In a message dated 3/22/2002 8:03:15 AM Central Standard Time, PAYNE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > The benefit of this to those of us who have already been tested > is that we can always have Relative Genetics re-test our samples to include > these new markers should that become desirable as our initial project > expands, as I am sure it will. Once we are able to establish sound > scientific data indicating relationships between branches of the Payne > family, it is bound to encourage others to find their own place in our > genetic pedigree chart. By combining this genetic pedigree with traditional > genealogy, I am confident that knowledge of the Payne family will grow > tremendously and solve many of the mysteries we have been confronted with > previously. > this is just amazing information and exciting news. i am just so grateful to you and so indebted to you for coming up with this, for working on it so hard and for being so willing to continue the updates and co-ordination. i do hope your theories turn out to be accurate. when i first started looking for my own line i would unknowingly keep finding paynes in new england and see family namings so similar to mine i would wonder if my line started up there. after reading over your own work and theorizing, i am beginning to think more and more it is possible and i sincerely hope it turns out to be supported by the testing. thanks again for being so courteous to me and so helpful with this project. ray lewis payne