Mary, I'll forward this to your distant cousin who supplied the sample..I'm sure he will contact you as I spoke to him by phone today. Technically a 9/12 would "match" but would be so distant as before the time surnames were used....therefore genealogically the information wouldnt be helpful. A "distant" 10/12 is a distant match....maybe up to 14-165 generations removed....see: http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/ftdna/10-0-2.html Be sure to read the statistical links they are quite good and easy to understand.... Let me know if the John des thru son Audley doesnt contact you soon! Thanks for your reply! Don MAXWELL DNA website: http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html THOMAS MAXWELL (1738-1785 Pa) website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donmaxwell&id=I18288 >From: Mary Richardson To: dmaxwelljr@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] >latest results Maxwell family study Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:34:21 -0400 > >Don Maxwell wrote: > >>To try to keep everyone (who is interested) updated, posted below are the >>latest results from the Maxwell DNA study: >> >>http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html >> >>############################ EXACT 12/12 matches for: Clan 1: Henry >>Maxwell m. Agnes Carson Thomas Maxwell m. Ann Blackmar William Maxwell b >>bef 1740 m. Eliz McCutcheon #2 Jane Pilson William Maxwell b. ca 1767(the >>printer) m. Nancy Robbins Andrew Maxwell b 1770 d 1843 N.C., poss des of >>Albert Maxwell , PA.? ################################ >> >>EXACT 12/12 match for: Clan 2: Thomas Maxwell m. Keziah Blake Middlesex, >>Va. John Maxwell m. Mary UNK Orange Co, Va >> >>....ie also a NON MATCH with clan #1 above.... > > >Hi, Don -- > >I'm quite fascinated by all this, especially since the donor for Maxwell >Clan 003 -- DNA Code 20248 is obviously a distant cousin of mine. (I >descend from Audley and Ann MATHEWS MAXWELL as well as from Audley's >brother JAMES.) > >Is there more info like dates for Clan 2's "John Maxwell m. Mary UNK Orange >Co., VA?" This could well be my family if we're talking 18th century. > >If I understand your web site correctly, there are 7 donors whose results >and lines have been posted. When I compare the DYS sequences for these >donors, it appears to me that clans 1 and 2 match on 11 markers, clans 1 >and 3 match on 10 markers, and clans 2 and 3 match on 9 markers. You wrote >above that clan 2 is a "NON MATCH" with clan 1, which is true from a 12/12 >standpoint, but wouldn't they constitute at least a 10/10 match? > >Sorry if I'm so slow on this -- just trying to understand how it works. I >don't have a male Maxwell in my near family (My line became female in >1869.), but I do have a 5th cousin who qualifies. I hope I can track him >down and get him to participate -- like me, he descends from both Audley >and James. > >Thanks for all your hard work -- > >Mary Richardson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx