Asturian-American Migration Forum

Hey my pleasure, I think everybody should do it you know. I mean here they are doing this for you for free.... how often does that happen? They have nothing to gain from it, kinda like what LDS does they do something because they believe in it and since it is there they allow us to use it.... most w...

ooops "and later Moors" that should've read 'and later even Moors the descendants of Grandpa's R1b cousin Mr. J2'


Fe de errata: meti la pata, 'y mas tarde los Moros'... deberia decir 'y mas tarde los moros decendientes del Sr. J2, primo del abuelo R1b'

Hi Art, Yup you are right, in this case a Y-DNA test wouldn’t work for you. Plus it would not show whether you have Asturian roots or not in Spain there is just about every haplotype in the world. Remember during the last Ice Age Iberia had Grandpa R1b’s descendants there, then some moved out and co...

Hi Art, thankyou! Sure will, unlike all other chromosomes the Y-DNA chromosome is passed from father to son without mixing with the chromosomes of the mother, simple enough females don’t have the Y chromosome they have XX. However over time (many generations) mistakes occur in the copying of one chr...

Aunque soy un lurker ocasional en el grupo desde hace algun tiempo casi nunca 'post' ya que poco tengo con que contribuir. En mis investigaciones genealogicas estoy usando ADN para saber si la persona que estoy investigando es un pariente o simplemente una persona con la que comparto el apellido per...