At 08:14 PM 1/26/2001 -0500, "Blyden Potts" <[email protected]> wrote: >If there are a number of male Pages who THINK they are from this >line, wouldn't it make sense to have them take the Y-Chromosome test? YES! Others as well. >If several who all believed (even if they could not prove) they were part >of that line (especially if they were from different, relatively removed >branches of that descent) took the test and got (nearly) identical >results as each other, wouldn't that corroborate their believed line of >descent? YES! > Sure, it might not absolutely prove it because they might ALL >be from some other line but the chances -- which would depend on just >how much of the line they could document, how remote their branches >of descent were, and how many generations removed from the progenitor >any potential breaks in their line were -- of such an outcome would, I >think, be extremely small if you had 4 or 5 (or more) do the test, >assuming they >were from diverse lines. If you want to know just how small, I bet Oxford >Ancestors could estimate the probabilities pretty well. > >Unless I am mistaken in this, I would suggest to any male Page who >thinks he may be descended from this line to contact George, and if >George gets a few volunteers (as opposed to just 1 or 2) then it would >seem like the thing could still go ahead and be very useful. > >Blyden Potts I have27 volunteers from several PAGE lines (but NONE from John & Phoebe Page); and the results will be useful to them, their posterity, and others who may in the future be tested. Some of these volunteers are very senior in age, and may or may not have male descendants. Their Y-Chromosome DNA fingerprint markers will however if they wish be shared on earth for many years to come. ALL male PAGEs of any line are encouraged to take this painless and relatively inexpensive test. George W. Page