Great! Thank you. I'll do it today. Any way to untangle this lineage is a welcome addition to our research. <[email protected]> wrote: >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] They are interested in having new >members. If anyone is is interested please contact him. >Cousin,Robert >Arlington Texas > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[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]> 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] 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] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >