George, A quick answer, all sons and their sons as well as their sons, on and on should have the same DNA string. I have the same DNA string as my 5th male cousin, twice removed, and so forth. Randy Crain CRAIN DNA STUDY -------------- Original message -------------- From: <karima@insightbb.com> > George, > > I would suggest that you ask this question on one of the literally hundreds > of mailing lists that are specific to DNA research. Almost every surname > has one dedicated to it. You can find the one you need by going to: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > Type in DNA XXXXX (surname) in the search box. > > Hope this helps, > > Karima > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George E. Basden" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:48 PM > Subject: [ILJACKSO] DNA QUESTION > > > > I have a DNA question that I wonder if someone can answer. > > > > Here is the scenario. > > Great Grandparents > > Parents > > Sons > > Grandsons > > > > PARENTS - A couple has 15 children, 10 boys and 5 girls. > > > > SONS - Two of the boys both become fathers. Their sons, of course, are > > first cousins. I will call them Son A and Son B. > > > > GRANDSONS - 56 years later and Son A now suspects that his father is his > > uncle and that his cousin's (Son B) father is also his father. > > > > Question here is since all these males are coming straight down the same > > line, would a DNA test actually show if Son A and Son B share the same > > father or would it be flawed since all are from the same male line? Son A > > and Son B have the same great grandfathers since their "fathers" were > > brothers. Basically, there is a suspicion that the two first cousins may, > > in fact, be half brothers. > > > > George > > Basden Photography > > www.basden.com > > gebasden@charter.net > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 0702-1, 01/11/2007 > > Tested on: 1/11/2007 10:20:38 PM > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message