Marilyn, Do any of your Thomas's tie in with: Edward Thomas b bet 1790-1796 in Henry County VA. m Elizabeth Allen July 3, 1812 Their daughter Elizabeth Thomas b. 1830 in Henry County VA (d Jun 28, 1887) married John Lee Camper in VA. John Lee Camper is my ggf and the gggs of John Camper(Johannes Kemper) of the first Germanna Colony. Bob J. R. Camper > [Original Message] > From: <gneolog@aol.com> > To: <cmorris575@att.net>; <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/21/2009 1:53:49 PM > Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [GERMANNA] We could build the complete Y-DNA & mtDNA for all Germanna Families > > Hi Corlee, German Thomas family has been Y-DNA tested. I don't know if there are any female direct lines from the daughter of Hans Wendel Thomas but would certainly be interested in the results -- even if they don't show as much as the male lines. A match with any of the other Germanna female lines might be significant. Take care. Marilyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> > To: Germanna List <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:27 am > Subject: [GERMANNA] We could build the complete Y-DNA & mtDNA for all Germanna Families > > > > > > > > > My fellow Germanna Descendants, > > We have a unique opportunity to fill in all of the Y-Chromosome and mtDNA for > most of the families that came in 1714 and 1717. Normally researchers are only > able to trace their matrilineal and patrilineal. The great great grandparents > in the middle of the "V" are lost. But since the two groups of Germans remained > close and inter-married we could be able to fill in the Y-Chromosome for all of > the Surnames and the mtDNA for all of the female lines. > > > It would also be an interesting study of mutations. If anyone else is > interested, please let me know. We could all join the Genographic Project and > get tested for $99.99. Or we could start a Germanna Project at Family Tree DNA > and we could get a group rate of $99 for the same tests. > > Sincerely Yours, > Corlee Morris > Yeager Descendant > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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