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

That sounds fantastic. What if we've already been tested through the Genographic Project? Beth On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> wrote: > > 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. [snip] -- "Body lengths traveled by a Rufous Hummingbird between Alaska and its winter range in Mexico: 49 million." Cornell Lab of Ornithology BirdNotes.

Not to comment one way or the other on the merits or feasibility of this idea, you may want to consider the DNA at ancestry.com. They have recently lowered the cost of their 33 marker Y-chromosome test to $79. This is a very good value. The Family Tree DNA test you refer to is only a 12 marker test. Ancestry.com also supports DNA groups. They are still just getting their DNA stuff off the ground, but I would predict that they will soon become the premier DNA site for genealogy. Rick Waggener   ________________________________ From: Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> To: Germanna List <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:27:34 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

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