Friday, August 8, 2008

DNAancestry.ae offers family ancestry analysis in Middle East

Genealogy is classified as the study of tracing families using DNA in method that reveals more than just family pedigrees. The process that is scrutinized in genetics labs to reveal the mysteries of "where do I come from?' Yet many researching their family tree get their results and never find out what the numbers and matches truly mean. The family trees on www.dnaancestry.ae are growing bigger and broader every day with more and more active users showing an interest in going back to their roots through a simple mouth swab DNA test.
Genealogy research has become popular in recent years as online services improve access to vast databases of immigration, military and other records from around the world. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a quarter of Internet users have researched their ancestors online. DNA based family ancestry analysis is scientific proof of the common roots every human being shares with everyone on the planet.

Collecting a DNA sample is an easy and painless procedure, DNAancestry.ae sends cotton swabs to you whereby you swab the inside of your mouth to collect cheek cells and send the swabs back to DNaancestry.com for analysis.

Besides finding matches between large social groups called 'haplotypes', DNA patterns can help assess the likely origins of an individual's ancestors thousands of years ago, allowing the user to then visually trace migration backward to the first humans, widely believed to hail from Africa .
Ancestral DNA testing is now available in the Middle East, and DNAancestry has a wide network of clients that spans the UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Kuwait, Syria and Saudi Arabia indicating an enormous potential to add to a genealogical DNA database. Many people have already had their DNA tested and the results have been submitted to various searchable databases based on user's recommendations, these website ensure the protection and privacy its members data by allocating password logins.

DNAancestry.ae aims to provide the benefits of ancestral DNA analysis in progressing family history research. The findings should enable people to establish their ancient ancestral origins, dating back 60-100,000 years (through haplogroup prediction) and potentially identify others with whom their DNA matches.

Here are a few facts about DNA genealogy tests:

Different tests are used to trace maternal and paternal ancestry.
Paternal DNA is found on the Y chromosome, which is passed down unchanged from father to son. Because women do not have a Y chromosome, those wishing to test their paternal line must have a brother or father take the test for them.
Maternal DNA is found in mitochondria, the organelles that provide energy to cells. Women and men can take this test.

The tests show your broad genetic category or "haplogroup" and where in the world members from this particular group are commonly found. The tests are not able to deduce highly specific ancestral information such as which town or river valley your ancestors came from but can indicate that two people are related according to their broad haplogroup if their results match up closely. Ancestry analysis discovers and connects us with our genetic cousins and allows the expansion and collaboration of large family trees.

The DNAancestry.ae site will soon start adding DNA results to existing family trees, making it possible to find other relatives downstream as more people submit tests, the greater the number of tests undertaken, the more comprehensive genetic relations will be.

Another interesting twist is that by the end of the year, DNAancestry.ae will offer a "Groups" feature, to allow people with similar characteristics such as the surname who will be able to determine how they are related, if at all. We have big plans to launch different genealogy sites which will facilitate users to create an online family database with each individual's profile, including their photo and social network.

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Source: SanePR

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