I know you're not asking just me - 'cause I sure am not an authority on this subject, but I believe you order the DNA Kit, and I BELIEVE it consists of a swab, that you swab the inside of your mouth with. Am I right, people? Help me out on this. The cost - I'm not sure about that either. I think it depends how far you want to go with it - how many markers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Kamer" <gaildear@bardstowncable.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > So what do they have to do--send in a hair or something and how much does > it > cost? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> > To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question > > >> Okay, you'll have to find a male cousin from your mother's Johnson >> family, >> who actually carries the name, Johnson. That's the way I understand it. >> I >> wish somebody on the list would either confirm what I'm saying is true or >> correct me. In my particular case, I have one brother left who could do >> the >> testing for the name, Johnson (my maiden name was Johnson, of course), >> but >> I >> haven't been able to convince him to do it yet. He thinks it's going to >> be >> way too expensive and he doesn't understand how it could help me in my >> genealogy research. He does have a son who could also do the testing, in >> the event that he decides definitely not to do it. >> >> While I'm writing, I might as well say who and what I'm looking for, >> right? >> I am looking for information about my 3rd great grandfather, Duncan >> Johnson >> (it very well could have been spelled Johnston at some point). I believe >> he >> was probably born anywhere from 1770 to 1775, but I don't know where. >> Perhaps from one of the Carolinas or Virginia. I only know that in 1800, >> he >> was Tennessee, as his son - my 2nd great grandfather, Randolph Johnson, >> was >> born there at that time. BUT WHERE IN TENNESSEE? I have no idea who >> Duncan's parents were or his siblings. I do know that he was in that >> part >> of Blount Co. that must have later become part of Jefferson Co., Alabama, >> by >> 1816, as he is on a Tax List (actually called Monroe Co. because I >> understand that Monroe Co. covered most of the present-day counties at >> that >> time). On the Blount Co. GenWeb page, he is listed as being a Justice of >> the Peace in 1818/19. Another surname closely connected to him, I >> believe, >> is the surname, Wood, but I won't go into that. In 1820, he apparently >> owned land, and I have the township, range, etc. for that. He also made >> a >> will in 1823, which was witnessed by my gg grandmother, Elizabeth Ashby. >> Elizabeth Ashby and Randolph Johnson married a few months later in 1823. >> That's about the extent of what I know about my Duncan Johnson - oh, and >> I >> believe his wife's name was Ann or Anna, and her maiden name MIGHT have >> been >> Cunningham, since one of their sons was named George Cunningham Johnson. >> So, there it is. If anybody has any information, I sure would >> appreciate - >> or suggestions on how to find out where they were in Tennessee. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alli" <iamcheroke@filertel.com> >> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question >> >> >>> That's what someone else said :( >>> >>> Maybe I'll find a cousin somewhere off the male line >>> >>> Alli :) >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Carolyn Sue Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> >>> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:44 PM >>> Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] DNA--Question >>> >>> >>>> Your father's dad would have had to be the Johnson - not his mother. >>>> It >>>> carries through the males. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> JOHNSON-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 >> JOHNSON-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 > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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