Cynthia and other interested in the DNA test. The test does not require blood. The DNA is extracted from saliva. The swabs are taken from inside the mouth. Not necessarily pleasant, but no sticking or gouging. Nor does it require a doctor to take the sample. Clif cynthia hinds <suseh@clear.net.nz> wrote: Sadly not so cheap if one is in NZ. the exchange rate is not as good for us. Assuming I am able to get my son to part with blood, and money.... ( I am more interested in genealogy than my offspring)....I think it would be so interesting especially as I seem to have too many brick walls in my Hinds family. Here's hoping the costs may reduce if more people subscribe!! Cynthia Hinds Auckland NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Finney" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [HINDS] Sarah Hinds/Clement Chaplin in 1635 Mass. > The only way we will ever be able to sort out the various Hinds families is to get persons from > all over the globe to join in our Hinds DNA project. I urge every member of the Hinds Mail List to > join me in inviting persons to take part in the project who live in areas not now represented in > the project. The dollar is so cheap now that it costs someone in England a lot less to join that > it does someone in the USA. And we all might be surprised by what we learn! > > Barbara > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.