OK, and I'll add to the confusion as well...because I don't think he had a son named William....:) I think the problem lies with the documentation to the son William probably.... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Linda J. Coate" <[email protected]> To: "Charlotte Coats" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: [COATES-L] New DNA results Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:49:46 -0400 The other person that claims descendency through Big John is William Coats of Ohio that is right above it on your DNA charts, Charlotte. That researcher believes William was the son of Big John. Linda Coate At 03:20 PM 9/1/2004, Charlotte Coats wrote: >http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/dna.htm > >I've just posted a new result that is claiming through Big John, it was a >match with Marm's group...don't know the particulars on it yet... > >this creates a conflict here, which means there probably isn't enough >documentation either way to tell... > >So that brings up back to we need more male Coate, Coates, Coats to join >our project...so if you're on this list and have the Coats surname...please >consider joining our DNA project... > >Char > > > >==== COATES Mailing List ==== >Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: >http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar LINDA COATE, Columbus, Ohio [email protected] www.ancestrees.com