I guess I am asking for more general answers about DNA testing as opposed to what company one person might be signed up with. More along the general lines of Jeanne in CA question of is it worth it? I am curious, too. Or is this too off topic to address on this list? Has anyone else had their DNA tested on this list? I am not asking for what companies you have used. Has it actually helped others to find family? And how do you know if the names that are supposed to be a family connection are correct and/or legitimate? I have been aware of genealogical companies in the past (and probably now, too) that were, shall we say, less than honest with the information that they would send to people who paid them a lot of money. This could certainly be true with some of these DNA companies that are popping up all over the place. Just more paranoia. Monica ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

The results of my first test were so surprising that I had the second test done. These, too, were surprising because of the fairly rare mutations. These, in turn, decided me on the Full Genome Sequence (FGS) test and, there too, I have some rare mutations within my Haplogroup V. I am not sorry to have this information because, if I live long enough, there will be matches with me and sometimes I can find maternal surnames with matches. These test results are the same for my two daughters, my granddaughter, my sister's sons and daughters and my maternally related cousins. I did not do this just for me. Helen On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:04 PM, MonicaBOS@aol.com wrote: > I guess I am asking for more general answers about DNA testing as > opposed to > what company one person might be signed up with. More along the > general lines > of Jeanne in CA question of is it worth it? I am curious, too. Or > is this > too off topic to address on this list? Has anyone else had their > DNA tested on > this list? I am not asking for what companies you have used. Has > it actually > helped others to find family? And how do you know if the names that > are > supposed to be a family connection are correct and/or legitimate? > I have been > aware of genealogical companies in the past (and probably now, > too) that were, > shall we say, less than honest with the information that they > would send to > people who paid them a lot of money. This could certainly be true > with some of > these DNA companies that are popping up all over the place. > > Just more paranoia. > > Monica > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http:// > www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message