I'm always so happy when one of you very knowledgable people post with advice as to whether or not to spend money on some of this "newer" testing. When I saw the Group B message the other day, I pretty much dived right in, with no idea or understanding of what I was doing. I'm assuming there is still a sample of my late husband, Charles' #1494 DNA. But then thankfully, after reading the postings from Peter and Norman, I changed my mind. I don't know if I'll ever know any more than I already know about my husband's KinKaid family. I certainly wish he had tested as being in Group A....then I'd feel as though I'm getting somewhere. Group B is pretty much at a stand-still and has taken so many years to even grow to the few in the group. Lewis Ray Kinkaid and my husband were the closest match. But when Ray died a year or so before Charles, his family didn't wish to continue to be involved like Ray had been. Again, I'm so grateful for the knowledge I'm able to gain about further testing and what it really won't do that would be of much value to me. I hope that the day is coming where I'll once again have some time for further KinKaid research, but now with the care of my 96 year old mother and 92 year old aunt...my time is pretty limited. Claire KinKaid for Charles Ray KinKaid, Jr. #1494 Group B June 28, 1932--January 2, 2012 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Kincaide" <norman.kincaide@yahoo.com> To: "Kincaid" <7kincaid@nb.sympatico.ca>; <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] National Geographic DNA test >I agree with Peter's assessment. > > Norman Kincaide > > > > > > On Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:45 AM, Kincaid <7kincaid@nb.sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > Both. For the time being it will tell you things in a broader > sense. If a bunch > of Group A Kincaids do the test then one can work out connections like > that > of strs, but with much better precision. Until then it will not help > you. Given the > cost I’d say the odds of seeing a lot of Kincaids tested is low. My > thoughts > are that over time family snps will be identified and we will have a > better > picture > than what strs will tell us. However, I think it best to wait for the > technology to > develop more and costs get down a lot. > > Peter > > From: Norman Kincaide > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:57 AM > To: Kincaid ; kincaid@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [KINCAID] National Geographic DNA > test > > What > want to know is would this test tell me and my family anything more than I > already know about group A Kincaids or is this a more general application > in a > broader sense. > > Norman Kincaide > > > > > > On Monday, January 27, 2014 9:29 PM, > Kincaid <7kincaid@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > See > > http://www.familytreedna.com/genographic-project.aspx > https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/about/ > > Quite a bit beyond our regular project testing. > > Peter > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Kincaide > Sent: Monday, January 27, > 2014 6:26 PM > To: kincaid@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KINCAID] National Geographic DNA test > > Does anyone on the list know about the National Geographic DNA and is > it > different from Y-DNA testing for the Kincaid DNA project? > > Norman Kincaide > > For > complete information about the Kincaid of all spellings DNA project, > including a chart, lineages, and how to participate, go to: > > www.kincaiddna.org > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the > list, please send an email to > KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and > the body of the message > > For complete information about the Kincaid of all spellings DNA project, > including a chart, lineages, and how to participate, go to: > > www.kincaiddna.org > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7045 - Release Date: 01/30/14 >