Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: To all those who still want to pound on Warren for her family history that turned out to be legend-- [View all]nitpicker
(7,153 posts)That may have not transmitted down into one's DNA.
If you have an average of 50% inheritance...
Half from each parent
A quarter from each grandparent
An eight from each great-grandparent
A sixteen (3 chromosomes) from the great-great grandparents
A 32nd (1-2 chromosomes) from the great-great-great grandparents...
BUT
In theory, one could inherit NOTHING in DNA from a grandparent ((absolutely virtually impossible))
The odds of "dancers not passing anything down to you" grow in each receding generation.
By the time one gets to the great-great-great grandparents, the odds of "missing DNA" from one (or many) of them is high.
For me:
There is a suspicious 1850 census report of a birth along the frontier in the 1780s.
My grandfather was reported (and in a photo shown) to be looking "off the res".
My father's family was a mixture.
Me? not an obvious scrap.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided