From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Aug 11 11:25:17 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 k7BHPHjb025165; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:25:17 -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 k7BHPFdk032752 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:25:15 -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 k7BEjoFI028584 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:45:50 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7BEjoom028583 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:45:50 -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 k7BEcEFI028403 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:38:14 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7BHHT5p021253 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:17:29 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Fri Aug 11 11:17:29 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 k7BHHTjb021244 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:17:29 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (fed1rmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.241.38]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7BHHRCE029412 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:17:27 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060811171722.TULQ6077.fed1rmmtao01.cox.net@TOWER>; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:17:22 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'Tom Kemp'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] DNA Studies? Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:17:09 -0700 Message-ID: <008c01c6bd69$fe03de80$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <45c595dc0608101957q4e1dab8axeda50658983392bf@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k7BHHTjb021244 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tom Actually, this is a very good use of the Y-DNA studies. BUT (you knew there'd be a "but", didn't you) you have to find a good representation of Kemp (any spelling) males from the various geographic regions. Problem we've encountered on the Clay family is that our [perhaps] cousins across the pond do not feel much urgency to [pay to] help us colonials find our roots . If you and your cousins here can pay for the tests, and you can find some folk over there who have both a reasonably documented lineage and the name, you may be on to something. There seem to be a few studies already with the Kemp[] name. Check it out at http://www.familytreedna.com/ Which, by the way is a highly reputable organization, associated with the National Geographic Genographic Project. Good luck Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kemp |Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 19:58 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA Studies? | | | Have you participated in a Surname DNA study? |Were you satisfied with the results? |Did it help to sort out family lines? |Was it just a vague exercise? | |I have been working on multiple Kemp families ... with |distinct national origins .... England, Scotland, Sweden, |Germany and Belgium. In working with early, Medieval period |records I am finding that it was possible for these families |to have had a common origin. I did not think that this was |likely, logical or possible. | |I am looking in to trying to do a surname DNA study on the |Kemp family with participation from individuals with |documented lineages to these respective countries to see if |there is or is not a common thread. While the opportunity to |document the connections genealogically is likely impossible |... a DNA study might point us in the right direction. | |Is this a reasonable objective for a DNA study? Is this the |sort of information I could get with the current technology? |How many people would I have to get to participate in the |study to have a responsible outcome? How much would this |project cost? Which DNA research company should I go with? | |Many thanks, | |Tom | |