From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Aug 13 22:42:03 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 k7E4g3jb005857; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:42:03 -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 k7E4g0YT031527 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:42:00 -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 k7E22RFI023639 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:02:27 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7E22REQ023638 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:02:27 -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 k7DLbRFI022765 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:37:27 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7E0Golt016783 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:16:50 -0600 X-Envelope-From: jcarrgensearch@earthlink.net Sun Aug 13 18:16:50 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 k7E0Gojb016774 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:16:50 -0600 Received: from pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.71]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7E0GlsE027734 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:16:48 -0600 Received: from h-68-164-54-97.lsanca54.dynamic.covad.net ([68.164.54.97] helo=[192.168.2.37]) by pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GCQ8N-0001OP-00 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:16:47 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) In-Reply-To: <200608132100.k7DL0HDP018230@lists5.rootsweb.com> References: <200608132100.k7DL0HDP018230@lists5.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4406005a42681f00ce2a080ff7522ff8@earthlink.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Carr Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:16:02 -0700 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #352 Hi Dee, There are many DNA test companies accessible on the web. If you do a search on DNA Genealogy several will appear, just be sure they do the type of DNA testing you are interested in. Family Tree DNA is perhaps the largest and a very reliable company with many test options. They have surname projects, so you can likely pick the surname of your ancestor and order kits through that project at price that is discounted from the normal direct purchase price. The project administrator will assist you with any questions as well. You can access them at http://www.familytreedna.com/ . FTDNA has several pages that explain about the testing and the results. There are many other sites on the web that have explanations about DNA and how it is used in genealogy as well. Either you and/or your Uncle and cousin can order and pay for the tests and have them sent to your cousin and Uncle. You can be listed as an alternate e-mail address, another words an interested party, FTDNA knows many kits are often ordered at the request of third parties who are the ones doing the genealogy. The results are a bunch of numbers showing the number of single tandem repeats, STR, at specific locations along the YDNA chromosome, these are called alleles which together represent a haplotype. When two men have the same haplotype, it means there is a high probability of sharing a common paternal ancestor within a genealogical meaningful timeframe. It is not possible to tell which generation based on two haplotypes alone, nor even to confirm they have common paternal lines. Paper genealogy is required to nail down the common ancestor. YDNA does answer the question if there is a possibility of sharing a paternal biological past. The only use for these numbers, haplotypes, is to compare with other men, usually sharing a surname or having a known or suspected paternal genealogical link. If they match at all but 2 or 3 locations, the probability is high for a recent common paternal ancestor. If they are further apart than that, the common paternal ancestor, and we all have one, is likely further back than genealogically traceable. You will learn all these terms, it is not as mysterious as it sounds. Best of luck on a great journey, John Carr FYI - The conference mentioned in a previous post is open to project administrators only. On Aug 13, 2006, at 2:00 PM, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:26:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: huggins huggins > Subject: DNA Testing Q > > 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. > 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 >