I have heard that just a hair sample or a swab of the mouth with a Q-tip will be enough you might think about this when trying to get a sample. Baby book my mother kept off the wall things in one of them but we can trace our line back to 1683 on the Frommherz male line. Have heard though that they came up with the Holy Roman Empire expansion into Germany and France from the Island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. Thinking about doing this just to see where we might have come from to get there too. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:38 PM Subject: [Campbell] no males for DNA > Several have asked what to do if there are no male Campbell relatives > willing to take DNA. Unfortunately it must be a male. The reason is that > the Y-DNA is only passed on through the male line. Since until recently > the > family name was also passed on through the male line, this means that only > the Y-DNA can be used to trace relationships in a name project, in this > case > the Campbell name project. > > If the Campbell male relative is just not willing, then offer to pay for > him. Maybe that will shame him into doing it. It's painless, but costs > from $100 to $200 depending on the number of markers you want. I would > suggest at least 25 markers. > > If you don't have a Campbell male relative then you'll have to do normal > genealogical research until you find one. > > Both women and men can do the mt-DNA test which traces your female line, > but > since this isn't usually connected to a specific name it's less useful for > genealogy. > > For more information check the Campbell DNA project. > > George Campbell > > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > mailto:[email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message