Lindsey, forgive the butting in, but the DNA tests have been a hot item on the Crockett-L URL's for several months. There does seem to be a more respected "company" , but I would have to go back and check. This DNA testing is done on Males only, and they are trying to determine which of the early lines they connect back to, all hoping to be descendants of David "Alamo fame" Crockett. My 3 gr.grandmother was Nancy Crockett, born in TN in ca 1771/1777 who married Martin Wiginton/Wigginton and together they raised 13 children. And, I have been trying to find and prove who her parents were, nothing more, nothing less. As it is, we can't take Nancy's line back any further. There is a Cherokee marriage in between Martin and his gr.grandfather, and my maternal 3 gr.grandmother is Lena ----- Dyer (married name) who is supposed to be 1/2 Cherokee. I need help EVERYWHERE!. If you'd like, I will take the trouble to get which company they are using with the greatest amount of success - I do know you need the 25/35 marker test to do you much good. As a female, I just read and observe. Bettye Woodhull betron1@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsey Avery" <anathema_studio@hotmail.com> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding > Hey Joyce, > I've thought about getting one of those DNA tests. Are they pretty > accurate in your experience? Do you recommend a certain company? > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Joyce G. Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > Reply-To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com > To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:34:15 -0500 > > Sherry > > Thank you for an honest response, in any case. *G* > > Joyce Gaston Reece > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Huff" <sheree606@alltel.net> > To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:31 PM > Subject: RE: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding > > >>The Melungeons...well, I have a "friend" and a member of her family >>wrote a book about the Melungeons. Personally, I do not believe that >>the Melungeons exist in the way everyone has been lead to believe that >>they do. Last summer this "friend" had invited me over with a couple of >>other people. One woman found a way to work in a question about my >>ethnicity and my "friend" responded for me by saying that I was >>Melungeon. I am not. For one...I have had a DNA test and nothing >>supports any African American ancestry or the Turkis origins once >>claimed by the melungoens. . I do not think that the Cherokee have any >>connection to this group commonly called the "Melungeons". I think the >>Melungeons are simple a mixed race people like most of America today and >>someone is trying to capitalize on that. >> >>I responded to the message simply because it was funny to me. I did not >>read the initial text. I am sorry. > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Thanks Bettye, no you don't have to go searching for the company, to be honest I probably couldn't afford it right now anyway. But thanks for the info! Maybe when my son gets older he might want to try it. Wow, you're having an even worse problem than I am with my family! I don't know how I could help, but if you think of something, let me know. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Bettye Woodhull" <betron1@sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:39:46 -0600 Lindsey, forgive the butting in, but the DNA tests have been a hot item on the Crockett-L URL's for several months. There does seem to be a more respected "company" , but I would have to go back and check. This DNA testing is done on Males only, and they are trying to determine which of the early lines they connect back to, all hoping to be descendants of David "Alamo fame" Crockett. My 3 gr.grandmother was Nancy Crockett, born in TN in ca 1771/1777 who married Martin Wiginton/Wigginton and together they raised 13 children. And, I have been trying to find and prove who her parents were, nothing more, nothing less. As it is, we can't take Nancy's line back any further. There is a Cherokee marriage in between Martin and his gr.grandfather, and my maternal 3 gr.grandmother is Lena ----- Dyer (married name) who is supposed to be 1/2 Cherokee. I need help EVERYWHERE!. If you'd like, I will take the trouble to get which company they are using with the greatest amount of success - I do know you need the 25/35 marker test to do you much good. As a female, I just read and observe. Bettye Woodhull betron1@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsey Avery" <anathema_studio@hotmail.com> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding >Hey Joyce, >I've thought about getting one of those DNA tests. Are they pretty accurate >in your experience? Do you recommend a certain company? > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Joyce G. Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> >Reply-To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:34:15 -0500 > >Sherry > >Thank you for an honest response, in any case. *G* > >Joyce Gaston Reece >----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Huff" <sheree606@alltel.net> >To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:31 PM >Subject: RE: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding > > >>The Melungeons...well, I have a "friend" and a member of her family >>wrote a book about the Melungeons. Personally, I do not believe that >>the Melungeons exist in the way everyone has been lead to believe that >>they do. Last summer this "friend" had invited me over with a couple of >>other people. One woman found a way to work in a question about my >>ethnicity and my "friend" responded for me by saying that I was >>Melungeon. I am not. For one...I have had a DNA test and nothing >>supports any African American ancestry or the Turkis origins once >>claimed by the melungoens. . I do not think that the Cherokee have any >>connection to this group commonly called the "Melungeons". I think the >>Melungeons are simple a mixed race people like most of America today and >>someone is trying to capitalize on that. >> >>I responded to the message simply because it was funny to me. I did not >>read the initial text. I am sorry. > > >==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list >ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list >ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

DNA is off topic here. We do have a Cherokee-DNA list. People can join, then invite those to the list with a signature line Dan M www.wvi.com/~wb