Listers - I feel the jury's still out on DNA. I can go back to the mid 1700's with my father's and mother's side. But they are only two of many ggg grandfather and grandmother's, I haven't yet traced. So did the ones, I haven't traced yet, live in the same county, or even country. At present, I live in the USA, and some of the TV programs have tested out several of the companies who are in this "business". Everyone seems to be related to at least one President, and/or a film star. Many "African Americans" are being pitched to, as a means of finding their African heritage. But the one study had two different companies trace a lady's DNA. One company traced her ancestors to W. Africa, while the other had her ancestors coming from S.E Africa. Apparently, these companies only have a fraction of a % of the gene pool to work from. I wonder if any like this has happened in the UK, with W. Indian imigrants? Regards - Terry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mr Happy Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WOR] Worcs Gene Pool Hi, For anyone who has, or is thinking of, getting their DNA tested there is a project which may interest them. It is called the British Isles DNA Project and its main aims are "to assemble a detailed haplogroup map of the British Isles by county, corresponding to the DNA profile of the region's early history and settlement." I interpret this as trying to establish whether the "gene pools" of counties can be identified. Worcs surnames listed are:- BADSON BLOUNT GADD HARRIS MASON The project's address is http://www.britishislesdna.com/index.htm I hope this is of interest and that some of you consider adding your results to this study so that we can get a better picture of the county's genes. :-) _________________________________________________________________ Win 100's of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com ------------------------------- 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