At 08:16 AM 12/13/2008, Shelia wrote: (Skip_ > If a male Page was adopted into the Page family and used the > Page name, passed >the Page name onto his descendants, the name remains the same >but the genetic >connection to the Page family does not exist. I believe you meant: "If a NON-Page male was adopted into the Page family.... A male Page with biological connections to a male Page will still retain his Page Y-DNA markers whether or not he is adopted by another Page family or any other surname. in other words, his Y-DNA will not change because he is or was adopted. >Also, if a male child of a Page man was actually the result of a >non-Page union with a Page male, the Page man child never knew >of this, and this child was raised as a genetic Page, the >genetic connection to the Page family does not exist. I disagree with that statement, unless the Page man father was adopted and not a biological male Page! Any male, regardless of his last name, whose father was a biological Page/Paige will retain the Y-DNA markers of his father and all male Page ancestors back several hundred years with a few mutations. >We all hope that our ancestors are who we think they are. However, when we >get very different results via DNA analysis we need to think outside >the box. >Not all of our ancestors were as "prim and proper" as we assume they may >have been. Furthermore for those who only known their Page ancestry a few generations back, Y-DNA testing of a living male relative will help to determine their line of PAGEs by allowing me to compare their tested Y-DNA results with the "Fingerprint Markers" of at least 15 different Page lines that have been identified, and perhaps their immigrant Page ancestor as well. George W. Page Page Surname Y-DNA Project Administrator www.PageY-DNA.Org **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and >favorite sites in one place. Try it now. >(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message