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 > >