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

I can't think of any participants in the HILL DNA PROJECT who joined for the reasons mentioned below. Every participant I know of has joined to simply prove or disprove their lineage with the lineage of other living HILL participants, which (see the Results page) has ended the wild goose chase of speculating a connection to this or that HILL line, a goose chase that otherwise may have gone on and on forever. We have identified and separated 28 different and distinct HILL lines (to date) through DNA grouping, and more Groups are being added all the time as participants match. Most of these Groups have confirmed lineage into the 1700s or earlier. This is the focus of the HILL DNA PROJECT. Byron Hill HILL DNA PROJECT www.hilldna.com On 9/7/06, DixieMom <southerncross@pgtc.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HILL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >