Dear Cindy, Couldn't help but sympathize with your plight. Do you suppose if all your relatives are willing to take up a collection and donate it to the cost of testing, at least one of these three men would agree? That's what's been done in a case or two on my PRINCE mailing list. Abigail descendant of the BRYANTs of Spartanburg SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Tyson" <genefiles@carolina.rr.com> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:03 PM Subject: [BRYANT] DNA testing and my Bryants >I would love to find a male relative who would consent to being tested. > I know there are at least three males in my line but none will agree to > it. I do not know these men but others have approached them. I am at a > dead-end. Just in case someone has happened on my line it is as follows: > > William Briant b. abt 1812 in NC married Mary (Polly) Ramey of Scott Co, > VA. They are on the 1870 census for Scott Co but seem to disappear > after that. I later pick up one daughter and her spouse in 1890. I > descend from this line. There was a son born to William and Mary but > I've not been able to find his line either. I have what little > information I have posted on my website at > www.tribalpages.com/tribes/clean01 if anyone would like to see the line > as I have it. > > I appreciate any information or help you can provide. I also have > copies of some wills from NC Briants/Bryants that don't happen to be > part of my line if anyone is interested. I got them from the State > Archives in Raleigh, NC. > > Thanks again, > Cidny > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >