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One of my upcoming books\u2014Book 41\u2014will be unusual in that Savannah wants to locate Rags\u2019s siblings and possibly his parents. To prepare for this story, I\u2019ve been researching cat genetics. Did you know that you can swab your cat and learn something about his heritage? Evidently all domestic cats came from one of eight regions and these cats still carry some of the DNA from their original ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cattwophotographers-e1558698874193-225x300.jpg\")
wild cat ancestors. These cats make up the breeds we know today.<\/p>\n
My findings show that all domestic cat breeds come from only four cat races in these eight geographic regions and some of the DNA tests you see advertised can identify a cat\u2019s origin and race, thus it\u2019s possible breeding background.<\/p>\n
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The eight geographic regions are Western Europe, Egypt, Eastern Mediterranean, Iran\/Iraq, Arabian Sea, India, South Asia and East Asia.<\/p>\n
Learn more about what experts know about the domestic cat\u2019s ancestry here:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.vgl.ucdavis.edu\/services\/cat\/ancestry\/faq.php<\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in having your cat\u2019s DNA tested, check out these sites. The cost, as I https:\/\/www.basepaws.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.certapet.com\/cat-dna-test\/<\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever had your cat\u2019s DNA tested, I\u2019d love to hear about it. If you decide to do it, let us know. Why do it? For fun. It could be a neat conversation topic among other cat people. You might get some sort of bragging rights\u2014\u201cMy cat comes from around the great Egyptian pyramids,\u201d or \u201cMy cat\u2019s ancestors may have traveled across the ocean to America with early explorers or the pilgrims\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Who knows, you might get enough interesting information to write your own book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my upcoming books\u2014Book 41\u2014will be unusual in that Savannah wants to locate Rags\u2019s siblings and possibly his parents. To prepare for this story, I\u2019ve been researching cat genetics. Did you know that you can swab your cat and … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/catwatchters-e1534850750502-225x300.jpg\")
understand it, is around $100\u2014some less, some more.<\/p>\n