In a message dated 8/26/2006 5:36:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, k.hume3@ntlworld.com writes: Thanks Charlie, Have I got this right? There is no way a DNA test can prove/disprove a link with a member the CHASE families either male or female? Keith, I am not sure I understand your question, but I will try to answer: Prove is a very strong word! On the Y-Chromosome DNA test the results show with a certain degree of probability of having a common ancestor with the other individual test takers. For instance, if you match someone on 24 or 25 out of 25 markers the probability of having a common ancestor with the person you matched might be a 99% probability of having a common ancestor within the last (X) number of generations. Does the results prove who is the common ancestor--no, but it could put you on the right track if you are looking for additional ancestors. Let me give you another example: My wife's Great Grandmother was a Clark. She lived in Salem, Indiana about 30 miles from Clarksville, Indiana. Family stories had always said that her line of Clarks were cousins of the famous brothers: William (The Explorer) Clark and George Rogers Clark. I have one generation that I cannot prove to connect the two lines. I looked at the Clark DNA site and out of over 100 test takers there was only one test taker claiming to be a descendant of William Clark the explorer. (Lewis and Clark Expedition) We found a male descendant (with the Clark surname) from my wife's Clark line to take the DNA test. He matched the person claiming to be a William Clark's descendant 24/25 markers. The probability of having a common ancestor was listed as 99%. Did this prove who the common ancestor was--no. Did it prove our theory, that we tested by taking the DNA test. I believe it did. So now, we know that my wife's ancestor was kin to the famous duo--we just need to find out how! If your results only match 20/25 your probability would be 0% of having a common ancestor. Sorry to be long winded--I hope I answered your question. Charlie Scott

Hi,Charlie, You are right . I worded the query badly. What i meant to ask was if I was descended from a CHASE female is there any way of proofing this with any form of DNA test? Sorry to be so ambiguous before Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChaseDNAteam@aol.com> To: <chase@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [CHASE] DNA test > > In a message dated 8/26/2006 5:36:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > k.hume3@ntlworld.com writes: > > Thanks Charlie, > Have I got this right? > There is no way a DNA test can prove/disprove a link with a member the > CHASE > families either male or female? > > > Keith, I am not sure I understand your question, but I will try to > answer: > > Prove is a very strong word! On the Y-Chromosome DNA test the results > show > with a certain degree of probability of having a common ancestor with the > other individual test takers. For instance, if you match someone on 24 or > 25 out > of 25 markers the probability of having a common ancestor with the person > you > matched might be a 99% probability of having a common ancestor within the > last (X) number of generations. Does the results prove who is the common > ancestor--no, but it could put you on the right track if you are looking > for > additional ancestors. > > Let me give you another example: My wife's Great Grandmother was a Clark. > She lived in Salem, Indiana about 30 miles from Clarksville, Indiana. > Family > stories had always said that her line of Clarks were cousins of the > famous > brothers: William (The Explorer) Clark and George Rogers Clark. I have > one > generation that I cannot prove to connect the two lines. I looked at the > Clark DNA > site and out of over 100 test takers there was only one test taker > claiming > to be a descendant of William Clark the explorer. (Lewis and Clark > Expedition) > > We found a male descendant (with the Clark surname) from my wife's Clark > line to take the DNA test. He matched the person claiming to be a William > Clark's descendant 24/25 markers. The probability of having a common > ancestor was > listed as 99%. Did this prove who the common ancestor was--no. Did it > prove > our theory, that we tested by taking the DNA test. I believe it did. So > now, we > know that my wife's ancestor was kin to the famous duo--we just need to > find > out how! > > If your results only match 20/25 your probability would be 0% of having a > common ancestor. > > Sorry to be long winded--I hope I answered your question. > > Charlie Scott > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHASE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

A Chase female (daughter of a CHASE male) will only carry her mother's (non-CHASE) mtDNA, so that's all she can pass on to her offspring. -----Original Message----- From: chase-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:chase-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Keith Hume Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:12 PM To: chase@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHASE] DNA test Hi,Charlie, You are right . I worded the query badly. What i meant to ask was if I was descended from a CHASE female is there any way of proofing this with any form of DNA test? Sorry to be so ambiguous before Keith