Hi Ken and all, I agree that the DNA testing can open doors that you never dreamed existed and recommend that each of you find a male of your line who has the surname of Martin and submit his DNA for testing. Of course this is if you are not a male with the surname of Martin as Ken is. A gentle reminder, however, that the cost of any product isn't supposed to be mentioned on any Rootsweb.com list. Also, Ken has the amount wrong. If you join the Martin or any DNA surname project through the Project website you get a discount on the price, therefore, the 12 marker test is less than Ken stated. The 25 marker test is much better at determining a relationship between participants and the 37 marker test is even better, but the test that you order is a personal one. If you order the 12 marker test, that is better than not participating at all and you can upgrade to a higher test at a later date if desired. The Martin DNA Project is at: http://www.martindna.com/ Click on the Join Code at the middle of the page to join and click on "Charts" on the upper toolbar to see the results, so far of the testing. Julia In a message dated 5/12/2005 10:56:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I would suggest that each of you have a direct Martin decendent give a sample to the Martin DNA project. It may solve your link difficulties. I added two generations with a small (12 panel for $125) test, and may add two more if I find a specific link missing in one generation. This was the best $$ I ever spent on genealogy research, and I recommend it for those having link problems. Ken Martin

On May 12, 2005, at 11:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > A gentle reminder, however, that the cost of any product isn't > supposed to > be mentioned on any Rootsweb.com list. Oops... Sorry. I didn't know that. Ken Martin