Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 04:07:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Karen Jordan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [JORDAN] Re: JORDAN-D Digest V02 #120 My question is to Bob Jordan: Specifically, how are DNA sample obtained from those long dead? Also, I remember the cost per person participating in this genealogical DNA testing project, but it escapes my poor memory. Please, refresh. I may have found another male Jordan for the project. Karen Trull Jordan Of course we can't obtain samples from the long dead unless we dig up the bones, but we can get the samples from male, living descendants of the long gone. They should have the same Y Chromosomes. The cost for the 12 marker test is $99 (which will get you into the ball bark) or $169 for the 25 marker test, which is more accurate when comparing different Jordan families. Please let me know what I can do to help with a new testing member. Bob