It's working for me. On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 18:33, F M Davenport wrote: > Eager to see DNA, Inc.'s report and interpretation. But in trying to bring > up the their site, I just keep getting a white page (boilerplate message, > "the page you want is not available" or words to that effect.) Is this just > a temporary aberration? FD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:05 PM > Subject: [DAVENPORT] First Davenport DNA results are in > > > > Several test results came in today for the Davenport Surname DNA Project. > And > > it is interesting. > > > > First some introductory information: > > There are two tests - a 12 marker and a 25 marker. When two Davenports are > > tested the more markers between them that are similar the more likely > they > > have a common ancestor. If they matched anywhere from 23 to 25 of the 25 > then > > they are almost certainly related in the last 7-10 generations. If there > is a > > 11 or 12 match on the 12 marker test and they both have the Davenport name > > then they odds are they have a common ancestor. But it is not as certain > as > > the 25. > > > > Two individuals that are known Thomas of Dorchester were tested. One a 25 > and > > one a 12. They more matched exactly on 12. This is good. There families > split > > in the early 1700s at Thomas' grandsons. > > > > Now the interesting part. One individual is fairly certain he is an > Albemarle > > Davenport from North Carolina. However he matched 24 out of 25 to the > Thomas > > line. This is hard to ignore. For the moment on the website I moved him to > > the Thomas line. > > > > Another person matched only 16 of 25. There is no connection here. But we > > don't have other lines to compare to yet. I won't be surprised if there > was a > > non-Davenport in his line somewhere. > > > > There were a few more results in but we don't have any matches for them > yet. > > > > To see the results go to <A > HREF="http://www.DavenportDNA.com">http://www.DavenportDNA.com</A> and click > on Results. > > > > Any Comments? > > > > Bill Davenport > > [email protected] > > Davenport Surname DNA Project Administrator > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.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 > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.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