Monday Minute | Stopped in my tracks

[@mohamedhashem4811]

You should expand and study the genome of the Middle East, Arabs and ancient Egyptians. I have in my village the remains of about 70 tombs of kings and queens from ancient Egypt.

[@mohamedhashem4811]

Can I ask a question, please? Does a DNA test for females determine the paternal lineage? If I do a test for my mother, for example, can I know her paternal lineage?

[@YourDNAGuide]

Yes! If you have her test at any of the major companies the results will help you learn more about both her mother's and her father's side. Here's our guide to which test to take: www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/best-dna-tests-ancestry

[@mohamedhashem4811]

@@YourDNAGuide Thank you, but what do you think of Yseq and Family Tree?

[@YourDNAGuide]

@@mohamedhashem4811 Yseq is very sciency and not generally for genealogists. Family Tree DNA (I assume you are asking about the YDNA test) is fantastic. But only for men looking to explore their direct male line. So not for your mom. You would need to test her father/brother/uncle.

[@mohamedhashem4811]

I will try to take a sample from some of their relatives because they are afraid that the test will reveal their results outside the tribe.

[@mohamedhashem4811]

We live in Egypt and my brother did the test at Family Tree Company and his results came out close to the results of the lineage of the Arab Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but we need to develop the sample to confirm the paternal line specifically.