From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Aug 13 07:55:40 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 k7DDtejb032497; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:55:40 -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 k7DDtc71025503 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:55:38 -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 k7DBG6FI021725 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:16:06 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7DBG66L021724 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:16:06 -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 k7D6UHFI004800 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:30:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7D99ddm006146 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:09:39 -0600 X-Envelope-From: martinfamilytree@gmail.com Sun Aug 13 03:09:38 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 k7D99cjb006137 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:09:38 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7D99aia029781 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:09:36 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so968847pyd for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:09:37 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uE60oq3oUbgv3Fhq3lwHq5IE88tk25UTmaEMVn2+wU0qEZgiEk7TbY7mPJAFlzv5xbtCxIB/l+HYFHMi0BxQHUVT0rp3De5hG42eWyJodVUXgihlYju5MeKBU1fFvMfRR4NUONs+v/bBthluNscyDUjx+syH8Tx9+2aj/TkWd7o= Received: by 10.35.45.1 with SMTP id x1mr10389217pyj; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.93.6 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:09:36 -0500 From: "ctm 007" To: "huggins huggins" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] DNA Testing Q Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <20060813032637.69503.qmail@web51802.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1519.66.94.147.121.1155360189.squirrel@webmail.airmail.net> <20060813032637.69503.qmail@web51802.mail.yahoo.com> 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 Hi dee, I think one of the best DNA companies in the market is in Houston, Texas. Their address is: Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd. World Headquarters 1919 North Loop West, Suite 110 Houston, Texas 77008, USA Phone: (713) 868-1438 | Fax: (832) 201-7147 This company is putting on a conference concerning DNA. Here is the website: http://www.familytreedna.com/conference_2006_reg.asp The Conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston, TX.. 15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032 For reduced room rates call 1-800-325-3535 and mention Family Tree DNA Carl On 8/12/06, huggins huggins wrote: > All of this talk about DNA testing finally helped me > work up the nerve to ask a cousin I met online to take > the test. His brick wall ancestor and mine shared the > same surname and lived close-by. I suspect they are > related and wanted to ask my cousin and my uncle to > take the test. > > If this cousin and my uncle's DNA are a match then > that would mean our brick wall ancestors were related > - but I'm not sure how closely related. Since our > ancestors were born only a few years apart and if the > DNA matches, does that mean they were brothers? Or > could they have been cousins too? > > Someone was kind enough to post a URL for a place to > buy the DNA kits but I didn't save the email - does > anyone know the URL? > > Since the kits will go out directly to my cousin & > uncle, when they take the test and send the kits back, > how will they be notified about the results? Will the > results be understandable or will they consist of a > bunch of numbers? > > > Thanks so much, > dee > >