As we all know, non-parent events have gone on since the beginning of time. My Morris line seems to be such a non-parent event back in the time of the Vikings. When I had my Morris line tested I arranged to have my uncle, my brother and both of their sons tested to be sure I had the right Y-Chromosome. One should always be sensitive to the possible results and the possible effect it could have. Corlee --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> > Subject: [GERMANNA] DNA study question > To: "Germanna Colonies" <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6:13 AM > 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. > > I am not saying don't do DNA studies but I am asking > how you would deal with this. > > As we work on our various Germanna lines, we may encounter > the above situation at some point. > > Suzanne Collins Matson > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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