Poland, the great grandmother of a friend.
Photo given to her by a cousin found with DNA
Some statistics showing the number of matches from my own family
Used by permisson from Paull et al paper (link in handout)
| Company | 23andMe | ftDNA FF | AncestryDNA |
|---|---|---|---|
| At SNPs | 577,382 | 708,092 | 682,549 |
| Y SNPS | 2329 | None | 885 |
| X SNPS | 19,487 | 18,091 | 17,604 |
| mtDNA SNPS | 3154 | None | None |
| Tests in the database (as of 12 April 2015) |
over 900,000 | About 140,000 | over 700,000 |
Statistics as listed at ISOGG dated April 2015
Relationship Chart from ISOGG wiki