Malcolm, I think Susan gave you the perfect answer to your question: Is it important? I don't know. We have many hundreds to thousands involved in genetic genealogy, more involved in genealogy, and more yet involved in the attempt to understand history and the place of our ancestral heritage and ourselves, all spending multiples of thousands of dollars and immeasurably more of investigative time in the quest to satisfy the questions. Just how important is that? In the broader scope will any of it alter this world as we know it? Bring a betterment in living to man kind? Stop the wars, the hate, and the ill will that exists among people? Will understanding our ancestors and from whence they came alter history as we know it and then promote the better within us? Tough questions that all come down to personal aspirations and interests and what they mean to us. =============================== As we cannot possibly resolve the problems of the world, we might as well work at genetic genealogy and follow all the various avenues where that leads us as we discover the past and, hopefully, create a better future from the knowledge thereof.

Hi All, I think the genetic testing of the Barry ancestor could be interesting, and I wish them the best of good luck with it. By paper trail my family traces back to 1775, and beyond that becomes a matter of guesswork. Doug On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:56 PM, McKee <ldm.127187@gmail.com> wrote: > Malcolm, > > I think Susan gave you the perfect answer to your question: > > Is it important? I don't know. > > We have many hundreds to thousands involved in genetic genealogy, more > involved in genealogy, and more yet involved in the attempt to > understand history and the place of our ancestral heritage and > ourselves, all spending multiples of thousands of dollars and > immeasurably more of investigative time in the quest to satisfy the > questions. Just how important is that? In the broader scope will any > of it alter this world as we know it? Bring a betterment in living to > man kind? Stop the wars, the hate, and the ill will that exists among > people? Will understanding our ancestors and from whence they came > alter history as we know it and then promote the better within us? > Tough questions that all come down to personal aspirations and interests > and what they mean to us. > > =============================== > > As we cannot possibly resolve the problems of the world, we might as well > work at genetic genealogy and follow all the various avenues where that > leads us as we discover the past and, hopefully, create a better future > from the knowledge thereof. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >