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US 7,248,970 B2Granted
Forensic and genealogical test
AssigneeOxford Ancestors Limited
InventorBryan Clifford Sykes
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Abstract
A method is provided for determining the probable surname of a male from a sample of his tissue or DNA, wherein the haplotype of his sample is compared with a database, the database containing information which correlates Y chromosome haplotypes to given surnames.
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A method for predicting the surname of a male from a sample of his tissue or DNA, the method comprising:
- (a) analyzing the Y chromosomes of a plurality of males having the same surname at a plurality of microsatellite loci to identify the alleles present at a number of microsatellite loci thereby defining a Y chromosome haplotype for each male analyzed;
- (b) correlating the surname of the plurality of males with the Y chromosome haplotypes of the plurality of males to define one or more Y chromosome haplotypes correlated with the surname;
- (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) by analyzing the Y chromosomes of males with other surnames to provide a database correlating each surname to one or more Y chromosome haplotypes;
- (d) analyzing the Y chromosome from a tissue or DNA sample of the male to identify the allele present at a variety of microsatellite loci to define a Y chromosome haplotype for the male;
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- (e) comparing the Y chromosome haplotype for the male with the haplotypes in the database to predict the surname of the male.
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A method for predicting potential surnames of a male from a sample of his tissue or DNA, the method comprising:
- (a) analyzing the Y-chromosomes of a plurality of males having the same surname, phonetically related surnames, similarly spelled surnames or having surnames known to have common historical ancestry at a plurality of microsatellite loci to identify the allele present at a number of microsatellite loci;
- (b) correlating the surnames of the plurality of males with the Y chromosome haplotypes of the plurality of males to define one or more Y chromosome haplotypes correlated with the surnames;
- (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) by analyzing the Y chromosomes of males with other surnames that are not identical, phonetically related or similarly spelled to provide a database correlating surname to one or more Y chromosome haplotypes;
- (d) analyzing the Y chromosome of the male to identify the allele present at a variety of microsatellite loci to define a Y chromosome haplotype for the male;
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- (e) comparing the Y chromosome haplotype for the male with the haplotypes in the database to predict potential surnames of the male.
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