It might be possible to get some good clues by the use of mitochondrial (m or mt DNA). This form of DNA is not nuclear but rather in the cytoplasm outside, but you can use it to trace back maternally. So would it not be possible to look back at mothers and match them up with the husbands? ... would that lead you to a Barlow male in your tree?? Just tossing that out. I can't tell from the reference material if that would work or not. See: http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/119896.htm http://www.familytreedna.com/ http://www.healthanddna.com/female.html & what you can and can't learn from testing: http:// genealogy.about.com/cs/geneticgenealogy/a/dna_tests_2.htm Jim Barlow, list owner Champaign, IL On Sep 10, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Susan BARLOW Holmes wrote: > Without a living male Barlow, there is no way to find out that I can > think of. Keep up the research, and perhaps a male will show up > somewhere in the line eventually. > Love, Susan >

OK, I am really not up on this so here goes my question(s). I know for a fact that I have a Barlow in my tree. My fathers mother was a Hatcher and her mother was a Barlow, meaning her father was a Barlow. Obviously I am living and my father is living to. I believe I know what family my Barlow is connected to, however, if I am correct he changed his first name, so there is no direct paper trail. If my presumptions are correct then I would connect to the Germanna Barlows, the ones that wound up in NelsonCo, KY. So would I test or better to have my father test, which I think he would be willing to do? thanks for any info from someone really up on this stuff. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barlow" <jebarlow@uiuc.edu> To: <BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [BARLOW] How do you know > It might be possible to get some good clues by the use of mitochondrial > (m or mt DNA). This form of DNA is not nuclear but rather in the > cytoplasm outside, but you can use it to trace back maternally. So would > it not be possible to look back at mothers and match them up with the > husbands? ... would that lead you to a Barlow male in your tree?? Just > tossing that out. I can't tell from the reference material if that would > work or not. > > See: http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/119896.htm > > http://www.familytreedna.com/ > > http://www.healthanddna.com/female.html > > & what you can and can't learn from testing: http:// > genealogy.about.com/cs/geneticgenealogy/a/dna_tests_2.htm > > Jim Barlow, list owner > Champaign, IL > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Susan BARLOW Holmes wrote: > >> Without a living male Barlow, there is no way to find out that I can >> think of. Keep up the research, and perhaps a male will show up >> somewhere in the line eventually. >> Love, Susan >> > > > ==== BARLOW Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the BARLOW Mailing List: > > If subscribed to BARLOW-L, send an email to: > barlow-l-request@rootsweb.com > > Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.) > > > If subscribed to BARLOW-D, send an email to: > BARLOW-d-request@rootsweb.com > > Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.) > >