Well, then, how are they tracing Thomas Jefferson's decendants? Thought that was being done by DNA. FWP ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: [GEORGIA] Related to our ancestors????????????? > I help please. > > I talked at length this morning with my nephew who is with the FBI. > > He tells me that after three generations we are no longer related to our > ancestors. > > we are linked by names but not by blood. > > He says no one is related to one another after third cousins. > > My line/ancestors: > > James Waldrop, Sr. > Benjamin Waldrop > Green Berry Waldrop 1794-1854 > Joseph Ryan Waldrop 1827-1870 > James Harry Waldrop 190601962 > Me. > > So what he is saying I am only related to Green Berry Waldrop,Benjamin > Waldrop his papa is not related to me, I am just in his name only line. > We are only researching our names and not who wer are related to. > > So if James Waldrop, Sr. and Ann hadn't married in the 1700s, would I be > here?? Does it not take one generation to make another. > > He said this was taught in the FBI and DNA. > > Help me please.....I am not educated in this and he is. > > Please tell me he is wrong. > > Sandra > maiden Waldrop > Georgia > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 > >

I think the original statement was not beyond 3rd cousin. That part I can understand. But mitochondrial (sp) or mother's dna, is supposed to stay in the female descendent line until broken by a male offspring (or something like that. Also, a direct line Great ----Grandfather is not a third cousin. Just my point of view. Hank -----Original Message----- From: Fonda Parker [mailto:golden_rose@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 8:04 AM To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Related to our ancestors????????????? Well, then, how are they tracing Thomas Jefferson's decendants? Thought that was being done by DNA. FWP ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: [GEORGIA] Related to our ancestors????????????? > I help please. > > I talked at length this morning with my nephew who is with the FBI. > > He tells me that after three generations we are no longer related to our > ancestors. > > we are linked by names but not by blood. > > He says no one is related to one another after third cousins. > > My line/ancestors: > > James Waldrop, Sr. > Benjamin Waldrop > Green Berry Waldrop 1794-1854 > Joseph Ryan Waldrop 1827-1870 > James Harry Waldrop 190601962 > Me. > > So what he is saying I am only related to Green Berry Waldrop,Benjamin > Waldrop his papa is not related to me, I am just in his name only line. > We are only researching our names and not who wer are related to. > > So if James Waldrop, Sr. and Ann hadn't married in the 1700s, would I be > here?? Does it not take one generation to make another. > > He said this was taught in the FBI and DNA. > > Help me please.....I am not educated in this and he is. > > Please tell me he is wrong. > > Sandra > maiden Waldrop > Georgia > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== 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