Here it is, the year is 2001. What a shame to see such terrible prejudice on this sight. I have enjoyed this sight off and on. The ignorance and prejudice though have finally made me so sick that I will be unsubscribing. We were all made with a brain, so lets start using it. Every where in the US that I have had the oppurtunity to live, the most honest, friendly and genuine people have been Mormons. Never once have they forced their religion or beliefs onto me. If I was interested sure, if not, no big deal. They were still genuine friends. You seem to be sitting here in ignorant judgement about a subject and people you know nothing about. True, they baptize their dead. It is a religious belief. What harm has been done. Such religious intolerance from a group of people who claim to have injustices done to them over the years. What a two faced attitude. Revenge is mine saith the Lord. We must forgive 70 x 7. One side of my family has white and black, the other side is Cherokeee/Choctaw and white. We look white until you pay attention to the features. The cheek bones, forehead, nose, and the patient and quiet demeanor. True Indian characteristics. How I would love to know by DNA which line to research next, instead of spending hundreds of dollars with dead end research resulting from prideful Americanized Indians. If you would do some research instead of being so judgemental you would find out that this is a privately funded research project with no government ties, and all information will remain private unless illegally obtained by the government. And the most important aspect, it is totally voluntary. No force. If you would notice, they are collecting samples from people in countries where there is very little if any Christianity. Sure doesn't sound like a religious or government plot to me. Sounds like people trying to find another way to link with family. Where would we be without ideas, ingenuity and progress (Most of it)? By the way, what group of people, free of charge, have donated the largest amount of information that we all benefit from in the genealogy world? The Mormons. What group of people have distorted the facts, taken the genealogy that is free and put it on their own web sites and charge a fee to use? Not the Mormons. So take your ignorance and hatred and rechannel that energy into something more positive and good. What have these people done to have ever hurt you. I certainly hope you are never judged for your religion or lack of it, race or skin color. May we all quit worrying about such non-important issues and start worrying about what is truly important. Our countries freedom. This country is falling from within, and it starts with each one of us not wanting to get along, being judgmental without thinking and getting the facts first, and plain old hatred and revenge. Try being kind, remember who you are, make the best of your life and leave a positive and good impression on those you come in contact with. Nobody needs to be remembered as a negative, complaining, and paranoid person. You cause your own grief and pain. Nobody inflicts it upon you but yourself, and you certainly are not giving a very good example of yourself in your correspondence to this sight. Try to remember what you have learned in all of your research. Remember the history throughout the world. Remember who has caused the pain and who has been kind. Most of all--Say and do kind things and don't rush to judgement when you have no facts other than a partial statement. As a genealogist you should know better!!! Thanks for letting me speak my mind. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Nila O. Tyrrel <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [IT ROOTS] [Fwd: DNA-Pedigree] > Some people in Europe are having enough trouble because some scientist said > they were Jews and are treated badly for that although they have no idea > where the Jewish blood comes in. I have corresponded with two who have the > same last name as mine from Scotland. Is BYU doing this so they can blanket > baptize persons into their church? They want your genealogy chart to have > more names to baptize that way if they find a connection? I'll stick to my > old fashioned way. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "skm" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:18 PM > Subject: [IT ROOTS] [Fwd: DNA-Pedigree] > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------7B07DF35834DC41E96C4F3EC > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > --------------7B07DF35834DC41E96C4F3EC > > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 23:14:13 -0600 > > From: skm <[email protected]> > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) > > X-Accept-Language: en > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > To: humphri <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: DNA-Pedigree > > References: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > humphri----You are the perfect nut case. This has the markings of a NAZI. > > I have nothing in my family TREE or brickwall that could possibly warrant > > that. > > You need to take a pencil and paper, go to your nearest library and lock > > yourself in. Unless you are already locked up? > > If BYU is doing this then it is time to STOP them also. > > I will notify and start asking questions. > > This is illegal. It is called "Roe vs. Wade". An invasion > > of privacy. > > > > > > humphri wrote: > > > > > Wouldn't this be a perfect solution for all of us with insurmountable > > > Brickwalls? > > > Cheers Georgene > > > ======================================================== > > > BYU Assembles Database To Help Track Bloodlines > > > > > > REXBURG (AP) - A drop of blood may help people finally fill out their > > > family tree. > > > > > > Many groan at the idea of poring over ancestral charts and searching > > > through endless databases, but Brigham Young University's molecular > > > genealogy researchers may have found a way to simplify some of that > > > work. > > > > > > The scientists say people are linked in "family trees" based on genetic > > > markers. > > > Ancestors can be traced in pedigrees based on DNA that reveal > > > relationships that are not detectable in genealogies based on names, > > > written records or oral traditions, said Scott Woodward of the > > > university. > > > > > > What we are able to do is take the genetic information and assign it an > > > ancestral home," he > > > said. Last March, BYU's molecular genealogists began collecting samples > > > in Utah. As of Jan. 31, they had 8,085 samples in the United States and > > > 6,990 around the world in countries such as Oman, Egypt, England, Peru, > > > Bolivia and Chile. They intend to take 100,000 blood samples in the next > > > four years. The researchers are in eastern Idaho this week. > > > To participate in the genetic testing, people will be asked to donate > > > blood and bring a four generation pedigree chart com plete with dates > > > and places of birth. > > > > > > -- > > > "Welding Links Lineages" [email protected], Copyright (C)1986-2001 > > > Memoirs<http://aitchcrests.tripod.com/MyChildhood/> > > > Alaska Cruise 2000<http://aitchcrests.tripod.com/Alaska00trip/> > > > > H.A.Breshears:<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irhpmuh/index.htm> > > > > > > 1997 Breshears Index: <http://www.angelfire.com/id/deeproots> > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > --------------7B07DF35834DC41E96C4F3EC-- > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== > For full instructions to subscribe, unsubscribe and list rules, click on > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html > To send an e-mail to the list owner: [email protected] > >