The test is basically a q-tip swabbed around inside the mouth, and sent back in. To order the test, go to: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=C37458&special=True Don't look at the pricing at the top, go to the very bottom of the page, and use the drop down list for group pricing. Fill out the form above that, and then choose which test you will be ordering. The test should arrive within the week, but takes about 6 weeks to get the results once they receive it back from you uncle. You have your choice whether to choose it as a private or public. Meaning, we can see the numbers, but won't have a clue whose they are, except identified as George Barlow of Canada/Michigan. Nobody that finds themselves related to you, and would like to converse with you, will be able to if you go private. If an e-mail address is provided, public ... then others may contact you. I suggest ordering in your name, and then your uncle won't have to do anything but do the swab. You can take care of the genealogy end, and nobody needs to know whose DNA we have on file. Susan Looking for Barlows, anywhere....anytime, including all variants and spellings of the name, Barlo, Barloe, Barlowe, Parlar, Barler, Barlar, Barlage, etc... -----Original Message----- From: Judy Huff [mailto:judyhuff@starband.net] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 7:46 PM To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BARLOW] DNA testing OK my uncle has agreed to do the test. What do I do to get it? Is it complicated? He is in his early 80's so I hope it is easy. Judy > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan BARLOW Holmes [mailto:sbarlowholmes@classicnet.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 4:06 PM > To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [BARLOW] DNA testing > > > > The only suggestion I can make is to have your uncle do the 12 marker > DNA test, then if it matches one of the groups already tested, you will > know what direction to look in. That is precisely the reason we need a > result in our database for every known major group. Once you do the 12 > marker test, and find a family group to be in...you can upgrade the test > to either 25 or 37, and it will give you a better idea how closely you > are related, ie...whether you have a common ancestor in the last 100 > years, or the past 1000 years. Once you know which family group you are > in, then you could also find folks in the same family group to work with > in researching your family. The problem right now is that we do not > have a DNA score for George of Sandwich, Edmund of Malden, and Jonathan > of Nova Scotia, so if you are one of those family groups, you still > won't know anything..until someone comes along and tests, knowing they > are from that family group. So why should someone take the expensive > test when they already know the group they are in.......because, there > just may be a match between say, John of Fairfield to George of > Sandwich, who knows. Then we can begin to work on finding that > relationship. And we can add other families not previously known to be > a part of those families...such as my John, who comes from Mississippi. > I would have never dreamed that he was of the John of Fairfield Ct bunch > until DNA came along. A distant relationship for sure, and one that we > may never find, but we also learned that we have a very close > relationship to those in Georgia. For several years, I had determined > that my family was from Isle of Wight Virginia, or from Robeson CO North > Carolina, and spend hours of time trying to find connections, other than > places of origin, and naming practices. Then DNA told me that we are > absolutely no relation to them, thus making that time wasted, but will > save hours in the future. > > Who knows, perhaps George of Sandwich and John of Fairfield were > brothers, or first cousins...we won't ever know until we have all of the > DNA scores in for all known major groups. We have 2 tests online right > now who do not match any of our others, are they related to one of the > major groups not already tested...or are there other lines out there we > don't even know about. To date, I have found 7 major groups of Barlows. > We may narrow that down to 3 or 4 if all families test. Of course, we > all know that in the beginning, we were all related. But over the > thousands of years, we have lost our kinfolk, they went one way while we > went another. > > There is a link on the DNA ordering page to contribute funds for those > who cannot afford to take the test. Anyone interested in donating funds > to that, it would be most welcome. Once we have enough for a 12 marker > test, we can find a volunteer from one of the major groups not tested, > and perhaps with the funding, they would be willing to test. If you can > even give $5 or $10, that would be a beginning. These funds are held > within the Family Tree DNA database by the company, not by myself, and > aren't going anywhere until I specify where it should be used. And of > course, I would let the folks decide. Or you can even specify what > group you would like the money to be used for when you contribute. > > Susan > > > > Looking for Barlows, anywhere....anytime, including all variants and > spellings of the name, Barlo, Barloe, Barlowe, Parlar, Barler, Barlar, > Barlage, etc... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Huff [mailto:judyhuff@starband.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:52 PM > To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [BARLOW] DNA testing > > What about those of us that have no clue what line we are from? I do > have > one uncle left to DNA test if I can get him to, but we do not know what > line. Our line back is Lyman William Barlow 5-15-1893 Michigan to > 8-31-1923 > Michigan, George A Barlow 4-15-1867 Canada to 4-15-1927 Michigan, > Possibly > father is a William/Will George Barlow of Canada and Mother is Mary Ann > Foster (Fortier)of Canada. I am stumped and do not seem to be able to > unclog! Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Susan BARLOW Holmes [mailto:sbarlowholmes@classicnet.net] > > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:33 PM > > To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: [BARLOW] DNA testing > > > > > > For comparison sake. We have no DNA test results from those families. > > We can't tell if John of Fairfield is related to those families, > > etc..until we get a result. > > > > We need results from every known line to compare those who have no > clue > > what line they are in. We have a new result right now, no match to > > anything we have currently in our database, so he still doesn't know > > what line he is from. Should he be from Edmund of Malden, or one of > the > > groups that we have no results for, then he still doesn't know what > line > > he is from. Also. To see if any of our major lines are related, > closer > > than we know. For instance, a DNA result from another database > suggests > > that John of Fairfield is related to Edmund of Malden, but I have not > > seen the results for myself yet to know if that is correct, or how > close > > the relationship is, whether it is an exact match, or 36 out of 37 > > markers, or even perhaps only 34 out of 37, which is a great distance. > > As you know, we are all related at some point or other. > > > > Are you sufficiently confused yet? > > > > Love, Susan > > > > > > > > Looking for Barlows, anywhere....anytime, including all variants and > > spellings of the name, Barlo, Barloe, Barlowe, Parlar, Barler, Barlar, > > Barlage, etc... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kimberly Granholm [mailto:kimberlyg1972@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:41 AM > > To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: [BARLOW] DNA testing > > > > Susan > > > > Very generous offer from annonymous! > > > > Question though? If the persons line has already been traced/proven > > to > > one of the families you listed, why test? I know that if i could > > connect my > > Nathaniel Barlow to ANY of the Barlow lines DNA testing wouldnt be > > needed.........at the same time DNA testing takes some of the fun out > of > > it > > ;) > > > > Not jelous, just curious! > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Susan BARLOW Holmes" <sbarlowholmes@classicnet.net> > > Reply-To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > > To: BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [BARLOW] DNA testing > > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:02:57 -0500 > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([66.43.18.41]) by > > mc3-f31.hotmail.com > > with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:06:43 -0700 > > Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) > > id > > j87M384V026009;Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:03:08 -0600 > > >I have had a very generous offer from an anonymous donor willing to > pay > > >for a complete 37 marker DNA test for anyone that can has traced > their > > >genealogy back to any one of the following families. > > > > > >If we have a volunteer, remember first it has to be a male, with the > > >Barlow surname, and your name can be completely anonymous, except to > > >myself, as the administrator of the DNA project, and perhaps to the > > >person donating the funds.(I have not asked their opinion of that) we > > >would need to know your ancestral genealogy, for comparison with > > >others currently online. > > > > > >1rst choice would be a male Barlow from either of these lines: > > > > > >http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Families/MormonFamilies/Oswald.html > > > > > > >http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Families/MormonFamilies/Barlow-Hulme.htm > > l > > > > > >However, I would look favorably on someone who wanted to test from > one > > >these family lines: > > > > > >Israel Barlow - earliest ancestor Francis Barlow of Turton, > Lancashire > > >b1512 > > >Ebenezer Barlow - earliest ancestor Robert Barlow of St Leonards, > > >Shoreditch, London b1808 > > >William Francis Barlow - earliest ancestor George W. Barlow of Cairo, > > >New York b1832 > > > > > >Please contact me at: sbarlowholmes@classicnet.net > > > > > >Susan > > > > > > > > > > > >Looking for Barlows, anywhere....anytime, including all variants and > > >spellings of the name, Barlo, Barloe, Barlowe, Parlar, Barler, > Barlar, > > >Barlage, etc... > > > > > > > > > > > >==== 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. 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