This article was sent to the DNA administrators and the McCrea admin sent it to one of my other groups. I have to think Kevin was on that list. If you read it carefully, you'll find that testing doesn't start until the middle of March. It also says they're doing it in phases so they won't be overwhelmed. Maybe we aren't scheduled until phase 243 :-) I say write him. jt > > Jan, > > Have You Passed This Information To Our D.N.A. Expert { Kevin Campbell } ??? > > Do You Know Of Anyone That This Helped To Find Their Ancestors ???? > > *** So Many Of Us Would Really Like To Know So Much More About This NEW FIND !!!!!!!!!!!!!! So Anything That You Could Find Out About It < I For 1 Am All Ears !!!!!!!! > > > Thank You For Sharing This With Us !!!! > > > Sincerely, > > Sam Campbell > > > > > --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Jan Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Jan Thomas <[email protected]> > Subject: [Campbell] DNA - another alternative > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 12:26 PM > > > This was passed through another list several weeks ago. FYI: Jan > Campbell, Cummings, Starnes, Westmoreland County, PA > > I am the "administrators" for my small branch of the McCreas in Family > Tree DNA. As an administrator, I just received the following message. > > > *"This is the most exciting genetic genealogy breakthrough since the > company launched its Y-DNA test, which uncovered relatives in the direct > paternal line"*, says Bennett Greenspan, founder and President of Family > Tree DNA. > Family Tree DNA is pleased to inform you of the pre-launch of our newest > test: the autosomal-based Family Finder test. This pre-launch will > progress in phases so that we do not exceed our lab's capacity, and to > ensure delivering results in a timely basis. A limited number of our > customers are being offered the Family Finder Test during the > prelaunch. We anticipate Family Finder will be offered for general > release in the middle of March at the breakthrough price of *$249*. > While the Y-DNA matches men with a specific paternal line, and the mtDNA > finds potential relatives only along the maternal line, Family Finder > can look for close relationships along all ancestral lines. > You may now match to male and female cousins from any of your family > lines within five generations. The science behind it uses linked blocks > of DNA across the 22 autosomal chromosomes and matches them between two > people. Based on this concept, our bioinformatics team has worked > extensively to develop the calculations that would tell you the > closeness of the relationship. > *The possibilities to find matches abound:* > Bullet Aunts & Uncles, Parents and Grandparents > Bullet Half siblings and 1st cousins > Bullet 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cousins > Bullet Possibly 5th cousins and beyond! > > *When you take the Family Finder test, your results are compared against > our Family Finder database. You will be able to:* > Bullet sort your matches by degree of relationship > Bullet view their names and e-mail address for immediate communication > Bullet download your raw data > > > >