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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