Thank you for your reply - it does sound very interesting and possibly the way lineage will be proved in years to come! Regards, Jade ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [FOX] Back for more! > Hello Jade, > > In some of my other family groups, the males who still carry the surname of > the family have been involved with a DNA testing to see if some documented > lines have DNA that match to people whose lines are not so clearly documented > or vice-versus. I am by no means a scientist, but as I understand it a male > carries DNA markers like his father; like his grandfather; like his > great-grandfather etc. If back in the history of the family, a brother to > one of those ancestors may be the progenitor of a branch off, and perhaps > some of the documentation to make that attachment becomes missing, the male > descendants of that branch who still carry the surname, can be tested, and if > their DNA markers line up with those of the documented group, a kinship is > scientifically established. > > The procedure is quite simple from what I understand. The donors must swab > the inside of their cheek with a q-tip, and that can be sent for analysis in > an appropriate mailer to a laboratory set up for DNA work. > > One cousin of my Wells family, whose documentation is somewhat lacking has > found that his DNA markers match up quite well to another cousin whose > documentation is unquestionable. This clarifies, that in spite of other > missing documentation, both are of the same family line. This may be the new > proof required of some genealogical societies to establish genealogical > connections for membership purposes, who knows? > > Best regards, > > John Fox > Winston Salem, NC > In a message dated 12/28/02 5:26:42 PM, [email protected] writes: > > << I guess I missed that topic - could you tell me more about the testing and > > why it is being done - Thanks, Jade > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:24 PM > > Subject: [FOX] Back for more! > > > > > Hello Fox Hunters, > > > > > > I am back after a substantial hiatus, and just wanted to check to see if > > any of the Fox group has been involved with DNA testing to establish > > connections. If I am bringing up more unnecessay discussion over a topic > > well exhausted, I apologize, but do enlist your indulging me with an answer. > > > > > > I am a descendant of William Eires Fox, for sure, and think that I may > > have ties to the Richard Fox of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. This is the > > only family line in which I am eligble to participate in such a program of > > DNA testing. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > John Fox > > > Winston Salem, NC > > > > > > > > > ==== FOX Mailing List ==== > > > Archives for the FOX-L can be seen at > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl. > > > Now if you: > > > 1. Have to unsubscribe for a period of time, you can view > > > messages that you missed by going to the archives. > > > 2. A new subscriber can view messages that were posted previous > > > to their subscribing to the list. > > > 3. If you accidently delete a message you can go to the archives > > > and retrieve and/or view the message. > > > Questions? Contact Terry at [email protected] > > > Happy Huntin'! > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== FOX Mailing List ==== > > Archives for the FOX-L can be seen at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl. > > Now if you: > > 1. Have to unsubscribe for a period of time, you can view > > messages that you missed by going to the archives. > > 2. A new subscriber can view messages that were posted previous > > to their subscribing to the list. > > 3. If you accidently delete a message you can go to the archives > > and retrieve and/or view the message. > > Questions? Contact Terry at [email protected] > > Happy Huntin'! > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from rly-xm02.mx.aol.com (rly-xm02.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.103]) > by air-xm05.mail.aol.com (v90.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXM52-1228172642; Sat, > 28 Dec 2002 17:26:42 -0500 > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.41]) by > rly-xm02.mx.aol.com (v90.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXM21-1228172621; Sat, > 28 Dec 2002 17:26:21 1900 > Received: (from [email protected]) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gBSMQ677009732; > Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:26:06 -0700 > Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:26:06 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sat Dec 28 15:26:06 2002 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > From: "Jade" <[email protected]> > Old-To: <[email protected]> > References: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FOX] Back for more! > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:23:29 -0600 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 > Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/12876 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > >> > > > ==== FOX Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from FOX lists, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] (for individual messages) > [email protected] (for digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > Questions? Contact Terry at [email protected] > Happy Huntin'! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >