Did you feel the earth shift on it's axis a little while ago? The latest four DNA results are out. This is totally amazing. http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm Buncombe County, North Carolina is no longer an island in the Dover family and miracles of miracles ... I have a perfect match with Eric Dover. I think some of us are pretty close to having a cousin across the pond too. Hope he will consider taking the 25 marker test. Hope those whose results just came out will post their comments. Anthony, who are your ancestors?

Seasons Greetings to all. Although I have been excited about participating in this project, I must confess that I've been busy writing a dissertation lately so I've not read any of the literature. So I'm afraid I don't really understand my results at present although I can see there seems to be a broad correlation with many of the others. If someone with greater knowledge can provide any explanation or comments I should be most grateful. I'm quite happy to try further tests. Is the 25 marker the best to go for? I see there's talk of a 37 - would that be better or more informative? Suggestions welcome. My immediate family is from London. My GF, Joseph James Dover, was born there in 1881. My GGF, John Dover proved extremely difficult to track down although I knew he was married to Eliza Eagle in London in 1865 and born in c1838. Due to the mechanisation of agriculture and the growth of industry there were large migrations from the countryside to the towns in the mid 19th century. So finding my GGF's birth took a great deal of searching, but I finally found him in Oxfordshire. It is on the borders of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire where my Dover family have their roots. My GGGF, Thomas Dover was born there in 1800 and married Jane Shepherd. My GGGGF was also Thomas Dover, b c1763 and married to Jane Ashby. It may be posible to go back further but this is as yet unproven. Incidentally, two of my GF's siblings emigrated to the the US in the early 20th century. One, John (Jack) Dover ended up in California, via Canada, and had descendents who I have not traced. The other married in the UK and emigrated with her husband to the Chicago area - I jam in touch with her granddaughter. Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask any questions. Best wishes Tony Dover Cheltenham, England

Hi Tony, So far with your results you do not have a match with the Dover group. In order to see if you have other matches with other people outside of the group you need to go to the right hand side of your results page and click on update contact information. Then click off the little box that states only include results from your DNA group. Once that is clicked off you will see if you have any other matches. You could upgrade to 25 markers if you wanted but unless you are trying to discover a relationship between you and another person at this point I don't think the 37 marker test is necessary. You could decide this after you see if your results match anyone else's in the Family Tree DNA databank. If you know of other Dover's there in your wonderful country you could also encourage them to get involved. I'm sure the Dover's in the states would be very pleased to find a link in England!! Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "awdover" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [Dover] Latest DNA Results > Seasons Greetings to all. > > Although I have been excited about participating in this project, I must > confess that I've been busy writing a dissertation lately so I've not read > any of the literature. So I'm afraid I don't really understand my results > at present although I can see there seems to be a broad correlation with > many of the others. If someone with greater knowledge can provide any > explanation or comments I should be most grateful. I'm quite happy to try > further tests. Is the 25 marker the best to go for? I see there's talk of > a 37 - would that be better or more informative? Suggestions welcome. > > My immediate family is from London. My GF, Joseph James Dover, was born > there in 1881. My GGF, John Dover proved extremely difficult to track down > although I knew he was married to Eliza Eagle in London in 1865 and born in > c1838. Due to the mechanisation of agriculture and the growth of industry > there were large migrations from the countryside to the towns in the mid > 19th century. So finding my GGF's birth took a great deal of searching, but > I finally found him in Oxfordshire. It is on the borders of Oxfordshire and > Buckinghamshire where my Dover family have their roots. My GGGF, Thomas > Dover was born there in 1800 and married Jane Shepherd. My GGGGF was also > Thomas Dover, b c1763 and married to Jane Ashby. It may be posible to go > back further but this is as yet unproven. Incidentally, two of my GF's > siblings emigrated to the the US in the early 20th century. One, John > (Jack) Dover ended up in California, via Canada, and had descendents who I > have not traced. The other married in the UK and emigrated with her husband > to the Chicago area - I jam in touch with her granddaughter. > > Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask any questions. > > Best wishes > > Tony Dover > Cheltenham, England > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover archives > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

One more thing this is what is said about a 21/25 match on the FTDNA site Not Related - "21/25 is too far off to be considered related. Unlikely but vaguely possible that the rule for ONLY Possible related applies. It is important to determine what set of result most typifies 'most' members of the group you are 'close' to matching. You may be 21/25 with an individual, but 23/25 with the center (most common) of the group, and your potential relatedness to him is through the center of the group. " Didn't want to misinform. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "awdover" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [Dover] Latest DNA Results > Seasons Greetings to all. > > Although I have been excited about participating in this project, I must > confess that I've been busy writing a dissertation lately so I've not read > any of the literature. So I'm afraid I don't really understand my results > at present although I can see there seems to be a broad correlation with > many of the others. If someone with greater knowledge can provide any > explanation or comments I should be most grateful. I'm quite happy to try > further tests. Is the 25 marker the best to go for? I see there's talk of > a 37 - would that be better or more informative? Suggestions welcome. > > My immediate family is from London. My GF, Joseph James Dover, was born > there in 1881. My GGF, John Dover proved extremely difficult to track down > although I knew he was married to Eliza Eagle in London in 1865 and born in > c1838. Due to the mechanisation of agriculture and the growth of industry > there were large migrations from the countryside to the towns in the mid > 19th century. So finding my GGF's birth took a great deal of searching, but > I finally found him in Oxfordshire. It is on the borders of Oxfordshire and > Buckinghamshire where my Dover family have their roots. My GGGF, Thomas > Dover was born there in 1800 and married Jane Shepherd. My GGGGF was also > Thomas Dover, b c1763 and married to Jane Ashby. It may be posible to go > back further but this is as yet unproven. Incidentally, two of my GF's > siblings emigrated to the the US in the early 20th century. One, John > (Jack) Dover ended up in California, via Canada, and had descendents who I > have not traced. The other married in the UK and emigrated with her husband > to the Chicago area - I jam in touch with her granddaughter. > > Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask any questions. > > Best wishes > > Tony Dover > Cheltenham, England > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover archives > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >