Donna, I really appreciate all you are sharing about how the "female" DNA testing works. Dang it, I had never bothered to look into it further as all my CONNected males did not feel the information it would provide justified the cost. I should of have known better; not the first time they've misled me. Guess I'll have to pick up some of the extra open day shifts at work. I am NOT a morning person; all our staff know it, so I can hear the sighs when I show up on a day shift again. But they also realize that I need to feed my addiction! On my own family front, I'm pretty sure I know who Sarah Tipper's father was and am waiting for a paper copy of one final document. I was sent a partial transcription of the document, but I'm picky and need to see the original (exact copy of same) before I'm willing to accept the information. And once I have my documentation straightened out, I'll share it here. And I've pretty well unraveled what happened to John Solomon and his family during the 1860s & 1870s. There are still holes and one major question I'm trying to answer, but it is also coming together nicely. It turns out that a descendant of John & Nancy Johnson Solomon's older son grew up only 10 miles from where I now live, and she now lives about 90 miles away. Whoops . . . got going on this and should be out running errands . . . better get in gear . . . other half is on a jury all this week, so I get the all the honey-dos. hugs, Beth ------- Original Message ------- >From : Donna Cooper[mailto:thedonnacooper@gmail.com] Sent : 1/9/2012 9:00:22 AM To : mobarry@rootsweb.com Cc : Subject : RE: [MOBARRY] Barry County Connections and beyond! List Readers, here is an update on the DNA project. I did the family finder for my DNA and want to share with my Barry County cousins what I have learned. Believe me - there is much more to learn. I have just scratched the service. After I painted all day yesterday I played with this stuff until midnight. And - all the time my paint roller was running up and down the wall - I was going over the things I'd learned about my DNA. I am a happy camper because I found my Bradford and Adams connection to the Mayflower line in my DNA through in what was listed as a cousin in the Holland Massachusetts families. I have found connections to these families Fedro - Fetrow, Brome, Bose, Shambaugh & Shamback, Broyles and many of their down line names, Burris - Burress and some of their connecting names such as Tandy, Lane and connecting lines of Crews, Vaught, Vogt, Baker, Summer, Hancock, Vickery and many other connecting families, Jones in a number of charts, Taylor in abundance, Crumley in abundance, Addington, Pease, Collins, Bradford, Adams, Mills by the bunches - Knox County, KY came up heavy, Buck and connecting families of Stokes and Adams in NC, one of my Simpson families in Fayette Co., KY, Bristow vaguely, Boone, Morgan, Jordan, Hayes and many Connecticut connections, Long - confusing but there, Smith by bunches, Jacobs, Singleton, and dozens more that I can't remember right off hand. Cooper County, MO, was named for a Hancock descendant and that down line shows up a cousin. There are a ton of Georgia names that I have looked through but am not sure how they connect - not yet. I have 30 pages of cousins - but not all have charts. I have many more that I can't seem to figure out our connections. I have many Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, and Massachusetts families. My family lines go back to both Jamestown and to Plymouth Colony. But to those of you who connect to me in Barry County to any of these families, you will be pleased to see that we are the right track. I am learning that the Family Finder DNA project takes a lot of work to figure out all the connections. Some of the submissions are vague and not useful. I have a little over 12% Swede and Finland ancestors - have no idea how. I am guessing that might be through my unknown George Simpson line. At the present time, I am thinking that the George Simpson who is buried at Munsey Cemetery might be my George Simpson - but, so far, I don't have enough yet to solidity the connection. If so - then the 1862 birth date that the Farwell family has to be incorrect. IF - IF he is my man then more than likely he was born 1852 to 1858. I will keep you informed on this one! Donna Cooper The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message