That is how most of my lines are doing the DNA thing, its true. But I wonder if any one is doing the female lines. It grates to not be able to participate. I have no male relatives who maintain the surname on any of my lines, so cannot take part. Jane Wells Sarles ----- Original Message ----- From: <RPantalone@aol.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] DNA >I have another family line that has done DNA. The person doing the DNA >must > be a male, therefore, the name most likely would be BOYD. There are DNA > testing kits for GENEALOGY purposes only. If several different BOYD > lines did > this it would tell you which line they came from. For instance, it would > tell > you whether you belong to the New York Boyds or the New Jersey Boyds by > matching you with BOYDS from those area's. > Ruby > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

Fellow Listers: Mitochondrial DNA (for females) is far more expensive and cannot be compared to male DNA tests. I have been followinf several other surname lines that are heavily involved in this type of testing (male lines only) and as far as I can see, it only serves to enrich the testing agency. You will not prove too much one way or the other and you will be out all that money. It still comes down to documentation in the end. Hope this helps, Respectfully, Deborah 3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given Jane Sarles wrote: > That is how most of my lines are doing the DNA thing, its true. But I > wonder if any one is doing the female lines. It grates to not be able > to participate. I have no male relatives who maintain the surname on > any of my lines, so cannot take part. > > Jane Wells Sarles > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <RPantalone@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] DNA > > >> I have another family line that has done DNA. The person doing the >> DNA must >> be a male, therefore, the name most likely would be BOYD. There are >> DNA >> testing kits for GENEALOGY purposes only. If several different BOYD >> lines did >> this it would tell you which line they came from. For instance, it >> would tell >> you whether you belong to the New York Boyds or the New Jersey Boyds by >> matching you with BOYDS from those area's. >> Ruby >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees >> >> > > > I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? > http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >