Women and Y chromosome haplogroups

[jr1]

Is it possible to determine from a woman's DNA what her father's Y chromosome haplogroup is/was? The reason I ask is because my mother's father is long dead and he had no sons, theoretically I could trace it via his brothers' children (i.e. my mother's male cousins) but we're not an especially close family so I would feel awkward asking them to submit to a DNA test :lol:

[birko19]

Unfortunately it's not possible, at least not that I'm aware of.

[quotablepatella]

Unfortunately no, as far as I know. Your only way is to find a male from the same line as your maternal grandfather.

[blank slate]

No, but even if you aren't close to his brother's kids, I've found that most people will consent to a DNA test for genealogical reasons if you explain it to them. If anything, most of them are curious about the results for themselves too.

Also, who knows? It might be a good excuse to get to know your family members. I contacted a man who shares the same surname as myself in Wales, and asked him to take a Y-DNA test to see if it matched my dad's. The markers didn't end up matching at all, but we actually still somehow kept in touch after all these years. We added each other as friends on both facebook and myspace.

Good luck.

[alfieb]

No, but even if you aren't close to his brother's kids, I've found that most people will consent to a DNA test for genealogical reasons if you explain it to them. If anything, most of them are curious about the results for themselves too.

Also, who knows? It might be a good excuse to get to know your family members. I contacted a man who shares the same surname as myself in Wales, and asked him to take a Y-DNA test to see if it matched my dad's. The markers didn't end up matching at all, but we actually still somehow kept in touch after all these years. We added each other as friends on both facebook and myspace.

Good luck.

That's a wonderful story. :)

[Ezana]

No, but even if you aren't close to his brother's kids, I've found that most people will consent to a DNA test for genealogical reasons if you explain it to them. If anything, most of them are curious about the results for themselves too.

Also, who knows? It might be a good excuse to get to know your family members. I contacted a man who shares the same surname as myself in Wales, and asked him to take a Y-DNA test to see if it matched my dad's. The markers didn't end up matching at all, but we actually still somehow kept in touch after all these years. We added each other as friends on both facebook and myspace.

Good luck.

A nice story, but as the commercials say, results not typical. Don't forget you're a pretty girl. ;)

[alfieb]

Bah, pessimist. He may not have known that when he agreed to help out.

[Unome]

Women want Y-chromosomes?

[blank slate]

A nice story, but as the commercials say, results not typical. Don't forget you're a pretty girl. ;)

Well even if he cares about appearance, mine presumably shouldn't have mattered to him anyway since there was a chance that we were related to each other. :evilgrin:

Anyway, the worst your family members can do is tell you no. They might ask you to pay for the test (which is reasonable), and they might flat out say no way. It's still definitely worth a try in my opinion.