> > I was very satisfied with Family Tree DNA. > > > > http://www.familytreedna.com/ > > > > I did the 37 marker test because that was the best available at the > > time. > > > > Be advised that linking to ancestors depends on a number of > > conditions. In my case my closest link is to a man whose family > > name is not even in my genealogy but we have a 60% chance of having > > the same ancestor 7 or 8 generations ago. I only have 5 generations > > proven. > > > > To really learn something you almost have to match someone who has > > the genealogy back to the Bible. > > > > More than 30 Sullivans have tested and I am not in the same > > haplogroup as any of them so I have learned nothing so far except my > > Neanderthal ancestors went from Africa to the Russian Steppes. > > Yeah, I know, the Neanderthals forgot to keep breeding and > > disappeared. No political comments please. > > > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) > > > Hugh, > > I hope you were only kidding about the "genealogy back to the > Bible". > > "Gary Smith" <[email protected]> It was a bit of a stretch. Of course once can do the genealogy of the old Irish Books and the genealogy of the Bible and who is to say you're wrong. You certainly have a source. 8-) Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)