Larry, You are right on...DNA certainly disavowes those who you "think they probably know the father of X"...when the DNA is a mismatch they are not related. Alternatively, we are trying to match previously "unknown to be related families", as your example depicts. With a 25/25 match there is a 50% chance the 2 donors have a MCRA (most common recent ancestor) by 7-8 generations (this is about the time frame, about 200 yrs ago for which I am searching for "close family" to my Thomas Maxwell 1738-1785). It doesnt prove exact relationships....not yet but prob will in 2 years or so as more loci are identified and become avaiable to test for? This is why people should sponsor upgrades within their families from current donors by ordering the upgrade from the 12 marker tests to the 25 marker tests...or in your case to supply another sample from your Rev Thomas line to verify your clan's DNA profile (to avoid non-paternity issues [2-5% per generation], adoption, change of surnames etc). We will be posting all the matches as they come in. Right now we have 3 matches on 12/12 ("screening") loci test: My line Thomas 1738-1785 m. Ann Blackmar and William m. Eliz McCutheon of Ky and William b. 1767 (the famous Ohio Printer). We are anxiously awaiting the results of the 25 ("refined or high resolution")loci test. If they match 25/25 there is a 99.9 % chance they share a common Maxwell ancestor and 50% of a MCRA at 7.5 generations from the donors. Hope this helps! Don >From: "maxhouse" <maxhouse@netzero.net> >Reply-To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com >To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] Re: other Maxwells, not from Virginia >Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:16:52 -0500 > >I've a question to ask, Lets say John Maxwell born 1700 moved to Ohio and >started his Maxwell Line, Now he had a brother say James Maxwell born 1705 >moved to Georgia, The DNA only tells us their related in some way or the >other, This will give additional names and data to build upon, correct, I >know it will not tell that they were brothers, just related someway >correct. >My only interest is that I'm from Rev. Thomas Maxwell and Mary Pemberton. >Rev. Thomas has a brother named John, which there is no record of after >birth, If my DNA matches another line of Maxwells that does not show a >paper >connection to Rev. Thomas I guess I can assume that it's either back to >John, or maybe another sibling or maybe another relative all together say >uncle, 2 nd cousin and so on., right. You may email me direct if you wish >at >Maxhouse@netzero.net. Will it be posted as to what lines will tie together? > >Larry Maxwell, Pensacola, Fl > >To all those who have emailed me their file or ask for a connection, give a >week or so, I'm changing to a new Computer and will be changing my files >over all this week. I still would like additional files to compare with and >cross reference. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Crystal" <mywebtree@yahoo.com> >To: <MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:06 PM >Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] Re: other Maxwells, not from Virginia > > > > > > --- Jasskirv@aol.com wrote: > > > Hello, all, > > <snip>> Further, do I understand correctly that this > > > test is only for the male > > > descendant? > > > I am a female Maxwell descendant. Would a > > > test from my son confirm > > > descendency? > > > > As a female you can only test your direct maternal > > line. Your son could test your maternal line and HIS > > fathers paternal line. .... To test for Maxwell either > > your father or brother should be test (or some other > > qualified male). > > > > hth. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------- >Introducing NetZero Long Distance >Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! >Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com