I hope that there is documentation to tie the lines together. I have seen several genealogies that seem to go back to Adam without a trace of evidence to support them. Eldon J. Edgin 14908 Woodbriar Drive Dallas, Texas 75248-4551 Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (972) 991-4893 e-mail: [email protected] ______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Family lines with same Y-DNA--Chart 26 & 3 & Update > Audrey- > > I have come to the conclusion that wedding our lines will be like winning the > lottery. If we assume Jean and I have correct data and that yours is correct, > all we can do is fit the two pieces and hope the bond holds. > > I have data back to William, etc and have seen your data for years and never > thought we were the same line. (Arvil looked pretty hard also.) The big block > for me is that I was convinced we would never find an easy answer so maybe > digging harder? > > I spent my working career in technical research. One way to find the correct > answer is to pick the end result you want and then prove you are right. (Also > start in the middle and you can go either way.) I think the Johns and > Benjamins must be the solution. > > We need the Rosetta Stone. BobHop > > Visit our home page http://bobhopkins0.tripod.com/ > > > Major family names- Abel, Adams, Anders, Bellisfield, Brock, Byers, Davis, > Dement, Field, Guffey, Hancock, Hockaday, Hopkins, Irvine, McClanahan, > Scarbrough, Shipley, Strother, Stonestreet, Wade, Wampler, Westlake > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: [email protected]