Hi Ed, Do not be surprised if somebody with a completely different surname genetically matches you. That kind of thing happens all the time in this genetic game. The thing to keep an eye on is how your name might be related to theirs. For instance, my name is Morrison, but how did I get on the Doherty family project? And that sort of thing could happen to you, too. Doug On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Ed Cannon <[email protected]> wrote: > This is to follow up on further messages from Linda and Doug, which I do > appreciate very much. > > Doug, I did sign up to the Cannon Surname Project and am in the first > > group there with a number of matches who also trace back by documentary > genealogy to my ancestor John Cannon (1712-1763), who was born in Dover, > Kent, England (to the best of my knowledge). I just got notice today of > a new match at 67-markers, but whose surname is Milliken. (Another of > > my group 1 other-surname matches is David Wilson.) > > Based on a message to someone else in the DNA-Newbie Yahoo group I went > to semargl.me and found some numbers but have not yet been able to check > those against the Cannon Surname Project subjects due to traveling to be > with my mother and sister for Thanksgiving. > > I still need to sign up with ysearch.org and also smgf.org (sp? -- the > Sorenson website). > > > Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA > > > Doug wrote: > > "Trust me on this one, please, but any and all of your genetic testing > results can and will be appreciated by no less than several members of this > M222 group. > > "However, beyond whatever information FTDNA could supply you with, there > also are a number of other strategies which could be employed to further > refine your exploration. > > "To begin with, have you searched for a Cannon family project available at > FTDNA? > > "And then there are a number of other strategies and tricks, too." > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >