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. 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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! 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