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? Thanks for all your good work ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChaseDNAteam@aol.com> To: <chase@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [CHASE] DNA test > > In a message dated 8/25/2006 3:05:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > k.hume3@ntlworld.com writes: > > Hi,Charlie, > This gets more and more intriguing!. > Am I right in thinking that her connections are all on the female Chase > line > as I understand that is the only way this test can be relevant. > Also about 18 months ago I was looking at some articles on DNA testing > and > read that from 6 generations back , using the "male" test you could not > rely > on the data due to minor mutations. > Do you or anyone on the list know anything about this? > > > > Keith, yes the mtDNA test only covers the maternal side of the family and > it > has nothing to do with the results we have so far on the Chase males who > have taken the test. > > On your second question, while you can have mutations pop up randomly, > the 6 > generations certainly was not a factor on the descendants of Aquila and > William Chase. In DNA testing a generation is considered about 20 > years--to go > back to William or Aquila where the results have been very consistent you > go > back about 375 years. It's amazing to me how the results are so close for > the > test takers in each of these lines. This is not an exact science--but > it's a > good tool to help prove your research. 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