On Wednesday 30 August 2006 4:49 pm, Mary D. Taffet wrote: > Fellow admins, > > I am generally very tolerant of DNA-project-related messages placed on > the message boards that I admin as long as there is no mention of a > specific lab or dollar amounts, and no link for a specific testing > company (so as not to fall into the commercial category). > > There is a message right now that does not include any of those items I > look for in determining appropriateness, but it does include specific > test names. Would those of you who are tolerant of rule-abiding DNA > messages allow the following to stay on one of the boards you admin: > > <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jQEBAIB/136> > > -- Thanks, > Mary Yes. Although he has an error of fact -- maternal DNA will not help in any surname studies. MtDNA comes through the female line only, all the way back to the "daughters of Eve," and Eve (or Lucy) herself. Valorie