Thanks to everyone for the discussion. The bottom line is that when I asked some of the Bushongs to participate, particularly those older members, who are not on the Internet, they hesitated and asked me if the test would be held in confidence. I promised them that it would and I have to honor that promise. As I have stated, I will put lineages of 3 to 4 generations starting with their grandparents without naming the individual's name. I will assign numbers to each in no particular order. I am working on that now so please be patient. This will have to satisfy everyone as I feel it is a compromise to both without going against my promise to those participants. I am bond by my promise. I hope you all understand. Gloria -----Original Message----- From: John Fahey <faheyjn@gmail.com> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 9:40 pm Subject: Re: [BOSCHONG] DNA Confidentiality Herb, If you don't want your DNA marker numbers known publicly I can support that. Though I'm not sure the numbers themselves have much meaning outside the genealogy world. I don't think anybody can determine anything about the person from the numbers assigned to each marker being tested other they match or mismatch someone else in the study. This is a very small result sample of your total DNA and it includes just a few of the Y-chromosome markers. Someone correct me if my statement is not correct. I do think it would be beneficial to those who are doing Bushong research to at least have a some additional information on the lineage lines that have been tested and which ones closely match with each other and which ones do not without giving individual marker numbers. Not everyone can participate in the project even if they wanted too, as you have to be a male descendant with the last name of Bushong. John On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 5:53 PM, <herbjb@aol.com> wrote: > > To: All Bushong researchers, DNA participants and potential DNA testers, > > There has been much discussion and requests for confidential DNA markers > information of the participants in the FTDNA Bushong project. > > For everyone's information, every participant was assured of > confidentiality when we agreed to participate with FTDNA. Already everyone > who mismatches by no more than one variation of the Y-12 markers can see > the names of those who match themselves. None of the thousands of names in > the entire FTDNA Database, including the few Bushong or the many Mitchell > names can be seen by anyone who do not match them. > > I am making a public statement that no one who does not DNA match me has > any justifiable reason to have access to my DNA Markers at any time. > Because of the FTDNA confidentiality understanding, the rest of the > participants do not need to make such a public statement reaffirming their > privacy. > > Anyone who explicitly wants have their DNA results shared publicly needs > to advise the project administrator of their decision. > > I trust that the Bushong DNA project administrators will respect our > privacy and everyone else will quit trying to disrespect the privacy > granted to us by the FTDNA site. > > Herb > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message