As Thomas Reed mentions below he has not found any Carlow cousins through DNA Testing. Is this because only a small number of people have contributed their DNA? I cant find any figures for Irish DNA. It would be interesting to see what counties have submitted their DNA. There are lots of DNA services and there is even an British Isle DNA Project http://www.britishislesdna.com/ but obviously there is a cost and I suppose not every one can afford this cost today. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:05:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Reed <tjreed@mail.widener.edu> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <32815203.110991371254737224.JavaMail.root@ccprodapp14> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Michael: My Y DNA is not helpful for any Carlow ancestors, because my ancestors are on my maternal line. I have a mitrocondrial DNA sampling as well, but all that does is identify very distant relatives, so far none from Carlow (but one from Longford, also on my mother's side). As you might have guessed, my Reeds were from Ulster (possibly near Londonderry) and emigrated to Pennsylvania Province at the beginning of the 18th century. Prior to 1600 or so, my Reeds were border reivers living in the Middle March on the English side. Tom Reed New Castle, Delaware, USA

Michael: As you know Y DNA traces male ancestors only. You can rely on Y DNA results when the results show a relatively identical match between men of the same surname. In my case, my Reed YDNA has 12/12 matches with several men named "Gillespie"--a Scottish family. The usual explanation for a match between people with a different surname is that you both had a common ancestor before surnames became common in the 14th-15th century. So I have concluded that people surnamed "Reed" and surnamed "Gillespie" have a common male ancestor about 16 generations back. Re Carlow surnames--I have male "Darcy" (in USA "Dorsey") relatives whom I've begged to get a Y DNA test done. So far, none have done so. I can trace my Carlow roots on my mother's side to Murtagh Darcy b. ca. 1818 in Carlow, probably in Myshall Parish in one of three townlands surrounding the chapel at Drumfea, emigrated to the USA via Canada in April-June 1842, settled in Washington County, New York ca. 1845. I have not been able to identify Murt Darcy's father and mother or any of his brothers or sisters, although I have suspects for his father and grand father. Tom Reed New Castle, DE USA --------------------------------------- Original E-mail >From : Michael Brennan [mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk] Date : 06/15/2013 08:59 AM To : irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject : [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing As Thomas Reed mentions below he has not found any Carlow cousins through DNA Testing. Is this because only a small number of people have contributed their DNA? I cant find any figures for Irish DNA. It would be interesting to see what counties have submitted their DNA. There are lots of DNA services and there is even an British Isle DNA Project http://www.britishislesdna.com/ but obviously there is a cost and I suppose not every one can afford this cost today. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:05:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Reed <tjreed@mail.widener.edu> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <32815203.110991371254737224.JavaMail.root@ccprodapp14> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Michael: My Y DNA is not helpful for any Carlow ancestors, because my ancestors are on my maternal line. I have a mitrocondrial DNA sampling as well, but all that does is identify very distant relatives, so far none from Carlow (but one from Longford, also on my mother's side). As you might have guessed, my Reeds were from Ulster (possibly near Londonderry) and emigrated to Pennsylvania Province at the beginning of the 18th century. Prior to 1600 or so, my Reeds were border reivers living in the Middle March on the English side. Tom Reed New Castle, Delaware, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thought I would share the following, which is a better deal than the sale price offered by FTDNA. There is another company 23andme that offers the same test for $99. They also give you information on medical tendencies. Because of this, your matches are kept anonymous at first and you have to send them an invitation to share, so you don't get as many replies as with FTDNA. In addition, there is an advantage. Once you test with 23andme you can download your raw data. You can upload the raw data to FTDNA (they take out any medical-related information) for another $99. So if you do it this way, you can find matches at both companies for the same price FTDNA charges to test directly. And although you have fewer people sharing genomes with you at 23andme, their database is about 5 to 6 times larger. Also, I looked on the website and if one orders more than one kit there is a 20% discount for each additional kit. https://www.23andme.com/ Tanya -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Brennan Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:00 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing As Thomas Reed mentions below he has not found any Carlow cousins through DNA Testing. Is this because only a small number of people have contributed their DNA? I cant find any figures for Irish DNA. It would be interesting to see what counties have submitted their DNA. There are lots of DNA services and there is even an British Isle DNA Project http://www.britishislesdna.com/ but obviously there is a cost and I suppose not every one can afford this cost today. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:05:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Reed <tjreed@mail.widener.edu> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <32815203.110991371254737224.JavaMail.root@ccprodapp14> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Michael: My Y DNA is not helpful for any Carlow ancestors, because my ancestors are on my maternal line. I have a mitrocondrial DNA sampling as well, but all that does is identify very distant relatives, so far none from Carlow (but one from Longford, also on my mother's side). As you might have guessed, my Reeds were from Ulster (possibly near Londonderry) and emigrated to Pennsylvania Province at the beginning of the 18th century. Prior to 1600 or so, my Reeds were border reivers living in the Middle March on the English side. Tom Reed New Castle, Delaware, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Tanya, I have a profile on 23andme and it has connected me to numerous relations. The $99 dollars does not include delivery costs which if I remember is quite high. It does give you some great insights into potential medical issues. If anyone wants to see my account, let me know and I can let you log in under my account. Trevor -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tanya Whitaker Sent: 15 June 2013 19:23 To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing-23andMe and FTDNA Databases Thought I would share the following, which is a better deal than the sale price offered by FTDNA. There is another company 23andme that offers the same test for $99. They also give you information on medical tendencies. Because of this, your matches are kept anonymous at first and you have to send them an invitation to share, so you don't get as many replies as with FTDNA. In addition, there is an advantage. Once you test with 23andme you can download your raw data. You can upload the raw data to FTDNA (they take out any medical-related information) for another $99. So if you do it this way, you can find matches at both companies for the same price FTDNA charges to test directly. And although you have fewer people sharing genomes with you at 23andme, their database is about 5 to 6 times larger. Also, I looked on the website and if one orders more than one kit there is a 20% discount for each additional kit. https://www.23andme.com/ Tanya -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Brennan Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:00 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing As Thomas Reed mentions below he has not found any Carlow cousins through DNA Testing. Is this because only a small number of people have contributed their DNA? I cant find any figures for Irish DNA. It would be interesting to see what counties have submitted their DNA. There are lots of DNA services and there is even an British Isle DNA Project http://www.britishislesdna.com/ but obviously there is a cost and I suppose not every one can afford this cost today. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:05:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Reed <tjreed@mail.widener.edu> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] DNA Testing To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <32815203.110991371254737224.JavaMail.root@ccprodapp14> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Michael: My Y DNA is not helpful for any Carlow ancestors, because my ancestors are on my maternal line. I have a mitrocondrial DNA sampling as well, but all that does is identify very distant relatives, so far none from Carlow (but one from Longford, also on my mother's side). As you might have guessed, my Reeds were from Ulster (possibly near Londonderry) and emigrated to Pennsylvania Province at the beginning of the 18th century. Prior to 1600 or so, my Reeds were border reivers living in the Middle March on the English side. Tom Reed New Castle, Delaware, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3199/6413 - Release Date: 06/15/13