The privacy issue is the iggest hurdle in my family as well. Could a sample be submitted without identifying the donor in any way for a couple of generations back and just give the family tree from oldest known to, say, three or four generations ago? > > From: BrendaBP@aol.com > Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 01:13:40 CDT > To: BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Bowles DNA Project Question & Response > > Charlie, > > As a descendant of one of the three lines that have 12-marker matches, I > found this very helpful. You answered a lot of questions that have been > floating around in my mind recently about these three lines. > > While I'm writing, let me ask a couple of other questions. > > First, you mentioned a while back that there is a match (or multiple > matches?) with a test that was provided by a Bowles for, I believe, an American > Indian project. Were you ever able to find that guy and ask if you could publish > information on the match? > > Secondly, is there any value to having multiple tests from a single line? > If we could get more people from the three lines that match on 12 markers, > would that tell us anything more? > > Finally, is there a really good answer for someone who is concerned about > "privacy issues" with regard to submitting a DNA sample. Not too long ago, I > tried to get a cousin with one of my other ancestral surnames (not Bowles) to > participate and he declined due to privacy issues. Should this be a > legitimate concern or is this just paranoia? > > Thanks for being our DNA instructor. > Brenda > > Tom LaPorte