Exactly, Fran. But the location on the maternal line would go back many, many generations. Bryan Sykes originally found seven distinct groups in Europe with seven varying types of mtDNA. Today, if I am not mistaken, the number has increased to nine. What the test will do is tell you which group the ancestor belonged to, this being your mother's mother's mother's mother's. . . etc. . . .mother who at that time shared identifyable genetic characteristics with one of those groups. Michael O'Hearn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/

This conversation would be helped if an hemotologist could weigh in. Many myths exist about heritage. I want scientific statements. Thanks Beth On 1/31/07, Michael O'Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly, Fran. But the location on the maternal line > would go back many, many generations. Bryan Sykes > originally found seven distinct groups in Europe with > seven varying types of mtDNA. Today, if I am not > mistaken, the number has increased to nine. What the > test will do is tell you which group the ancestor > belonged to, this being your mother's mother's > mother's mother's. . . etc. . . .mother who at that > time shared identifyable genetic characteristics with > one of those groups. > > > > > Michael O'Hearn > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN

Thank you, Michael. I find this absolutely fascinating. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael O'Hearn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Thin lips?....What is an Irishman/woman? > Exactly, Fran. But the location on the maternal line > would go back many, many generations. Bryan Sykes > originally found seven distinct groups in Europe with > seven varying types of mtDNA. Today, if I am not > mistaken, the number has increased to nine. What the > test will do is tell you which group the ancestor > belonged to, this being your mother's mother's > mother's mother's. . . etc. . . .mother who at that > time shared identifyable genetic characteristics with > one of those groups. > > > > > Michael O'Hearn > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message