Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. My interest in DNA testing is to prove/disprove an "illegitimate lineage". I would need someone from the 'legitimate' line to take the test. It would be easy to locate them but I don't know if they would be willing as the mere mention of it back in the 1980s 'scandalized' the 'legal family. Wish me luck! Lucy > > From: thall451@comcast.net > Date: 2007/08/22 Wed PM 10:52:36 EST > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] DNA testing > > I have been involved in the Shelton DNA case study since 2001. We use Family Tree DNA as well. The cost is less if you are a part of a group. Lucy, as a female, you could entice a tester by offering to help pay for the cost. If you get a whole lot of cousins together, you may get others to help as well. I got enough cousins to pitch in for someone connected to my lines to test that we each ended up paying only about 20 dollars each. It made it easier on the tester and he also pitched in 20 dollars. > > I wish I could have gotten my brother to test prior to his death. He was my father's only son. > > good luck, > Tina Hall > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Virgina Ewing" <vewing65@ctesc.net> > > > Try http://www.familytreedna.com/ That is the company the Ashley families are > > using for their DNA testing. I know there are many other surname groups also > > testing. Your group may already be included. > > > > Virginia > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tdelancy@bellsouth.net > > To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:32 AM > > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] DNA testing > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > Date: 2007/08/21 Tue AM 05:29:42 EST > > > To: > > > Subject: DNA testing > > > > > > I have a huge brick wall that only DNA can solve, but I don't know anything > > about the testing; how to obtain the materials, where to send the materials to, > > and how much it costs. Then I have to persuade the "legal" family to > > participate. Thanks for any help > > > > > > Lucy Delancy > Message boards: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.wilkinson/mb.ashx > > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > collection of Family Histories in LDS Salt Lake City Family History Library > http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well, good luck. I understand what you are facing. Tina -----Original Message----- From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of tdelancy@bellsouth.net Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:47 AM To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] DNA testing Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. My interest in DNA testing is to prove/disprove an "illegitimate lineage". I would need someone from the 'legitimate' line to take the test. It would be easy to locate them but I don't know if they would be willing as the mere mention of it back in the 1980s 'scandalized' the 'legal family. Wish me luck! Lucy > > From: thall451@comcast.net > Date: 2007/08/22 Wed PM 10:52:36 EST > To: mswilkin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] DNA testing > > I have been involved in the Shelton DNA case study since 2001. We use Family Tree DNA as well. The cost is less if you are a part of a group. Lucy, as a female, you could entice a tester by offering to help pay for the cost. If you get a whole lot of cousins together, you may get others to help as well. I got enough cousins to pitch in for someone connected to my lines to test that we each ended up paying only about 20 dollars each. It made it easier on the tester and he also pitched in 20 dollars. > > I wish I could have gotten my brother to test prior to his death. He was my father's only son. > > good luck, > Tina Hall > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Virgina Ewing" <vewing65@ctesc.net> > > > Try http://www.familytreedna.com/ That is the company the Ashley families are > > using for their DNA testing. I know there are many other surname groups also > > testing. Your group may already be included. > > > > Virginia