I did it pretty much the same way in Jan 2004. In my case, I haven't come up with an exact match yet. There is only one Clark contributor with whom I have a genetic distance of 1. (This means there is a probability of 70% that he and I share a common ancestor within the past 600 years.) If the test does not tie you to one study group it may tie you to a different group or, at least, get your name out there for others to match later. At least it rules out certain lines. Arlen retros0000@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: LeeClark7@aol.com [mailto:LeeClark7@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:01 AM To: CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark] DNA studies. In a message dated 10/17/05 8:50:39 PM Central Daylight Time, gmcflc@bellsouth.net writes: > Unfortunately, I am aware of only two Clark DNA studies through Family > Tree DNA (FTDNA)--one for Pennsylvania Clarks and one for Virginia > Clarks entitled the Colonial DNA Project. Since most Clarks who > migrated to NC, SC, GA, TN, KY and parts west probably went through > Virginia at some point, my Clarks who were in KY when it was > considered to be a part of Virginia and may have come from NC and/or > PA were still qualified to participate in the project. While we have > lots of possibilities, we're still stuck in KY. > I joined the Colonial Clark - Virginia project even tho we have never been able to trace my family to Virginia { South Carolina is as far as we can get before we meet the brick wall }. After several months with no matches I ended up with a match to a Virginia Clark. We have not been able to find a paper trail to connect. I say join any Clark project and find out your DNA. With your DNA you may find a match in another project if you put your DNA info in YSEARCH. Lee ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== Resources at RootsWeb - is your Clark-Clarke webpage linked here? http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/c/l/CLARKE/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/c/l/CLARK/