This snippet from another List shows DNA testing helped show a separate line. Jo Anne "From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [MDFR] THE WEST VIRGINIA KESSLER/KESLER FAMILIES Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:24 AM There was some belief that family #1 & #2 were related, but recent DNA testing for genealogical purposes has ruled that out, even though they lived in the same geographical area of WV. Karen Kessler Cottrill email [email protected] WV Kessler/Kesler/Keslar Family Historian

Y-DNA testing also showed that two of several lines of my surnamed ancestors were not related. One branch is known to be from Yorkshire, Eng. The other branch from Germany. We suspected they were related way, way back, probably before the Palatines migrated from Germany. Nope. No relationship. Jerry Crumly ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoAnne Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: [JOHNSON] A DNA Testing Finding > This snippet from another List shows DNA testing helped show a separate > line. Jo Anne