The Cloud DNA Project is moving along -- not fast enough for most of us though, because we want ANSWERS, and we want them NOW! It's kind of like fishing and getting the occasional nibble, but no real good yank on the line. We know there are fish in there -- and we want to catch one right now! Several of us have been working hard to figure out a way to make the results easier to understand ... with limited success. Here is a quick summary (from my viewpoint): 1 - We feel we have had good results from the project so far. 2 - The web pages for the project are up -- but we want better! 3 - We need more participants. ==== ==== ==== ==== 1 - Results: I am watching my line the most -- and I believe we can say now with certainty that we are descended from the same line as that of kits 43203 and 38208 -- implying that our line probably converges with William Cloud (I52225) who married Elizabeth Ann Hayes, and perhaps even with his son William (I52423) who married Alice Hardin. This is much more than we have ever had before, and it means we (my cousins from our Jeremiah line) can narrow our search to this line rather than striking in all directions. This is a marvelous breakthrough for us, even though it still doesn't tell us who the parents of our Jeremiah were. ==== ==== ==== ==== 2 - Web Pages for the project: http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/ Results - http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/results/cdnareport.php - Each person in the project has a kit number. - The pedigree for that person can be seen by clicking on the kit number in the box at the bottom of the page. - A crude and simple comparison between test results can be seen by clicking on a kit number in the left column of the results table. How to print the chart - http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/results/cdnaprint.htm Help - http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/results/cdnahelp.htm Here is a new page -- I don't know how to best fit it into the project data or maybe just remove it ... any suggestions appreciated. It is a chart showing the pedigrees of each participant ... and is not linked from any other page at this time: http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/Pedigrees3.htm ==== ==== ==== ==== 3 - We need more participants. DNA testing provides "relative" results (pun intended). It's like having one person point at something. Few people pay attention. But if many people are pointing at it, it catches everyone's attention. That may not be a good analogy. The more participants we have from the various branches, the better able we are to narrow the scope of our search. So -- if you can participate, please do. If you know someone who can participate, try to persuade them to join the project. If you will send me an address for anyone who doesn't get these emails or who doesn't get the CFA Journal, I will personally put together some information and mail it to them. ==== ==== ==== ==== thanks, Tom Cloud