I might do the DNA thing someday just to see how it measures up to my own surmise and how it cross-checks with the family oral history. Last time I checked I thought it a bit pricey. I'm still smiling at your image of being bi-pedal and able to eat with cutlery! It's so long since I took a Bio or Anthro course that I can't remember the minimum number of individuals it takes to make a viable breeding population. What I find fascinating about NOLA is there are so many people who had 3 or more partners and produced 3 or more sets of half-siblings and from there it gets REALLY convoluted. As my marraine's husband said once: "Don't ask ME what those old people were doing!" > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:42:45 -0500 > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > From: chamoo@q.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] DNA ethnicity test > > > Try Avoyelles Parish. I once showed a section of that genealogy to a > friend who was a serious show-dog breeder. She said "we wouldn't > breed dogs that close!" :>) I often marvel that some of the > descendents, like ME, can stand erect or eat with a fork. :>) I have > one line that 9 generations back from my cousin, the same couple > repeats over and over. And if that isn't enough, the husband of that > couple's sister, is several times in the 8th generation. Whew. This > is no joke and I can prove it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ancestry had a special on running DNA samples about a year ago. $10 Kathy San Andreas, California -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of calyx corolla Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 4:45 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] DNA ethnicity test I might do the DNA thing someday just to see how it measures up to my own surmise and how it cross-checks with the family oral history. Last time I checked I thought it a bit pricey. I'm still smiling at your image of being bi-pedal and able to eat with cutlery! It's so long since I took a Bio or Anthro course that I can't remember the minimum number of individuals it takes to make a viable breeding population. What I find fascinating about NOLA is there are so many people who had 3 or more partners and produced 3 or more sets of half-siblings and from there it gets REALLY convoluted. As my marraine's husband said once: "Don't ask ME what those old people were doing!" > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:42:45 -0500 > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > From: chamoo@q.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] DNA ethnicity test > > > Try Avoyelles Parish. I once showed a section of that genealogy to a > friend who was a serious show-dog breeder. She said "we wouldn't > breed dogs that close!" :>) I often marvel that some of the > descendents, like ME, can stand erect or eat with a fork. :>) I have > one line that 9 generations back from my cousin, the same couple > repeats over and over. And if that isn't enough, the husband of that > couple's sister, is several times in the 8th generation. Whew. This > is no joke and I can prove it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com 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 LAORLEAN-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: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5147 - Release Date: 07/22/12