DNA testing and the subsequent results have nothing to do with the theories of evolution or intelligent design. DNA and the markers have no relation to this. Why would you think this? The facts are the facts. If marker DYS 462 is 12, then it is 12. Evolution or the lack thereof isn't relevant. Aaron From: "DixieMom" <southerncross@pgtc.com> Reply-To: DixieMom <southerncross@pgtc.com>, hill@rootsweb.com To: <hill@rootsweb.com> Subject: [HILL] DNA Testing Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:53:40 -0500 Dear List, I have been reading with interest the comments on whether or not DNA testing is a fraud or not. I have read quite a bit about it and am not sure I would spend any money on DNA testing........... yet. What is a concern, in my opinion, is the fact that the people who worked on the Human Genome Project based their model on the theory of evolution, and that human evolution, from the time the bolt of electricity struck the primordial soup, has taken at least several thousand, if not millions of years. I wonder if such a model would differ with the results produced by a model based on a young earth, like 10,000 years, which SOME SCIENTISTS actually propose. Or would the results differ if the model were based not on evolution, but on a creation model? WOULD IT EVEN MATTER? Of course, if one believes in evolution, he will claim the results are accurate because evolution is true, and if someone believes creation and a young earth, then he would want the model based on his beliefs. We will all just have to choose to believe what we want to, since no human was present at creation or the lightning bolt and soup story. >From what I have read, people will warn you that SOME companies may "rip you off", by charging too much money. That seems to be the major concern from the folks who trust the DNA testing. Happy ancestor hunting, no matter what path you take! Donna Here are a couple of websites I found doing a Google search which might be interesting reading: DNA and Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/dnagenealogy.html History of the Human Genome Project: By Dr. Cook-Deegan is the Director, Division of Biobehavioral Sciences and Mental Disorders, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. He received his B.A. (Chemistry) from Harvard College and his M.D. from the University of Colorado. See also, his book, The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome (1994). http://www.fplc.edu/risk/vol5/spring/cookdeeg.htm