Teri: Thanks for your reply. I'm with Janet on this. When I started research everyone said my line from Edward Perkins was related to John Perkins of Ipswich who is considered to descend from Peter Morley alia Perkins, seneshal to Hugh Despenser. This latter can be documented. I could never find any evidence of this relationship. One researcher went so far as to show 16 different Perkins lines connected. We are now finding that several lines in MA, NH, MD and DE are connected to John Perkins, but my line is not. I spent lots of time and money searching the wrong line. That is NOT my idea of fun. I want to use all the resources at my disposal to learn the truth of my ancestry. Y DNA is a new tool that can answer lots of questions and can help us know which lines to research. In the case of Davis Davenport, it could tell us if he is of Native American ancestry or related to one of the other Davenport families of the North or South. We have to remember that there was lots of travel up and down the east coast in colonial times. The Pomeroy family has done a similar study where there was a central family, like Orme Davenport, that others were thought to be related to. See, Chris Pomery's pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allpoms/geneticsportal.htm I think the cost of the tests is minimal in relation to the time and money it can save us in our research. I think there is sufficient FUN left in learning about my real ancestors rather than chasing after the wrong people. For information on the Y DNA tests for men or the MtDNA tests for women and men, see, http://www.ftdna.com or http://www.oxfordancestors.com or http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allpoms/genetics1b.html Even more information is available at his DNA Portal page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allpoms/genetics.html I believe there is a real opportunity to learn more about the Davenport families if we use DNA testing in combination with the type of detailed methodical document research being done by Doc. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 16 Jan 2003 at 9:45, [email protected] wrote: Date forwarded: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 07:45:36 -0700 Date sent: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:45:31 -0500 (EST) Forwarded by: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: [DAVENPORT] Y DNA Testing To: [email protected] Send reply to: [email protected] Steve & all- Yes, we have talked before about doing this Y DNA testing. It would be great to know what I've always suspected, that all Davenport's are connected in some way. But, wouldn't it take away all the fun of genealogy? Our indecision is basically based on ignorance. We are not at all familiar with this process and would need to learn more. Thank you for your concern..........cuzzin Teri ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237