Mary, Long live the 12 marker test. You highlight several its most valuable features. John. Sent from my iPad > On 22/11/2015, at 5:43 am, Mary E Hall via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > One thing I've discovered recently is that many people who don't > live/breathe genealogy & DNA think they'll have to give a blood sample! > > What we take for granted as "common knowledge" is not, and that little > misunderstanding might count for some reservation. > > You can buy a 12 marker test, with minimal investment, to send to them with > instructions...and a big Thank You. I've learned to do that anyway, after > wasting a few 37 marker tests on men who -- for whatever reason -- were not > in the same direct line as we both thought. > > Sounds like an excellent "case study" for yDNA, especially with > documentation going pretty far back. > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Wesley Johnston via < > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> I have been following this very relevant thread, since I have a very >> frustrating -- and thus far unsuccessful -- experience in this. >> One of our family lines split in Cornwall, probably in the 1500's -- where >> the parish registers do not go back that far. Or at least that is what we >> think. The St. Agnes branch probably originated in the Padstow/St. Merryn >> branch, with this one member moving from Padstow to St. Agnes, which is >> just down the north coast of Cornwall from Padstow. >> I have met a cousin from each branch, direct-line male descendants. In >> fact, we were all together in the home of the one in St. Agnes parish. So I >> know these cousins, and they know each other. And we all have a significant >> interest in our ancestry. >> And I have told them (via e-mail after returning home -- how I wish I had >> thought of it when we were all there together) that if they would each do >> the y-DNA test, then we could at least confirm with DNA what we all believe >> to be true but for which we will probably never find documentation. >> And I even told them that I would be willing to pay for both of their >> y-111 tests on FTDNA. >> That was several months ago, and neither of them has responded to my >> e-mail on this, although one of them has responded on other topics since >> then. >> It really is frustrating, since it seems such an obvious solution to >> confirming what we all believe but cannot prove. I don't know what more I >> can do to accomplish this. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message