I was under the impression that posts to the Bower list wrere automatically posted to the Bowers list as well, and vice versa. Apparently that is not the case. Here is my post on this subject. Robert Strong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Strong" <strong@nantucket.net> To: <bower@rootsweb.com>; <leeripp@iland.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: Bowers/Boward > Leola, > > Please check out our Bowers DNA Project at > http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/b/bowers/index.html. On the > Patriarchs' Page, you'll find the John Leonard Bowers' line as posted by > Marvin Bowers, with George Bowers listed as the earliest known ancestor. > I am aware that definitive proof George was the father of John Leonard > Bowers is lacking, and also that Robert Boward has suggested John Leonard > Bowers was really a Boward. See Robert's posting of his Boward line near > the bottom of the Patriarchs' Page. > > Both Marvin and Robert have had their Y-DNA tested and the results > unambiguously show they are not related; they do not even share the same > haplogroup. That should eliminate Henry Boward as the father of John > Leonard Bowers. Of course, to be certain it would be best to confirm the > haplotypes of these Boward and Bowers lines by testing at least one more > descendant from a different branch of each line. > > You seem to have concluded, with the help of Robert Boward's research, > that George was a brother of John Leonard Bowers. What is the evidence in > that regard? If true, do you have any inkling as to the true identity of > their father? > > Robert Strong > Administrator of the Bowers DNA Project