In a message dated 11/22/2003 9:30:15 AM Central Standard Time, Scalawag1867@aol.com writes: > I help please. > > I talked at length this morning with my nephew who is with the FBI. > > He tells me that after three generations we are no longer related to our > ancestors. > > we are linked by names but not by blood. > > He says no one is related to one another after third cousins. > > Hi Sandra, Well.... I'm sure not from the FBI but that doesn't make sense. If that were true it would seem to me that there would be no value in all this DNA genealogy that is going on right now and that seems to be growing in popularity and use. Also... Look at all the other work they are doing with DNA. Historically that is - The stuff they did with the Thomas Jefferson family, etc. There was certainly more than 3 generations involved in that study. Sure seems as if there are a lot of "experts" out there who seem to feel there is value in matching DNA and spanning several generations. Just a thought - take care - Emma

I have a photo of my cousin Pam Berry and my cousin Pam Clark, who are five times removed and the are the spitting image of each other, right down to their strange flat spot on their nose and their extra lump on their ear. If they're not related, then have your nephew explain how they could pass as twins, cause' I'd sure like to hear this. bj ENC6@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 11/22/2003 9:30:15 AM Central Standard Time, Scalawag1867@aol.com writes: > I help please. > > I talked at length this morning with my nephew who is with the FBI. > > He tells me that after three generations we are no longer related to our > ancestors. > > we are linked by names but not by blood. > > He says no one is related to one another after third cousins. > > Hi Sandra, Well.... I'm sure not from the FBI but that doesn't make sense. If that were true it would seem to me that there would be no value in all this DNA genealogy that is going on right now and that seems to be growing in popularity and use. Also... Look at all the other work they are doing with DNA. Historically that is - The stuff they did with the Thomas Jefferson family, etc. There was certainly more than 3 generations involved in that study. Sure seems as if there are a lot of "experts" out there who seem to feel there is value in matching DNA and spanning several generations. Just a thought - take care - Emma ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now