From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Apr 15 08:42:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3FEg5jb011635; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:42:05 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3FEg3Zs007174 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:42:03 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3FC9dFI004886 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:09:39 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3FC9dv8004885 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:09:39 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3ENt2FI000440 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:55:02 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3F2RFkA027567 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:27:15 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Fri Apr 14 20:27:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3F2RFjb027558 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:27:15 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.58]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3F2RCES004684 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:27:13 -0600 Received: from m1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k3F2RA32013307; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:27:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <011a01c66034$18a06ad0$6601a8c0@m1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: , References: <2ff.3735123.317194ca@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] DNA TESTS Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:27:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I would think that anyone wanting to join a DNA study for a particular surname would want to join the Rootsweb list for that surname, and see what company was being used for that surname's DNA studies. The PIKE project our family has joined uses FamilyTreeDNA http://www.familytreedna.com as do many others. I found the following explanation on the Pike web page: Before you join the project, you might want to consider whether you have any interest in the National Geographic Society Genographic Project. There is a partnership between the Genographic Project and FamilyTreeDNA that allows people to do their first DNA test with either one and then transfer their test results over to the other one. Which one to start with is a personal choice, and each choice has its own benefits. Wherever you choose to have it done, you want to have it recorded where you will find matches, so it may take a little leg work on anyone's part before they have their DNA tested and find the results aren't going to where they are needed for comparison. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:14 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA TESTS > Are there standards that DNA laboratories must adhere to? How do we know > they are qualified to give valid results? Are any of them rated for > excellence? >