Oh yes, I forgot David was only a match at the twelve marker test with Robert Sackett (two "t"s) and my father Arnold. I'm glad we have you, Tom to help us keep everything straight! Darlene On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Tom Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Alice, I'm at work now but will look at the results when I get home this > evening. It would appear from your email, that David would be descended from > Simon, if there is a 25 marker match on the 25 Marker test.(not 27) > > We don't have enough results (only one participant) to make a > detrermination on John the Colonist. > > Wendy is correct that a 12 marker match isn't conclusive for genealogy, but > a perfect 25 for 25 match would indicate a more recent common relative, in > this case Simon. > > Tom > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alice Sackett" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:36:41 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [SACKETT] DNA > > We received the results of the DNA test for our son, David Sackett, Kit > 148781, password N6551. It showed 27 matches for 12 markers exact match. > The kit was not the lowest priced one, but the one just above it. I do not > know how to interpret this in relation to whether David's ancestor was Simon > or John of New Haven. According to Weygant, it was John. ??? Help! I was > also interested to see that closest ancestors were in Germany, as well as > United Kingdom and USA. David's maternal great-great grandparents came from > Germany. > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ and > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >