Congratulations! For me, these are the moments that make all the testing worthwhile. Whenever I get discouraged, I remind myself that genealogy is becoming ever more popularized on TV. Surely that has to translate to an ever increasing DNA database and an ever increasing hope that there are there are more of these moments to come... In fact, yesterday I got an email from the Ohio Genealogical Society informing me that have scans of letters written to my GG-grandmother by one of her sons. They wouldn't have know to email me, except a member of my Y-DNA surname project suggested they contact me. Not an expected way for DNA testing to have helped my genealogy, but welcome nonetheless! (Can't wait to see the scans... she's one of my brick walls.) Diana > From: Roberta Estes > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:24 PM > > Like everyone else, I have the full complement of matches > who don't answer, matches that seem to be more than > unlikely and matches that are tantalizingly close, but > no cigar. And yes, it is discouraging, but tonight > I got a refreshing "gift". One of my matches who lives > in Poland e-mailed me and he has found one of his Polish > ancestors was from Germany and shares a rather unusual > German surname with me. > > Now not only was this a surprise from a man living in a > country I have no ancestors from, but also a surprise > that I didn't have to do all or the majority of the > footwork. However, I think this is only the second > time anything like this has happened.
Congrats Roberta! That is a really a great success! (I wish that would happen with my Stoalabarger brickwall!) Diana, How lucky are you?! That is amazing! You are so right about TV increasing the visibility of DNA testing and genealogy and, in turn, our databases. Unfortunately, both of the genealogy shows will end next week. Let's hope that someone else comes out with another one quickly! It seems to take Skip Gates about two years to come out with a new series and with WDYTYA cancelled, where will we get our new recruits from? :-( Enjoy those letters! (I know you will!!) CeCe www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com www.studiointv.com > Congratulations! For me, these are the moments that make all the > testing worthwhile. > > Whenever I get discouraged, I remind myself that genealogy is becoming > ever more popularized on TV. Surely that has to translate to an ever > increasing DNA database and an ever increasing hope that there are > there are more of these moments to come... > > In fact, yesterday I got an email from the Ohio Genealogical Society > informing me that have scans of letters written to my GG-grandmother > by one of her sons. They wouldn't have know to email me, except a > member of my Y-DNA surname project suggested they contact me. Not an > expected way for DNA testing to have helped my genealogy, but welcome > nonetheless! (Can't wait to see the scans... she's one of my brick > walls.) > > Diana > > > > From: Roberta Estes > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:24 PM (SNIP) > > I got a refreshing "gift". One of my matches who lives > > in Poland e-mailed me and he has found one of his Polish > > ancestors was from Germany and shares a rather unusual > > German surname with me.