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? 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? 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 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [PAGE] Re: PAGE Y-Chromosome DNA Testing (John & Phoebe Page) > >> I'm coming to the conclusion that all the male PAGE >> descendants from that line are extinct, and their Y-Chromosomes have >passed >> into oblivion! > >George, > >Just a suggestion....Perhaps the reason you have no takers in the John/Phebe >line is that nobody feels confident that they've sufficiently "proven" their >connection with their own research. (That's the line I think I'm from, but I >haven't yet had time to confirm it.) > >>From reading your postings, it appears to me that you have lots of Page info >on lines other than your own. Maybe if the "proven" descendants of >John/Phebe, as far as you know them, were posted to the site someone would be >able to prove a connection to one of those descendants and not have to come >up with the rest of the documentation back to John and Phebe on their own in >order to participate in the test. > >Barbara Senden > > >==== PAGE Mailing List ==== >PAGE list website - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/PAGE.htm > >