Dear Barb, I am not sure just what the maternal line gives us. I have heard of people doing them and learning what race and the places they came from. But, the male carries the one chromosone from father to son so that is identical. If you have any males with the surname Bettis, they could do the test. I know when we first learned of the matches, Gregg Bonner wrote: "Well, you can see there is no hanky panky going on here". Got to get off and get myself busy getting things together for the next three days of the meeting. Love, MKN On May 13, 2009, at 10:08 AM, PalTia@aol.com wrote: > Dear Gregg, > > I was wondering if women can trace their line through DNA to their > foremothers? I am a descendant of John William Newton and Sarah Jane > Bettis > through their daughter, Easter Hazel Newton. Is there a way to trace > female dna > blood lines or at least connect them to male bloodlines in their > family? > > Thank you, Barb > **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to > do in > the U.S. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002 > ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message