Thankyou for that, Carol, it is very interesting. Some time I would be interested in your MATHER connection. My maternal grandfather was William Thomas Mather and his ancestors came from Breadsall Village, about 3 miles north east of Derby. Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Brown Parker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Brown named change from FLANAGAN ??? > Sorry, FTM DNA is "Family Tree Maker DNA project". For example my youngest > brother received a DNA Kit from FTM DNA which was a swab like a Q-tip > he rubbed the inside of his mouth with the swab, which puts DNA on the > swab > and inserted the swab in the tub provided. He then sent it to FTM DNA. > This > is not the same as taking a persons DNA by blood sample. The swab will > then > contain cells I believe that show the "Y" chromesone that men pass on from > one male to another such as father to son and so on generation after > generation. The male "Y" chromesone for a Brown family would be different > for a Mather > family (I have Mathers on my mothers side by the way). The "Y" chromsone > can > only be passed by one male to another so only the males test for this. > In using the DNA they can match for example people with the name Brown > with > other Brown's of the same line. You might be surprised but we have > I believe about 200 distinct Brown family lines in our Brown DNA Project > with a 58% matching at present and still growing. Once you match with > someone you compare paper trails and this helps you find your country of > origin. This is the link for the Brown DNA Project and the next one > for FTM DNA for those who are not with the surname of Brown. Like I said > if > you are like me and your last name was possibly changed this will also > help. > [email protected] Use this link to get more information on the Brown > DNA Project > http://brownsociety.org This is the Brown site > http://www.familytreedna.com/about.html This is the FTM DNA site and will > give you more information plus you can see if your Surname has a project > > I do not work for them, I joined the Brown DNA project to prove if we > really > did come from Dublin, Ireland! > Carol Brown Parker > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rickaby" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:07 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Brown named change from FLANAGAN ??? > > >> Hi Carol and Listers >> Could you please explain FTM DNA. >> >> Val >> >> >> >> >> searching for: >> >> >> E m i n s o n/E m i son (Derby, Ilkeston, Normanton in Derbyshire) >> G r a h a m (Ahoghill, Ballymena in Ireland) >> >> L y d d i e t h (Little Woolton, Much Woolton in Lancashire) >> >> M a t h e r (Derby, Breadsall, Little Chester, Sheffield, Derbyshire) >> N i c h o l l s (Little Woolton, Much Woolton, Frodsham) >> >> R a t c l i f f e (Shardlow, Derby) >> >> R i c k a b y (Black Rock, Dublin) >> W a l k e r (Derby, Litttleover, Burton-on Trent) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carol Brown Parker" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Brown named change from FLANAGAN ??? >> >> >>> Hi Michael, your welcome. Have you done the FTM DNA? My youngest brother >>> has for Brown but I am also linked to Flanagan. Actually they will show >>> me >>> any >>> name I match with I asked for that as I don't have any 100% match with >>> Brown >>> yet. I am very postitive of the Brown name until I hit the gggrandfather >>> but >>> he >>> appears to have fallen from the sky or something, ha,ha. Anyway good >>> luck. >>> Carol >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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