My particular problem is with multiple matches. A group of some 300 distinct families immigrated together in 1710 to the Hudson Valley (Palatines). Of those 300, I have traced my mother's lines to 50+. I often find matches to 4, 5, or more of those original immigrants. Which one actually passed DNA to me is unknown unless we can triangulate, a very rare occurrence. Maybe a Watson (IBM) can one day digest all the genealogical and genetic data and produce a universal genetic tree. It certainly won't be in my lifetime, but we are preparing the groundwork for that to happen. Doris On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:02 AM, Tim Janzen <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Jim on this. I think that we are going to have a tough time > linking phased autosomal segments to ancestors born prior to 1500. If we > were test every living person, get all their genealogies, and as well as > successfully test ancestors who have been buried in marked graves then we > would have a shot at linking some phased autosomal segments to ancestors > born prior to 1500. However, I don't think that this is very realistic. > The relatively easy ground to cover is shared ancestors in the 1800s. > Confirming shared ancestors in the 1700s and 1600s is going to be really > tough due to a lack of genealogical records in many areas. Confirming > relationships in the 1750 to 1800 time period is the next frontier for > autosomal genetic genealogy from my standpoint. > Sincerely, > Tim Janzen > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Jim Bartlett > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DNA] Every person project > > I'd say no, IMO! Because of all the endogamy involved. Without some > genealogical records, we could never sort it out. > > Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >