From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Aug 14 21:26:15 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 k7F3QFjb003931; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:26:15 -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 k7F3QEFw013696 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:26:14 -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 k7F0kaFI027213 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:46:36 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7F0kapb027212 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:46:36 -0400 Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7F0dqFI027071 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:39:52 -0400 Received: from l9d2v7 ([72.64.215.216]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J4000LX6RW86O1D@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:19:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:19:02 -0700 From: "Derrell Oakley Teat" To: "Roots-In" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA offers hope for Jewish survivors I thoguht this might be of interest to those searching Jewish ancestors. Derrell Oakley Teat, Forward with permission DNA offers hope for survivors Effort aims to reunite Holocaust survivors, descendants with relatives -- alive and dead By Kimra McPherson Mercury News Joanne Ho-Young Lee / Mercury News For decades, Agnes Grossinger has wondered what happened to her aunts, uncles and cousins during the Holocaust. Did they survive in work camps, like she did, and eventually leave their native Hungary? Were they deported? Did they die? She contacted Holocaust organizations in Israel and the United States and placed ads in newspapers targeting survivors. But the 82-year-old San Jose woman never learned what happened to her extended family. ``Up till now, there was no hope,'' she said. Cont. here: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/15269584.htm