Hi, I've been following your discussion on the DNA and you always say that you now know you and your family are Hookers. Was there some question about that? Don't take this wrong, I'm just curious and you have probably explained that but I may have missed that e-mail. I thought that the person who took the test had to have a surname of Hooker. Just wondering what I've missed. Thanks, Linda H.

Hi Linda H! To make a very long story short (my original posts are in the archives) my grandfather was a Hooker (Preston Nash Hooker) and he changed his name to James Preston Farrell when he was 21. He had been born in Chicago, IL but never went back and moved to Southern CA where he met my grandmother, married her and had 2 sons...one being my Dad. My grandpa never told anyone about what he did. When my brother decided to do our family genealogy years ago, he could never get anywhere with the names we had of our grandpa's father, George Graves Farrell. Well, I found a database online for IL that listed marriages and found my grandpa's mother's name, Nina Preston (he didn't change that) and it showed her marrying a George Graves Hooker. So that was the start. It took almost 7 months and we had gotten back to our ggggrandfather, Stephen G. Hooker, born in VT but moved to Chicago, IL in 1850. Have found several living relatives especially one, my Dad's cousin, who is 80 years old. He still has the name Hooker. I spoke with the people running the Hooker DNA test and they said my brother could take it because of the circumstances. We also had my Dad's cousin do the test and both tests matched perfectly on all 25 markers. So that is what I mean when I say, we finally know we are Hookers. Now we are trying to find out what line we are from. We know it is a NE one and not a Southern one. Thanks for asking. Your last initial is H. Is it for Hooker? Linda Lathrop nee Hooker/Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: treesearcher@rushmore.com To: Hooker-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: [HOOKER] Attn: Linda L Hi, I've been following your discussion on the DNA and you always say that you now know you and your family are Hookers. Was there some question about that? Don't take this wrong, I'm just curious and you have probably explained that but I may have missed that e-mail. I thought that the person who took the test had to have a surname of Hooker. Just wondering what I've missed. Thanks, Linda H. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HOOKER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Linda you wrote an e-mail some days ago about genealogists/researchers who just do pne direct line and do not explore all the siblings, children, etc., of a certain person - that is a pet peve of mine, too. I have found more about my direct line by exploring all the possible relatives of my line - ie: certain given names that are unusual which pop up in family lines - like Charlotte's Esom/Esam. Then the occurance of that given name in anoother Hooekr family in the same area.. Also, when several people living close to each other (with the same surname) name all their children the same exact given names, and then one finds that those are the names of ther brothers/sisters of the parents/g-parents - showing a rrelationship. Have you searched all the census records for people of the same surnames in the towns/localities where your "furthest back" ancestors lived. You mentioned Stowe, MA and also VT?? The census records have been the best source for our Hookers and also some land/tax records. Just soem thoughts, Celeste test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ