My male relatives have tested into a new group, 30. I believe that the only practical value of DNA testing is that if you can establish your male relative has a nearly perfect 25 or 37-marker DNA match with another Harris AND you can establish the identity of the common ancestor, then it would be possible to take advantage of their research, if it is well documented. It is also possible that the joint research undertaken to find the common ancestor could benefit the genealogical research of both participants by suggesting new areas of investigation. Not a ringing endorsement, but .... On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:02 PM, HAROLD D ANDREWS wrote: > I have been rather curious as to how DNA could get one back further > than > we KNOW for sure (short of digging people up and checking their DNA). > For instance: Through family records and deeds along with census > records > that match with what is known for sure about the children, I have > traced > my Claiborne Harris to Anson Co. N. C. I have suspected that he could > possibly have been the son of William Harris and Judith Hudson but > since > I don't know for sure and nobody knows for sure what their DNA was > and > there are many people of the same name (William) who also could have > had > a wife Judith how do I know that the Claiborne that was their son is > mine. My cousin had the DNA test and it put us in the Group 4. I > communicated with a man who was 4 but found no connection to my > Claiborne. The other Claibornes that I have run across do not have > the > same wife or are not in the same time frame as mine. Through the > census > and the birth date of a son who may be the firstborn son I have > determined that my Claiborne could have been born between 1760-65 and > probably married in the early 1780's. The son Mumford Monroe was > born in > 1786-7. So far I haven't found a marriage date for Claiborne and his > wife Alice Young Hill. There are so many Roberts, Johns and Williams > that a lot of people claim to be descended from (at least the well > documented ones) my question is how does one KNOW that the famous > name > is their ancestor.? Sarah > ____________________________________________________________ > TOP Chart Ringtones > Get top ringtones on your cell phone. Click here now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/u4MuScMwqupDQqUQYU1PyQxgongzWR4I6ROgL51jx45VohpXQxPdE/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message