Debbie At some time in the future I may be able to help you if I can get far enough. I know my father was born in Athens, GA. I do not yet know about my GF as all known immediate relatives have been dead for years or vanished. I do intend to revisit the three local county ceits where some records would be on file of some known relatives of the near past and rebuild some starting points. I also intend to go to Athens and snoop their records which I am told go back to 1800; so, maybe I will find something to prove we are not related. Thanks Ralph Maxwell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxwell, Debra" <Debra.Maxwell@qwest.com> To: <MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: RE: [MAXWELL-L] Question > Hi Dale, > Don's oldest known ancestor, Thomas Maxwell, and my oldest known ancestor, > Robert Maxwell (d. 1792) lived very close to each other in Chester Co. Pa. > They also have other similarities. For the last few years Don and I have > assumed they were related and we assumed they were brothers, however, they > could have been cousins, distant cousins or anything else. My father, > Marshall Maxwell, took the dna test and the company compared 10 points on my > dad's Y chromosome with 10 points on Don's Y chromosome. We have found that > there is an almost perfect match. The science behind this test proves that > Thomas and Robert were brothers. > > Although this doesn't help us find Thomas or Robert's father, we now know > more about this relationship than we did before. I know I would be very > interested to see if any of the North Carolina Maxwells match our dna. This > test could also prove or disprove that the Georgia Maxwells came from our > gene pool. > > Besides all this, I think the whole process has been fun and interesting. > > While I'm writing, I would like to express some concern I have about bad > data that keeps coming back to me with my name on it as the source of that > data. It has always turned out that I've never seen the data before--it > didn't come from me. I have combined my Maxwell family tree with only one > other tree because I was sure of a connection and I was very sure of the > data. However, I think it's important to not include other people's family > trees in your family tree. If someone makes a change in the data and that > data is stored in other trees, we are now perpetuating a data integrity > problem, bad and confusing data being passed around. > > Following is a link to my tree, however the email address is wrong on my web > page. My hard drive has crashed and I'm working on it. I'll change the > email address on my website as soon as I get my pc up and running again. > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/x/Debra-Maxwell/index.html > > Thanks, > > Debbie Maxwell > Lakewood, CO > > -----Original Message----- > From: L. Dale Shrader [mailto:ldale@lightbound.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:02 PM > To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] Question > > > This subject is starting to get tooo deep for me. Heck all I wanted to do > was find some of my Maxwell kin. I don't want to prove the paternity of > anyone. > > All I had was Just a simple question as to who the parents of My G > Grandmothers Husband were????? > > Oh! my G grandmothers husband was Joseph F. Maxwell b. 1848 in Ohio Co. Ky. > > I don't see how your DNA testing and or program is going to find them????? > If you are so sure it is going to the final easy answer to all of our > research. I have one question for you:::: Have you patent your idea and are > using us as your testing forum?? > > If you happen to run across Joseph F. Maxwell. I would be very very grateful > and would not ever question your system again!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I am Just a member that has been reading for weeks now about this > DNA.system By the way, I also watched the O J trial !!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: abcfhist > To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:27 PM > Subject: [MAXWELL-L] Question > > > How would you get the testing done if someone has been dead since the > 1700's? Wouldn't you have to find where they are buried and get permission > to dig them up and then how would you go about gtting sample to get tested > and what would you need to get and where would you take it? > > Beth > > >