Is there something abt German blood/ dna that sets it off from American/ anglo saxon/ blood / dna? Same query for Mitochondrial (female relevant) dna? Or 'Hessian' from 'regular' German dna/ blood? If this becomes important, I know JUST who to contact. Barry Wetherington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Percival" <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Hessian or 1812 > Hi Eric, > Boy am I glad you weren't curssing me...LOL I see no reason, if there are > interested parties on the list, you telling us a little about how DNA > would be used to identify a person's Hessian heritage. > > I know a little about DNA, and using it for one name studies, but most > Hessians are from different surname groups. Would you explain a little... > Maybe one or two emails on list then if no interest is shown then it would > need to be ended. > > I'm holding back on suggestions about researching in PA, because I believe > you probably have already tried that... > > Anyone else have suggestions? > > by the way... thanks for the transulation... > When I was in Germany in the middle 80's i read and spoke just enough to > get by but you had me going there! > > Nelda > LM > Pax et bonum! > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ > http://doodleartgraphics.com > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > 6000 Hessian soldiers remained in North America after the end of the war > in 1783. The majority settled in the Eastern United States and Canada. > You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going > from one message to another. To search: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Barry, on 2 Mar 2005 at 23:16, you sent the following: > Is there something abt German blood/ dna that sets it off from American/ > anglo saxon/ blood / dna? Same query for Mitochondrial (female relevant) dna? Or > 'Hessian' from 'regular' German dna/ blood? If this becomes important, I know > JUST who to contact. > > Barry Wetherington I think it's called the schadenfreude chromosome. George McCallum ARM Computer Techniques Inc., 134 Manor Road East, Toronto, Canada M4S 2A3 (tel) 416-488-1757 (fax) 416-488-1758 (email) gmc@armct.com