Eleanor, Re your DNA match to a ROCK Your best bet at this point is to make contact with the person who submitted the ROCK DNA sample. He may have some ideas. But likely you will both need to share whatever you have re the male ancestries of the two DNA sample providers. Dates, locations, spouses, etc, etc. Look for any opportunities for the ROCK Y-DNA to get transmitted to your BROWN line. Or vice-versa. Entirely possible that your paternal line is really from a male "ROCK". Or the ROCK testee is actually a biological BROWN. Sharing your respective paper trails might provide a clue. Look for neighbors, in-laws, boarders, etc named ROCK, ROCC, ROCCE, ROKE, ROOK, ROOKE etc, etc. Has the ROCK DNA provider had any other matches? Have you had any other matches, or near matches? Dave Anderson

Thanks for the reply Dave; He (Rock) has paper proof back 4 generations 1790's PA; I have paper proof back to 1798 Ohio to Indiana 3 generations; my sir name of Brown; his sir name as Rock; so it must go back further to be connected; he has no adoptions that he has found; I have foster parents name Bryant; no DNA found with them at all. ELB -----Original Message----- From: brown-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brown-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:43 AM To: brown@rootsweb.com Subject: [BROWN] BROWN - ROCK Eleanor, Re your DNA match to a ROCK Your best bet at this point is to make contact with the person who submitted the ROCK DNA sample. He may have some ideas. But likely you will both need to share whatever you have re the male ancestries of the two DNA sample providers. Dates, locations, spouses, etc, etc. Look for any opportunities for the ROCK Y-DNA to get transmitted to your BROWN line. Or vice-versa. Entirely possible that your paternal line is really from a male "ROCK". Or the ROCK testee is actually a biological BROWN. Sharing your respective paper trails might provide a clue. Look for neighbors, in-laws, boarders, etc named ROCK, ROCC, ROCCE, ROKE, ROOK, ROOKE etc, etc. Has the ROCK DNA provider had any other matches? Have you had any other matches, or near matches? Dave Anderson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1771 - Release Date: 11/6/2008 7:58 AM

Proof of surname is not necessarily proof of parentage! On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Eleanor Prieskorn wrote: > Thanks for the reply Dave; > > He (Rock) has paper proof back 4 generations 1790's PA; I have > paper proof > back to 1798 Ohio to Indiana 3 generations; my sir name of Brown; > his sir > name as Rock; so it must go back further to be connected; he has no > adoptions that he has found; I have foster parents name Bryant; no > DNA found > with them at all. > > ELB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brown-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brown- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Dave Anderson > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:43 AM > To: brown@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BROWN] BROWN - ROCK > > Eleanor, > Re your DNA match to a ROCK > > Your best bet at this point is to make contact with the person who > submitted > > the ROCK DNA sample. He may have some ideas. But likely you will > both need > to share whatever you have re the male ancestries of the two DNA > sample > providers. Dates, locations, spouses, etc, etc. Look for any > opportunities > for the ROCK Y-DNA to get transmitted to your BROWN line. Or vice- > versa. > Entirely possible that your paternal line is really from a male > "ROCK". Or > the ROCK testee is actually a biological BROWN. > > Sharing your respective paper trails might provide a clue. > > Look for neighbors, in-laws, boarders, etc named ROCK, ROCC, ROCCE, > ROKE, > ROOK, ROOKE etc, etc. > > Has the ROCK DNA provider had any other matches? Have you had any > other > matches, or near matches? > > Dave Anderson > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1771 - Release Date: > 11/6/2008 > 7:58 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Beverly Peavler bp@peavler.org