I have taken the Mitcohondrial DNA test, being female it's all I have and I have found the results facinating. My results are actually quite common I am an H with 3 mutations and I have quite a few matches. What I have also done is I got my great Uncle's mtDNA as he is carrying his mom's DNA - my great grandmother Bridget Melody from Galway. As far as we know none of her siblings had children. So it was the only link to her I had - she was a K with with quite a few mutations that were quite rare - as> of yet no matches. I also had another great Uncle done and he was a J* and he has a few matches. An interesting story in my husband's line is that his great great Grandmother was Asian and lived in Poland. This so far has just been a family story. So I have found a direct female from this line which may solve this riddle. Hopefully she will agree to take the test. I find it just as interesting as the Y test. I would recommend taking the HVR1 and HVR2 test as with the Y test you get more information. A great book about mtDNA is Brian Sykes - Seven Daughters of Eve - it can be ordered at Amazon.com I believe. I would say go for it!! Patricia PS Here is a website where people post their mtDNA results http://www.kerchner.com/cgi-kerchner/mtdna.cgi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marjorie Stansel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: [Dover] New DNA Results 25 Marker > > > > I received an e-mail indicating that the following folks match with me in > a > > one-step mutation (25 marker): > > Larry Joe, Paul, Jason Gordon, Derek Alan, Charles Raymond, and Maxie (Max > > Anthony). I match with a few others in the 12 marker but their 25 marker > > tests haven't yet been done or published. I think I have the same > > relationship to this group as Dennis does, but Dennis and I have a > two-step > > mutation match to each other. > > > > Out of curiosity, has anyone opted for the maternal DNA test? I've > thinking > > of doing that just for the sake of seeing what information falls out. > > > > Marjorie Dover Stansel/Solomon Thomas Dover/Solomon Jackson Dover/Frank > > Dover & Hannah Wade/William Dover & Alanthey Chambers--maybe Frederick & > > Jane--maybe Hez? > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > > Dover list home page > > http://pages.cthome.net/familytree/ > > >