Hi Rose, Matt, I found the following websites that offer Y DNA tests: www.familytreedna.com - $229 for 24, $289 for 37 www.relativegenetics.com - $155 for 24, $195 for 37 ($40 more for analysis etc.) www.dnaconsultants.com - $310 for 36 markers www.genetree.com - $195 for 24 markers Not sure which company is the most reliable and has the most to offer. Where are the Collins DNA marker tests posted? They seemed to imply Collins were tested on their sites, but nothing was listed. Let me know your recommendations. I have my favorites based on what is offered on their websites and the prices. Frank --- Rose Lowther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I just wanted to check in with everyone about > the Collins DNA > study. I post from time to time just to let folks > know the study is > still out there. Collins males (from an unbroken > line of Collins > fathers and sons) are encouraged to participate. > www.relativegenetics.com is the company we use for > testing. The cost is > much lower than previously mentioned in previous > posts. It's now $155. > I figure it's well worth the price to help determine > a connection to > other Collins lines, or to eliminate them as > possible relations. We've > collected samples from about 20 lines of Collins > males thus far and have > been able to connect 11 of them into three different > connected lines. > > I'm a volunteer co-coordinator along with Roger > Collins. We have been > looking at Collins families in the GA, SC, VA, NC in > the 1700's and > 1800's. We are also interested in MD/DE Collins, as > we have found > descendants of these folks in and around Georgia in > the early 1800's. > So far our subjects are all of European descent, we > haven't encountered > any Melungeon results thus far, but that's probably > because there's > another study may have attracted the folks which > suspect that type of > lineage. > > I'll be happy to answer any questions anyone has > about this study. It > has helped me tremendously as it "proved" my > ancestor (born 1785) shared > a common ancestor along with another Collins male > (died in 1806) whom I > suspected a relationship but could never "prove". > > Thanks, > Rose Collins Lowther > > > > ==== COLLINS Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: Barbara V. > Byrd at: [email protected] > List Admin for COLLINS-L and COLLINS-D > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

We've been using www.relativegenetics.com, and are very happy with them. I believe some of these other companies (genetree and possibly others) use the same lab (Sorenson), which is the same one relative genetics uses. Ybase is one of the websites where you can compare your DNA results against other DNA participants from other studies, but you have to manually enter your results in the database... Not all participants may chose to do so, which is why it's available on a case by case basis. Once you sign up for the study, you get a user id and a password to the Collins results website. It has personal info (names, addresses, emails, family trees) so it's password protected, and available to any study participant. We're still in phase one of the study, so we're not yet ready to "publish" results on the web, but I'm sure that will happen in the future. If I haven't addressed all of your questions, please let me know... Rose -----Original Message----- From: Frank Collins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:54 PM To: Rose Lowther; [email protected] Subject: Re: [COLLINS-L] Collins DNA Study Hi Rose, Matt, I found the following websites that offer Y DNA tests: www.familytreedna.com - $229 for 24, $289 for 37 www.relativegenetics.com - $155 for 24, $195 for 37 ($40 more for analysis etc.) www.dnaconsultants.com - $310 for 36 markers www.genetree.com - $195 for 24 markers Not sure which company is the most reliable and has the most to offer. Where are the Collins DNA marker tests posted? They seemed to imply Collins were tested on their sites, but nothing was listed. Let me know your recommendations. I have my favorites based on what is offered on their websites and the prices. Frank --- Rose Lowther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I just wanted to check in with everyone about > the Collins DNA > study. I post from time to time just to let folks > know the study is > still out there. Collins males (from an unbroken > line of Collins > fathers and sons) are encouraged to participate. > www.relativegenetics.com is the company we use for testing. The cost > is much lower than previously mentioned in previous > posts. It's now $155. > I figure it's well worth the price to help determine > a connection to > other Collins lines, or to eliminate them as > possible relations. We've > collected samples from about 20 lines of Collins > males thus far and have > been able to connect 11 of them into three different > connected lines. > > I'm a volunteer co-coordinator along with Roger > Collins. We have been > looking at Collins families in the GA, SC, VA, NC in > the 1700's and > 1800's. We are also interested in MD/DE Collins, as > we have found > descendants of these folks in and around Georgia in > the early 1800's. > So far our subjects are all of European descent, we > haven't encountered > any Melungeon results thus far, but that's probably > because there's > another study may have attracted the folks which > suspect that type of > lineage. > > I'll be happy to answer any questions anyone has > about this study. It > has helped me tremendously as it "proved" my > ancestor (born 1785) shared > a common ancestor along with another Collins male > (died in 1806) whom I > suspected a relationship but could never "prove". > > Thanks, > Rose Collins Lowther > > > > ==== COLLINS Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: Barbara V. > Byrd at: [email protected] > List Admin for COLLINS-L and COLLINS-D > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com