----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradford Miter" <bradmiter@earthlink.net> To: <nyrensse@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [NYRENSSE] Is DNA testing worthwhile? > Cliff, > > I must say I agree that if you are just wanting to match to the world it > is > largely a waste of money, especially at the 12 marker level. > > I got involved in testing when trying to see if I matched up to the St. > Kew, > Cornwall Miter clan. I paid for test for myself and a male descendent > from > St. Kew and we failed to have a single match in the 12 marker test. > What's > more, his historic roots went back to Asia Minor and mine were purely > Western Europe and the UK. > > Of course, as my 'pseudo cousin' pointed out, it only takes one female in > the line to 'step out of the house' and it messes up the lineage! EXCUSE ME???? it takes a MAN to "mess up the lineage"... no woman got pregnant on her own buddy... >