----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> To: cmorris575@att.net Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:58:56 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] The Reason Why the Germanna DNA Project is useful to all Germanna Descendants My understanding of this is you must have a direct maternal or paternal line for this information to be of value.  For example, my Holtzclaw line goes back to my mother whose maiden name was Holtzclaw and from there back it is a direct paternal line.  Thus if I do the mtDNA, it will not reflect the Holtzclaw line but my mother to her mother and so forth which is not a Germanna line.  Is this correct? Suzanne Collins Matson ________________________________ From: Corlee Morris <cmorris575@att.net> To: Germanna List <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:20:14 AM Subject: [GERMANNA] The Reason Why the Germanna DNA Project is useful to all Germanna Descendants Why? Because I can provide John Blankenbaker the mtDNA Chromosome for his biological great grandmother Blankenbaker who we share and he can provide me with the Y-Chromosome of my great great grandfather Blakenbaker, father of Anna Maria Blankenbaker.  I have provided the Y-Chromosome for all Germanna Yeager Descendents such as Thom Faircloth’s sixth Great Grandfather Blind John Yeager, son of Adam Yager (1717), and Grandson of Nicholas Jager(1717).  And Descendants that do not have any one with a Germanna mtDNA Chromosome or Germanna y-Chromosome to have tested will get all of this information for free and with no more effort on their part than going to The Germanna DNA Project Website. Sincerely Yours, Corlee Morris