Well put, Jim. ________________________________ From: Jim Barrett <parino@flash.net> To: powell-dna@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] Haplogroups And DNA can PROVE that your paper work is wrong.  If you look at the paper work for my brothers and me you would say you had proof that all three of us had the same mother and father.  Their Y-DNA doesn't match mine and their mtDNA doesn't match mine.   DNA will not prove the relationship.  You need the paper work to back it up.  DNA can prove the lack of a relationship.  If you don't have the same Haplogroup you aren't kin I don't care what your paper work says.   My brothers were adopted, but that paper work is sealed.  Paper work can lie, DNA does not lie, but you can misread the results. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Powell Surname DNA Project http://jpbdna.com/powell-surname-dna-project.htm --- On Mon, 6/10/13, Tamara Powell <homelite76@msn.com> wrote: From: Tamara Powell <homelite76@msn.com> Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] Haplogroups To: powell-dna@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, June 10, 2013, 9:30 AM Somebody and I don't know which sure has a mix up in their paperwork. This could be interesting. I have long said that dna is good but you have to have some paperwork to prove it. Good luck Tamara ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message