"If it my husband and I..." Lets try to keep English alive J. R. Camper > [Original Message] > From: Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> > To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> > Date: 12/18/2008 9:32:35 AM > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] DNA study question > > If it were me or my husband, that is exactly what I would do.� But it isn't about us and I feel that it is rather rude and insensitive to tell someone to just get over it.� I do know he talked to his parents about the result.� I don't know what they said.� Since his brothers did match and he did not, this leaves some questions that he may want answered but the parents may not be willing to answer.� I think this would be a huge shock if there were no hint or "family lore" out there lurking.� > > Suzanne Collins Matson > > > > > ________________________________ > From: ROBERT NICHOLSON <robertnicholson1@cox.net> > To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:46:29 AM > Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] DNA study question > > You just file the information away and move on.� There is no point in > getting upset about it at this late date. > > My own DNA testing proved "family lore" that my surname should be be > something else so the results were not a shock.� It seems that one of my > direct ancestors used the surname of his step-father rather than the surname > of his actual father. > > In addition, I know of a case where a family researcher had expended a > tremendous amount of time and energy in researching what she thought was her > ancestral line.� When her father finally took the DNA test, it came back > that they did not connect with their own surname line.� That did come as a > shock to her. > > So the message is to just accept the results and keep on trucking. > > Robert Nicholson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzanne Matson" <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> > Subject: [GERMANNA] DNA study question > > > How have various family groups dealt with the following scenario which > happened in my husband's family? > > Y-DNA studies were done to see if various lines were related. One came back > as completely unrelated. The parents of the person tested are living. He had > grown up in his family thinking of course that he was a biological child of > both parents. Needless to say, this person is devastated and the family is > in real turmoil. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Let's not try to be grammar police when we change the meaning of the post and we seem to have a problem with apostrophe usage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Camper" <jrcamper@earthlink.net> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] DNA study question > "If it my husband and I..." Lets try to keep English alive > > J. R. Camper > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> >> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 12/18/2008 9:32:35 AM >> Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] DNA study question >> >> If it were me or my husband, that is exactly what I would do. But it > isn't about us and I feel that it is rather rude and insensitive to tell > someone to just get over it. I do know he talked to his parents about the > result. I don't know what they said. Since his brothers did match and he > did not, this leaves some questions that he may want answered but the > parents may not be willing to answer. I think this would be a huge shock > if there were no hint or "family lore" out there lurking. >> >> Suzanne Collins Matson >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: ROBERT NICHOLSON <robertnicholson1@cox.net> >> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:46:29 AM >> Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] DNA study question >> >> You just file the information away and move on. There is no point in >> getting upset about it at this late date. >> >> My own DNA testing proved "family lore" that my surname should be be >> something else so the results were not a shock. It seems that one of my >> direct ancestors used the surname of his step-father rather than the > surname >> of his actual father. >> >> In addition, I know of a case where a family researcher had expended a >> tremendous amount of time and energy in researching what she thought was > her >> ancestral line. When her father finally took the DNA test, it came back >> that they did not connect with their own surname line. That did come as > a >> shock to her. >> >> So the message is to just accept the results and keep on trucking. >> >> Robert Nicholson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Suzanne Matson" <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [GERMANNA] DNA study question >> >> >> How have various family groups dealt with the following scenario which >> happened in my husband's family? >> >> Y-DNA studies were done to see if various lines were related. One came > back >> as completely unrelated. The parents of the person tested are living. He > had >> grown up in his family thinking of course that he was a biological child > of >> both parents. Needless to say, this person is devastated and the family > is >> in real turmoil. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1855 - Release Date: 12/18/2008 10:16 AM

In case someone thinks I incorrectly used "smarted" for smarting on purpose, I will tell you it was just one of those things that comes about when your fingers move faster than your brain! Cary