It is more than a POSSIBLE match if the confidence level is HIGH, EXREMELY HIGH, or even GOOD. It IS a match. You do share DNA that proves you have a common ancestor within a given range of generations given the amount of shared DNA. Moderate confidence matches may or may not be actual ancestry from a common ancestor or might be accidental (inheritance by state vs. inheritance by descent: IBS vs. IBD). Many or mine are "real" but distant and others I cannot say...if we actually match it would be very distant and beyond what I can document. Joan Young [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: dplac2 via <[email protected]> To: jyoung6180 <[email protected]>; myers <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2016 11:46 am Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? So the DNA test the ancestry offers wont tell us any true blood lines, just possible matches, is this what you see? So far all of the lines I have seen with my Myers are close or strong possible matches. Is it mostly for the male side of the family? I am searching for a possible line to a Jacob Finney Myers whom I have been looking for a very long time. Is there a better DNA test you recommend? Skip On Tue, 3 May 2016 12:43:33 -0400 Joan Young via <[email protected]> writes: > If you do an autosomal DNA test such as the one offered by > AncestryDNA you will have matches that include MYERS matches on any > side of ancestral lines. A Y DNA test or mtDNA test won't tell you > anything of a genealogical nature for your research and finding > close relatives. > > > > > Joan Young > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mumey via <[email protected]> > To: Sheila Plunkett <[email protected]>; myers <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, May 3, 2016 10:23 am > Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? > > Hi > My gg grandmother was Susan Myers; b abt 1823 Will there still be > Myers blood in Me?? > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sheila Plunkett via" <[email protected]> > To: "Joan Young via" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:30:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? > > My father is a Myer's > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid > On May 3, 2016 1:27 AM, Joan Young via <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi- > > > > Just one comment. I note that you used the subject mtDNA and your > MYERS connection is your mother. While mtDNA is inherited through > the mother it doesn't follow a surname line the way Y DNA does on > the paternal side. mtDNA is inherited by all children from their > mother (through the egg) but it is only passed down to the next > generation through the female children (because it comes from the > mother's egg). So while your MYERS mother would be your mtDNA line > it would then pass to her mother's line (POTTS) and so on on back. > To find MYERS relatives via DNA you would need to take an autosomal > DNA test that covers all sides of your family tree. Or you would > need to find a male relative (direct line MYERS) descendant of > Robert Levi MYERS. > > > > With regard to the notation in the Bible that Bird Allen MYERS and > his brother had "Indian blood" this may or may not be accurate. Many > families have stories of Native American heritage but only a few of > those stories are accurate. You would need to either find some > documentation of Native ancestry or an autosomal DNA test might > confirm it. > > > > > > > > Joan Young > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bobbyjo465 via <[email protected]> > > To: myers <[email protected]> > > Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 10:34 pm > > Subject: [Myers] Myers MTDNA > > > > I have Myers in family my mom was Virginia Lee Myers was born in > Left Hand West Virginia 1941. Her Parents were Robert Levi Myers and > Freda Belle Potts. I am Attaching her Obit. Robert Levi Myers > married Freda Belle Potts November 8 1928 he was 25 at time. The > marriage Record states. Robert Levi Myers death Record states he was > born March 4 1896. Robert Levi Myers Died December 22 1962. His > Parents were Bird/Byrd Allen Myers also known as Allen Myers and > Amanda Belle Chapman. Bird Allen Myers was born December 1847 in > Boetourt County VA. Bird Allen Myers Died 1920 in Roane county West > Virginia. We found a bible inscription listing Bird Allen Myers > brother Jacob Weaver Myers and by his Name it states Indian Blood. > By Cenus and other records we determined they have same Parents > Issac Myers and Catherine Weaver. Bird Allen Myers is Buried In Cleo > West Virginia in Ashley Cemetary. > > > > "Calhoun Chronicle" - 18 May 2006 > > VIRGINIA BRIGHT > > Virginia L. Bright, 65, of Big Bend, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at > Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center. > > She was born in Left Hand, the daughter of the late Robert Levi > and Freda Potts Myers. > > Surviving are her husband, William S. Bright; one son, Michael > Myers and wife Lorraine of Mt. Zion; two daughters, Billie J. > Keaffaber and husband Larry of Grantsville and Laura Marks and > husband Jeffro of Big Bend; several step-children, grandchildren and > step-great-grandchildren; and six siblings. > > She was preceded in death by one son, Eddie Starcher; several > step-children; and eight siblings. > > Memorial service will be held later. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, > Parkersburg is in charge of arrangements. > > (Larry Heffner) > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS > > ********* > > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of > gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to > gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the > board. > > ************ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS > > ********* > > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. 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For my Edward Myers, I had my brother do the YDna with FamilytreeDna. I also joined the Myers project. The more male Myers (paternal line) that test, the better chance for a match. I am (female) a Myers. I did the autosomal with AncestryDna & FamilyTreeDna. I’m still learning how to determine which ancestor/s my matches come from, as it could be on father’s side or my mother’s side. For many of us, DNA is very new and we are learning. Our genealogy group, has a new DNA interest group. > On May 5, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Joan Young via <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is more than a POSSIBLE match if the confidence level is HIGH, EXREMELY HIGH, or even GOOD. It IS a match. You do share DNA that proves you have a common ancestor within a given range of generations given the amount of shared DNA. Moderate confidence matches may or may not be actual ancestry from a common ancestor or might be accidental (inheritance by state vs. inheritance by descent: IBS vs. IBD). Many or mine are "real" but distant and others I cannot say...if we actually match it would be very distant and beyond what I can document. > > > > > Joan Young > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dplac2 via <[email protected]> > To: jyoung6180 <[email protected]>; myers <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, May 5, 2016 11:46 am > Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? > > So the DNA test the ancestry offers wont tell us any true blood lines, > just possible matches, is this what you see? So far all of the lines I > have seen with my Myers are close or strong possible matches. Is it > mostly for the male side of the family? I am searching for a possible > line to a Jacob Finney Myers whom I have been looking for a very long > time. Is there a better DNA test you recommend? > > Skip > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 12:43:33 -0400 Joan Young via <[email protected]> > writes: >> If you do an autosomal DNA test such as the one offered by >> AncestryDNA you will have matches that include MYERS matches on any >> side of ancestral lines. A Y DNA test or mtDNA test won't tell you >> anything of a genealogical nature for your research and finding >> close relatives. >> >> >> >> >> Joan Young >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mumey via <[email protected]> >> To: Sheila Plunkett <[email protected]>; myers <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, May 3, 2016 10:23 am >> Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? >> >> Hi >> My gg grandmother was Susan Myers; b abt 1823 Will there still be >> Myers blood in Me?? >> >> Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Sheila Plunkett via" <[email protected]> >> To: "Joan Young via" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:30:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [Myers] Myers MTDNA <---? >> >> My father is a Myer's >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid >> On May 3, 2016 1:27 AM, Joan Young via <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi- >>> >>> Just one comment. I note that you used the subject mtDNA and your >> MYERS connection is your mother. While mtDNA is inherited through >> the mother it doesn't follow a surname line the way Y DNA does on >> the paternal side. mtDNA is inherited by all children from their >> mother (through the egg) but it is only passed down to the next >> generation through the female children (because it comes from the >> mother's egg). So while your MYERS mother would be your mtDNA line >> it would then pass to her mother's line (POTTS) and so on on back. >> To find MYERS relatives via DNA you would need to take an autosomal >> DNA test that covers all sides of your family tree. Or you would >> need to find a male relative (direct line MYERS) descendant of >> Robert Levi MYERS. >>> >>> With regard to the notation in the Bible that Bird Allen MYERS and >> his brother had "Indian blood" this may or may not be accurate. Many >> families have stories of Native American heritage but only a few of >> those stories are accurate. You would need to either find some >> documentation of Native ancestry or an autosomal DNA test might >> confirm it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Joan Young >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bobbyjo465 via <[email protected]> >>> To: myers <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 10:34 pm >>> Subject: [Myers] Myers MTDNA >>> >>> I have Myers in family my mom was Virginia Lee Myers was born in >> Left Hand West Virginia 1941. Her Parents were Robert Levi Myers and >> Freda Belle Potts. I am Attaching her Obit. Robert Levi Myers >> married Freda Belle Potts November 8 1928 he was 25 at time. The >> marriage Record states. Robert Levi Myers death Record states he was >> born March 4 1896. Robert Levi Myers Died December 22 1962. His >> Parents were Bird/Byrd Allen Myers also known as Allen Myers and >> Amanda Belle Chapman. Bird Allen Myers was born December 1847 in >> Boetourt County VA. Bird Allen Myers Died 1920 in Roane county West >> Virginia. We found a bible inscription listing Bird Allen Myers >> brother Jacob Weaver Myers and by his Name it states Indian Blood. >> By Cenus and other records we determined they have same Parents >> Issac Myers and Catherine Weaver. Bird Allen Myers is Buried In Cleo >> West Virginia in Ashley Cemetary. >>> >>> "Calhoun Chronicle" - 18 May 2006 >>> VIRGINIA BRIGHT >>> Virginia L. Bright, 65, of Big Bend, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at >> Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center. >>> She was born in Left Hand, the daughter of the late Robert Levi >> and Freda Potts Myers. >>> Surviving are her husband, William S. Bright; one son, Michael >> Myers and wife Lorraine of Mt. Zion; two daughters, Billie J. >> Keaffaber and husband Larry of Grantsville and Laura Marks and >> husband Jeffro of Big Bend; several step-children, grandchildren and >> step-great-grandchildren; and six siblings. >>> She was preceded in death by one son, Eddie Starcher; several >> step-children; and eight siblings. >>> Memorial service will be held later. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, >> Parkersburg is in charge of arrangements. >>> (Larry Heffner) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail >>> >>> >>> ********* >>> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS >>> ********* >>> Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are >> gatewayed to this Mailing List. 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