Mike, Thank you Mike for exemplifying the very point I have been trying to make all this time. That the damage that is being done by people who don't know spreads much faster than the necessarily more complex explanations that are correct. But please don't take my word for it, go look for yourself and then YOU won't be the type of person YOU describe in your last paragraph. Also, my previous posts on roots_l@rootsweb.com are being delayed and so they may seem to be out of sequence. I have no control over how these messages are posted and I apologize for any confusion that process may cause you. I have said what I needed to say on this topic and those that 'get it' can now chuckle over some of the advice given here by the "experts". I will not be posting on this topic any further, so I leave you others to Nelda and her 'correct' presentation as Mike put it. With, of course, the caveat that you get what you pay for, whether that be in money or EFFORT and Nelda's advice is worth every cent! Dave Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 10:28:06 -0400 From: "Mike Harmer" <mharmer@carolina.rr.com> Subject: [ROOTS-L] Nelda's Comment on Chromosomal effects To: "RootsWeb Com" <roots-l@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001cd3694$c5cabbb0$51603310$@rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ASCII" Nelda, you are exactly correct in your presentation. It also a time to point out that when in comes to passing on traits of the parents there are Dominant and Recessive type of characteristics that are the ones that determine characteristics of an individual and help trace parentage. People today rely too much on something else how to think versus using their own minds to understand, thus they wind up without the ability to do logical and deductive thinking. Mike