My dear fellow Germanna Descendants, There is now a DNA test that does not require a direct male or female line.  It is Called the "Family Finder" test.  As a FTDNA group administrator I have been hearing about it for over 9 months but I did not understand how it works.  So I did not notify this list or any of the Germanna DNA Project members.   I at last understand the "science" and I am now comfortable enough about it to let you all know about it.  Many of the Members of the Germanna DNA Project have already bought the test.   I will send out another email to the list so that anyone not following this email's tread will also read about it. Sincerely yours, Corlee MorrisGermanna and Morris DNA Project Lead Group Administrator  --- On Tue, 5/18/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Of some importance To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 9:48 AM Madelon, Direct male lines are needed for DNA tests but I am ALWAYS looking for anyone who descends from either Hans or Michael. Please get in touch. Take care. Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Petersen, Madelon - SJHMC <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 9:32 am Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Of some importance Are you looking for direct line male's only, or anyone with Thomas ancestors? Madelon Petersen, RN, BSN Phone:  602-406-3246 Phone:   480-383-3585 Pager:  602-746-0959 If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- 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

At 6/21/2010 11:12 AM Monday, Corlee Morris wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >My dear fellow Germanna Descendants, >There is now a DNA test that does not require a direct male or female >line. It is Called the "Family Finder" test. As a FTDNA group administrator >I have been hearing about it for over 9 months but I did not understand how it >works. So I did not notify this list or any of the Germanna DNA Project >members. >I at last understand the "science" and I am now comfortable enough about it to >let you all know about it. Many of the Members of the Germanna DNA Project >have already bought the test. >I will send out another email to the list so that anyone not following this >email's tread will also read about it. >Sincerely yours, >Corlee MorrisGermanna and Morris DNA Project Lead Group Administrator >(snip) **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Corlee, PLEASE explain this "non-female, non-male" line DNA test. I'm not surprised that you don't understand how it works. If you understand the science now, and can explain it to the rest of us, please explain why we should spend money on the test. You didn't give any results of the test. From what little I know about DNA testing, it's either done for the Y-Chromosome or the mTChromosome. What other way is there to do any kind of DNA testing? You didn't give a URL for the website of the company doing this unorthodox sequencing, so I'm concerned. Sarge ======================================================= My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry/~george/index.html