Would you mind reposting the members currently included? I seem to have lost that original email. Thank you. Sincerely, Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] DNA Kit, I am currently in contact with Grier McFarland Project Administrator- Kilgore DNA Project. I had to try a direct e-mail since my familytree e-mail reply said that it had invalid e-mail addresses. I contacted him at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> They are interested in having new members. If anyone is is interested please contact him. Cousin,Robert Arlington Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] DNA Dear Cousins, RE: DNA I contacted them (familytreedna.com)late last Spring (2008). I reported my known lineage back to my great-great grandfather Kilgore. I heard two weeks later from the company, but not from the family site administrator, and so was not able to follow through on the testing. I will try again with Familytreedna. Thank you for the information that they seem to be the best. If they answer me this time, I will do the test for as many markers as I can reasonably afford. Christopher (Kit) Kilgore D Rennow <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >My daughter has studied genetics for many years. She researched the >sites and said this one seems to give the most for the money. >http://www.familytreedna.com/ > > >There are two basic test. > >1. Mitochondria (mtDNA) is only done through the female line. >Female's Mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's mother (back >hundreds of years) >Male's Mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's mother (back >hundreds of years) >A child can not test his or her father's mother's line. > >2. Y-DNA: By testing the Y-DNA, males can determine the origin of their >paternal line. Note that the Y-DNA strictly checks the paternal line, >with no influence of any females along that line. >Male's father's father's father's father's father's father (back >hundreds of years) >Women can not take this test. > >Both test can show if you have Indians or blacks in your line. > >The next choice is how many markers to buy, 12, 25 or 37. The more the >better. > >So far there are 11 Kilgore males that have taken the test and are >registered on the site. > >Anyway, go to the site. There is a tutorial. > >_________________________________________________________ > >OK now that we have covered the basics I have to cover one other point. > >Accuracy > >The test are accurate. They tell you what your genetic connection, >however that isn't necessarily the line you think it is. > >People fooled around in the old days just as much as they do today. >They also took kids in with no formal adoption. Women were raped. >Etc. Anthropological research has shown that world wide, young wives >tend to cheat on old husbands and women cheat more when they are most >fertile. > >I have a cousin that did not find out she was adopted until she was >about 55. She would have never known except another cousin told her. >Her parents died without telling her. > >When they first started the Y test, they wanted subjects that absolutely >KNEW who their fathers were. For example, the man looked just like his >father. His mother was a saint. His parents were married for years >before he was born. Of those men who KNEW who there father was... 1 >out of 7 were wrong. Those are mighty high odds. > >When I reminded someone of this in another group, one man told me that >my family may be full of sluts, but his wasn't! He was serious and >really nasty about it. My guess is that based on his reaction, he has >always questioned his genetic relationship to his father. Whatever, he >didn't need to be so nasty. I certainly didn't say he was >illegitimate. I just think people need to realize that they may >discover more than they want to know. > >Let me give you an example of how this can work. > >2 descendants of Henry Walker born 1820 both take the Y test. The test >shows they are closely related and have the same ancestor. Does that >mean that they are both out of Henry? Maybe. It could be that there >was a smooth talking, really handsome stud, named Frank, living near >Henry. Henry had no idea that Frank fathered all but one of Henry's >children and half the other children in the same town. Another of >Henry's descendants takes the test and he doesn't match the the other >two. They say he isn't related to Henry. The fact is that he could be >the only one related to Henry. Since we can't test Henry directly, we >have to go with the odds. The more people that take the test the more >accurate the group results. > >Clear as mud? > > > >* >* > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message