Is there any DNA test that can tell you what country your ancestors came from?

Question: Is there any DNA test that can tell you what country your ancestors came from!?

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There is a test that can tell you where your PATERNAL ancestors (father's father's father's father's father's father's father [etc!.]) came from, or at least where they have the most matches of people in the DNA databases!. It's called the Y Ancestry test- it's only available to men because it tests the Y chromosomes (though your father or any of his sons or brothers could take it- it's just a matter of swabbing the inside of your mouth with a q-tip)!. This is the most reliable and most recent type (it can conceivably tell you that your ancestors were in France or England or Timbuktu about 300 years ago), but it only tests that one line- if your father's mother's father was Sitting Bull and your mom's dad was Sasquatch it's not going to mention Indian or Big-foot ancestry because it only does the single male line!.
There's a mitochondrial DNA test that tests your mother's ancestry!. The problem is that mitochondrial DNA (the kind you get only from your mother) changes very little over time, so you would be talking not about where they came to America from but where they lived literally THOUSANDS of years ago- it wouldn't tell you "they probably originated in France" in other words but "they were probably in a group that left Africa through Israel around 9000 BCE")!.

Both types of tests cost about $150, give or take!. You can find them by googling the term "genetic genealogy"!. Be sure to find the one with the largest DNA database and as always on the Internet never buy ANYTHING until you've made sure it's legit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

wouldnt it be easier to make a family tree!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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DNA primarily can connect family relationships as the case in Texas will show!. Unless your DNA matches a significant amount of people in a region it may not show what country or area you descended from!. However, traits like color of eyes, hair and skin as well as skeletal characteristics may roughly point to your country of origin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Below is a reply I have given to a similar previous question,
I think it answers your query, but dna cannot tell you which country you originated in, only the probable area, or areas of the world your ancient ancestors passed through during their evolution!.
Human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes, and one pair of sex chromosomes!. Females carry a pair of X chromosomes that can swap, or recombine, similar regions of DNA during meiosis!. However, males harbor one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, and significant recombination between these dissimilar sex chromosomes does not occur!. Therefore, the non-recombining region of the Y chromosome (NRY) remains largely unchanged over many generations, directly passed from father to son, son to grandson, and so on, along with genetic variations in the NRY that may be present!. Scientists can use genetic variations, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), on the Y chromosome as markers of human ancestry and migration!.
It is very effective and the best companies will retest until they get a conclusive result!.
If you have, say, just the first 12 markers tested($149 with FTDNA), that will give an indication of where you originated, the more markers you test on, the more information is gained, if you test on the maximumum of, say 67 markers ($349 with FTDNA), it is possible then to find a match to someone else carrying your own, or a different surname, and to prove a link where perhaps no "paper trail" exists!. It can therefore pinpoint a place in which your ancestors probably lived in recent history but DNA does not, obviously,
have a surname attached to it, surnames have only been used for around 700 years and of course your DNA originated 10s of thousands of years ago!. You can also have a SNP test which will help show the migratory pattern of your ancient ancestors, having said that, you can join a Surname project (e!.g!. with FTDNA) and receive discounted prices on your tests!.
I recommend that you make yourself aware of the various tests available, and the costs with each testing company!.
Plus, check out what is available to you after you have tested!.
I used Family Tree DNA ,they were the first in the field (founded in 1999), have the largest data base, and do the testing for the National Geographic's Genome project, their "after sales" is excellent and I consider they are the best, but you have to make your own decision on that!.
http://www!.familytreedna!.org
NOTE :-
If you are female, you only carry your mother's Mtdna, and her mother's Mtdna, and her mother's Mtdna etc!.,etc!.,etc!. and that will show only your mother's lineage (you will pass that Mtdna on to your daughters and sons, but your sons will not pass it on to their children)!. You do not inherit your father's Y-DNA!.
If you are male, you inherit your father's Y-DNA, his father's Y-DNA, his father's Y-DNA, and so on back to your origin!. You also inherit your mother's Mtdna, but you only pass your Y-DNA on to your sons!.
As a female, if you use your dna for the Mtdna test, you can only test for your maternal line!. If you have a brother, his dna can be used to test for you mother's Mtdna and your father's
Y-DNA!. from the one sample!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is a test that can give you an idea of where your family originated!. Here is a link!.!.!.it isn't cheap, but it's interesting!. The site explains the different aspects of the dna tests as they pertain to genealogy!.
Good Luck!

http://dna!.ancestry!.com/sampleTest!.aspx;!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com