Thank you Colleen for your answers. Roberta In beautiful sunny Queensland ----- Original Message ----- From: <CFitzp@aol.com> To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Fitzpatricks in Co. Cavan > Hi Roberta, > > Thanks for the email about the DNA study. My understanding is that the BYU > Molecular Genealogy study is a study of general population flows, and does not > focus on particular individuals. I was also a volunteer and gave blood to > them. Their interest is to see how people from different parts of the world > migrated elsewhere. For example, they did a study of the Indians along the coast > of Costa Rica. These Indians had no real history until BYU found that they > were genetically related to the Indians in the mountain regions. Apparently, > the Spanish had captured some of the Indians in the mountains and transported > them as slaves to the coastal regions. > > You can check their web site for updates on their studies - the Moelcular > Genealogy Program is now called the Sorenson Moelcular Genealogy Foundation and > can be researched at http://smgf.org:8081/pubgen/site17.jsp. All DNA analysis > done on volunteers is held strictly confidential. > > To obtain specific info on a particular individual or group of individuals, > you have to sign up for DNA testing with Relative Genetics, the company that > was spun off from the BYU program. There is a cost, depending on the type of > testing you do. For more info, check out wwwrelativegenetics.com. You can also > chekc out Family Tree DNA's web site at www.ftdna.com. They do similar types > of testing. > > If I can answer any questions for you, let me know. > > Colleen > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004