Hi Sam, I am self published. Co-authored, and nearly 90 contributors (gratis) to the work. Printed by Gateway Press in Baltimore, I saw some of their work and liked the quality. - Dave Hamm HAM Surname DNA Project coodinator RE: On 12/19/2015 8:43 PM, genealogy-dna-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:51:18 -0800 > From: Sam Sloan<samhsloan@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [DNA] My Raw Data Files - Comparison 23andme vs, > AncestryDNA > To: Dave Hamm<odoniv@earthlink.net>, "genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com" > <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <CAEaNpccjen-O1JKc532zNAybS4OHzMgStGDEF=Ssny+9KT3WSw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Would you be willing to publish this? > > Is it publishable? > > I have a publishing company, Ishi Press. I have published over 700 books. > > Sam Sloan > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Dave Hamm via<genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> >Hello Andreas, >> > >> >Yep, I agree. I have compiled a massive amount of information on my >> >surname in a three volume work, totaling nearly 1200 pages, if memory >> >serves me. Most are the use of my surname in the U.S., but I have some >> >records that also include England and France. >> > >> >Plus, I have a lot of data from my Y-DNA surname project. >> > >> >Most of my autosomal segments only go out to about 4th or 5th cousin. >> >Most of the data that I have an interest in is beyond my 5th cousin. >> >There have been more than one occasion where folks have contacted me >> >about my male line, and I have had to say, "no, that is not my line, >> >that belongs to this other line," etc. (because I have information on a >> >number of branches). >> > >> >I have some 1900 matching autosomal segments, and some 1717 matching >> >segments on chromosome 1, with some 1138 matching segments on chromosome >> >11. My tiny segment studies for my Y-DNA project group tells me that >> >these two chromosomes are my most dense for my 'surname' in haplotype >> >group I1-M253. >> > >> >So, it is standard procedure for me (when I see a large number of >> >matches in a particular area), to look to see who else matches at that >> >location (or, what surnames match at that location). Many times I >> >recognize the 'other' matching segment to a surname that relates to >> >another branch. >> > >> >For example, most recently a person contacted me about triangulating to >> >one of my ancestors. I immediately saw that it was not possible to >> >connect to the tree that I have at FTDNA, nor their tree at Ancestry. I >> >narrowed down my search to triangulating three surnames, plus data from >> >one of the lines in my Y-DNA project. I noticed that we matched that >> >particular start location with two other surnames (HAM, TAYLOR, and >> >PERRY). Several possibilities, but the location and time frame helped >> >narrow the search on that one. (The person who contacted me did not have >> >the correct line. We triangulate to one of my 4th or 5th cousins.) >> > >> >I have a large amount of data on my many 5th cousins which usually >> >includes at least children and spouses. >> > >> >I am getting to the point where I have created software that can tell me >> >what surname bunches into which segments on whatever chromosome. I am >> >getting to the point where I can identify which branch of whatever >> >surname matches whatever branch of my matching surname. >> > >> >So, when I see a large number of matches on a particular segment range >> >then I am a very happy camper. >> > >> > - Dave >> > >> >RE: >> >On 12/18/2015 9:20 PM,genealogy-dna-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >>> > >Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:35:35 +0700 >>> > >From: Andreas West<ahnen@awest.de> >>> > >Subject: Re: [DNA] My Raw Data Files - Comparison 23andme vs, >>> > > AncestryDNA >>> > >To: David Schroeder<dschroed991@sbcglobal.net>, >>> > > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com >>> > >Message-ID:<E0E61E4E-8BAC-48CF-A406-929903BBEE0D@awest.de> >>> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> > > >>> > >We're all related to each other, so pileups are still relatives even >> >though it might back a very long time! >>> > > >>> > >See the WAAH on CHR 2 as an example >>> > > >>> > >Andreas >>> > >