I was under the impression the chart was labeled & grouped to display the earliest proven ancestor, i.e. for my line Jesse Pace, since no proof exists showing who Jesse's parents were. I have no problem with either method; however, consistency would be nice. There is another Burrell descendent, #88349, listed under John & Sarah and not with the other Burrell group. John Pace -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rebecca Christensen" <rchristen@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:25 AM To: <pace@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PACE] Burrell Pace DNA > I'm not sure what you mean by listed separately and not grouped with the > John/Sarah results. The chart as I see it this morning has the Burrell > results listed right below the generic listings of the John and Sarah > results. The ones labeled Burrell are much more informative than the > generic "John/Sarah" labelled results. It is important to know which son > of a particular common ancestor that each participant descends through to > be able get the most of the DNA results. In fact, it is important to know > exactly where each of the lineages branch from a common ancestor for > correct DNA results interpretation. That is why I first created my > separate spreadsheets of DNA results to help with the interpretation of > the results. The generic labels of William/Lambert and Richard/Cain and > the Jesse labels hide necessary information for correct DNA > interpretation. For example, the generic labels for the Jesse? lineage > hide the fact that the **DNA results** > can be used to prove descent from Richmond Pace versus descending from his > brothers Simeon or John. There is a DNA change that occurred with > Richmond Pace that his brothers do not have. Through a very careful > selection of participants, this DNA change has been proven to have > occurred with Richmond Pace and not more recently. To show that > information, it is important to show that the two Richmond Pace > participants are descendants of two of his sons - John R. and William. > So the labels should be Jesse?-Richmond-John R and > Jesse?-Richmond-William - not the generic Jesse. This important discovery > was found through the hard work of Darlene to find the 2nd participant > through a different son of Richmond Pace as we were trying to determine > whether the DNA change occurred with Richmond Pace or at a more recent > generation. This result was not found "by accident" but by finding an > appropriate second test participant for the line for testing. > > The spreadsheets I have been creating and posting on a yearly basis are > presented each year at the Pace reunion and published in the fall > quarterly. They are also available separately in the members only area of > the PSA website (in the Bulletins section) for download which is the > easiest way to read them as they are pdf files and can be zoomed in/zoomed > out. I don't have any problem with the spreadsheets being posted on the > public Pace DNA website, they just have never been placed on that website. > There are also additional DNA results from the William Pace/Ruth Lambert > line that are included on my spreadsheets but not included with the FTDNA > results on the PSA page. These results are for participants who tested at > SMGF rather than FTDNA. > > Rebecca Christensen > > > --- On Sat, 11/21/09, John <pjohndeb@verizon.net> wrote: > > From: John <pjohndeb@verizon.net> > Subject: [PACE] Burrell Pace DNA > To: Pace@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:30 AM > > I was reviewing Pace DNA chart on the Pace website and noticed that > Burrell Pace descendents are listed separately from John and Sarah Pace of > Surry, NC. It is my understanding that Burrell is a proven son of John and > Sarah, so I was wondering if anyone on the list knows of any reason that > Burrell descendents should not be grouped with John and Sarah Pace for the > purpose of simplification. > Thanks > John Pace > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >