I might add to the below email that there are "Harris" DNA being conducted also at the below link, and also Native American DNA, to mention on being for Melungeons, and many more, and I do thank Bob for this post below, and would also encourage all Male Descendents from the Jacob Harris, B. abt. 1803 in N.C., Died aft. June 1880 in Lawrence Co. KY.??? Buried in: Owsley Co. KY?? Married: Jane/Jonea Kannaday/Canaday. Jacob Harris Family resided in Letcher Co. Ky., by "1830"-"1860", then moving to: Prestonsburg, Ky./Floyd Co. Ky. So ALL MALES WHO ARE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF: JACOB HARRIS COME FORTH AND DO THE DNA! Thanks, Marilyn Harris marileaf@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <anc1779@sunlitsurf.com> To: <KYLETCHE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: [KYLETCHE] DNA study – REED/ REID/ READ > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Reid > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FBB.2ACE/834 > > Message Board Post: > > For those who have unfortunately run into a genealogical "brick wall" > concerning your Reed/Reid/Read ancestor, science and technology has > recently provided us with a very exciting and potent tool to aid us in our > long-standing quest for identifying our ancestral heritage. To this end, > the Reed Y-chromosome DNA Project was launched last year and is now up to > twenty participants and counting. > > So if you, or a male relative of yours (father, husband, brother, cousin, > etc.) have the surname of Reed (or any variant spelling), and descend from > any of the Reed/Reid/Read families of early Letcher Co., KY, then it > might be something you’d want to take a look at. Results thus far in the > ongoing project are posted at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/reed/. > > As a sidenote, for any potential participants who may be the least bit > concerned about privacy-related issues, these are fully addressed within > the links associated with the above web site. And since this international > study only deals with a very tiny, and specific, segment of the entire DNA > sequence, it can only be used to aid in scientifically confirming the > degree of relatedness between the many Reed/Reid/Read, etc. study > participants - merely to help us determine which participant we share a > common Reed/Reid/Read, etc. ancestor with (if any), and estimate how many > generations back this event likely occurred. > > In fact, this study has already allowed me to eliminate a couple of > long-standing, potential Reed ancestors off of my own list, so that I am > now able to focus on the remaining potential lines that I've assimilated > in my many years of research to date. And obviously, as more and more > study results (and hopefully matches, or near matches) come in from > worldwide participants, our search can be even further narrowed, thus > bringing us closer to scientifically identifying our "true" ancestral > line, as well as their country of origin, etc., if we're fortunate. So, by > all means, please participate if you can and see the above link for > further details. A mere twelve (12) y-DNA marker test should be quite > sufficient for now. > > Best wishes, > Bob > > P.S. The aforementioned web site may also be referenced for a list of all > "other" DNA -surname projects (hundreds) presently underway. Check it out; > it'll be worth your while. > > > > > ==== KYLETCHE Mailing List ==== > This mailing list is not to advertise any research material for personal > or commercial profit. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >