Hello, all, I have followed, intermittantly, the DNA discussion, feeling quite aloof from it as my Maxwell ancestor did not arrive in this country until 1840 or 1850 and all that I have been able to find says he is from Ireland. 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? Just a few of the random questions that I speculate upon. Joan in Scottsdale, AZ

--- 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

Don: 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