I am a Reagan Male that has a line from Tennessee to West Virginia and then to New England area in 1733. But I have not made the connection to Ireland yet. Paul Reagan Depending on cost I may interested in the DNA testing for Reagan line. -----Original Message----- From: CKenter838@aol.com [mailto:CKenter838@aol.com] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:52 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] A personal friend of Michael Ragan: Looking forinfo While I don't have those files and wished I did, I do understand your question about Ireland and possible Nordic connections. That is a possibility as the Danes and Vikings did both trade and war in Ireland as they did in so many places in the British Isles. Many of us of English, Scottish and Irish heritage may well also be part of the Nordic gene pool. I know that my Johnson and Pilgrim (surname) do have connections to the Danes because of their warring and settling in East Anglia in England. I don't know if any of the family of Joseph Wesley Ragan male line would be interested in doing a DNA on the surname or not. I would love to see what comes up from a DNA on the Ragan surname from my line....but it only works for the males, hence I am not to do one as I am female. Are there any Ragan males who would be interested and willing to do one? Just a thought. We might be able to narrow down the number of different lines in the US from Ireland and or Scotland. Cheryl Kenter Joseph Wesley Ragan>Mary Catherine Ragan>Rachael Letitia Pilkinton>Arite Miss Pilgrim>Letitia Lou Johnson>me **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) for Ragan-Roots archives go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I know this sounds like a good thing to do. I would caution anyone about sending anyone your DNA. They can be use for much more than Genealogy. I may be cautious but in todays world of ID theft it is a good idea to error on the side of caution. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs