Let me try this again, I have no doubt that Family Tree DNA is reliable. However, I have been a subscriber to ancestry.com for years and I have found them also to be a very reliable company. I personally believe that they are the premier website for genealogy research. They effectively pay for Rootsweb, and the very list that we are all subscribed to here. Since the real genealogical effectiveness of DNA is a combination of a comparison of the DNA tests, and the genealogical research that supports and corresponds to it, it is logical that this site will become the premier site for DNA genealogy. They just started doing DNA last year and their service in this field is still developing and growing. They have DNA groups, for surnames or regions or whatever. It would be a simple matter to form a DNA group there for Germanna families. The group site offers the posting of photos, trees, videos and other files. It facilitates discussion groups other messages, and sends messages and updates to all members. Anyone can join such a group. Members can apply for a DNA test through the service, which will be automatically posted and compared to everyone else in the entire database. You can also manually submit DNA test results from another service, which I am pretty sure Family Tree DNA will not allow you to do. Again, they just lowered their price on the 33 marker Y-chromosome test to $79. The Family Tree DNA $99 test that you spoke of is only a 12 marker test. The more markers you get, the better your chances of making good matches and determining the closeness of the matches. This $99 is a "group" price, with the regular price being $149 for this test. They have a 37 marker test, for a group price is $149, and the regular price is $259. For all of these reasons, I think if you are looking to form a DNA group, you should look at this site. Rick Waggener sequoia@pacbell.net ________________________________ From: "SusiCP@aol.com" <SusiCP@aol.com> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:46:59 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] We could build the complete Y-DNA & mtDNA for all Germanna Families I am going to weigh in here and say I bet if you talked to FTDna that a group rate may be available for such a great project.  They are very reliable and consistent.  Maybe in future others will do as well but until I hear as much I much prefer FTDna people. They will need to know how many would participate to be able to give a fee price. Susi ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bc d=DecemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message