If not is there a similar test for females that can indicate genealogy data? Answer: Females do not have y-chromosomes.
Thus a Y-DNA test is not possible. Females DNA is called Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). It is passed from mother to daughter, mother to daughter, mother to daughter, ad infinitum. Although sons do receive mtDNA from their mother, they cannot and do not pass it along to their children. As surnames follow the males, and not the females, mtDNA cannot be used to track or establish links to surnames. Mitochondrial DNA does not mutate with the same frequency as male Y-DNA. Womens DNA can remain unchanged for 5-10,000 years. So, if you were hoping to find a match that will prove your cousin relationship with someone in Ohio in the 1800s, DNA testing (mtDNA testing) will not accomplish this for you. You will still have to rely on genealogy. We must think in archaeological, rather than genealogical terms when studying womens DNA.
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