4-21-2009 I hope that Tom Smith will respond also, but I will just chime in that I thought that the 12 markers exact match list does not yet have enough people from the non-Simon lines to know from only those 12 markers how far back the lines connect up (we're all pretty sure that we are related to each other within the last 400 years). Upgrading to the 25 and 37 marker tests has helped provide more distinct markers, but I'm not sure that there are enough participants yet to say anything definitive about descent from John the colonist (except that we need more samples). My uncle, Robert E. Sacket (maybe the only one "t" participant, so far), agreed to have the 37 marker upgrade. Even at the 12 marker level, though, it would appear that our line is more closely connected with definite Simon descendants than to the Vermont and other lines. Again, that was a surprise because the information in Weygant tried to make a link between our Skene Douglass Sackett of Connecticut through a proposed Josiah Crego Sackett and then to Captain Richard Sackett, whose line links back to John the colonist. Best to everyone and happy hunting! Wendy Sacket Irvine, California On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 10:58AM, "Darlene Sackett" <[email protected]> wrote: >Tom Smith is our DNA project coordinator and he will be able to give you a >lot more detail than I can, however I thought I'd give my two cents because >my father Arnold Sackett is one of the 27 matches. The maternal line, I >believe will have nothing to do with the results of this test as the mtDNA >test is a different one all together and is the test that would show you >information about your sons maternal (or your dna profile as his mother) >line. >We had my father take the DNA test because we are from the "orphan" line of >Orlin Sackett. Based on the results being an exact match with one of Tom >Smith's Sackett cousins this showed that we in fact descend from Simon's >line. This leads me to believe that your son does as well. > >As I said, Tom knows much more on the subject than I do, but I was in the >same place you are a few years ago when our results came in. It's so >exciting, isn't it? > >Darlene Sackett >Newberg, Oregon > >On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Alice Sackett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > >