Wednesday, August 5, 2009

We are ALL related to Adam and Eve!

We are all related to Adam and Eve, and each other. With the technology of DNA science and Carbon 14 testing, we now have some of the important life questions answered. Questions like, Is everyone in the world related? How are we related? What path did my ancestry take to get to wherever it is you are now?

First off, Adam and Eve are considered our Most Recent Common Ancestors (MRCA). Everyone is related to them, it is our most recent match. If you don't know how you are related to someone, you can always go back to Adam and Eve. The Adam and Eve talked about here are not the same biblical characters that ate the forbidden fruit. Y chromosomal "Adam" is the name given by Brian Sykes, author of "Seven Daughters of Eve", that indicates this artifact of DNA links us all. A human bone found near Kenya, Africa that dates back about 60,000 years has the same DNA match as every living man. Y chromosomes are passed from father to son only.

Mitochondrial "Eve" is the name Bryan gave to our MRCA on our maternal side. Mitochondria DNA is passed from mother to daughter. Unlike the Y chromosome, both males and females get their mother's mitochondria, though the males do not pass it. Eve is much older than Adam, about 140,000 years old. Her remains were discovered near Kenya, Africa as well.

What this means is that Y chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve are grandparents to us all. Environment and time mutate are DNA slightly. These mutations help show when and where we migrated. From Africa, most people populated north to Europe while few went west in Africa. Throughout time, these two groups of people's DNA altered with slight mutation. As we populated the world, we mapped out our migration through our DNA.

You can find out your family history to the time of our Most Recent Common Ancestors (MRCA). You can find out what path of migration your lineage took. DNA Genealogy has become of journey, discovering answers of your family past with DNA testing. Y chromosome DNA testing and Mitochondrial DNA testing have paved the way for ancestry buffs.

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2 comments:

  1. That's wrong: "Her remains were discivered near Kenya...", she is a hypothetical person.

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  2. Exactly what was said Leon. Though this woman isn't hypothetical, the bones truly exist.

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