Right on Steve. But...and not to confuse anyone, if you are a female and have a living Hollingsworth cousin and you can talk him into taking the test for you, you can confirm your line. My cousin took a Cotrell test for me and the data is online in my name, not his so his identity is not online and we had a fund that paid for it so it did not cost him anything. I know several women who have done this. Vivian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Pearson Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Surname, welsh, and Quaker projects! For clarity, you cannot determine a single Hollingsworth mtDNA as every male and female Hollingsworth has different mtDNA unless they are of the same mother (siblings). Truely you can only determine a "Hollingsworth" Y-DNA. No intent to step on any toes, but just to clarify this. So if you're not male born with the surname Hollingsworth you won't be able to contribute to the project. However those that can and do contribute benefit all who have Hollingsworth ancestry such as myself. ( well at least I believe I do - not proven yet though ) Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Surname, welsh, and Quaker projects! > Hi Judy: > The Hollingsworth family has had a DNA project for several years. We > determine both the > YDNA and the mtDNA. The Hollingsworth Family DNA Project is managed by > John R. > Hollingsworth of Birmingham, AL. I am sue that John would be most happy > to > guide > you in the development a DNA project for your family. > The E-MAIL address for John R. Hollingsworth is [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) . > Very Best Regards and Keep In Touch. > W. Carey Hardy > > > > **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips > and > calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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

If I can just comment on the mtDNA issue a little... mtDNA is all but useless for genealogy except in very specific circumstances where a maternal relationship is suspected, but can't be proven, and qualified donor descendants have been identified. mtDNA doesn't mutate anywhere nearly as readily as Y-DNA, so an exact match with mtDNA even at the high resolution level could mean you have a common maternal ancestor dating back thousands of years. From the Family Tree DNA website on this subject: "A high resolution match occurs when two individuals have exactly the same sequence in both the HVR1 and HVR2. High resolution matches are the ones which are more likely to be related within a genealogical time frame. A high resolution match has about a 50% chance of sharing a common ancestor within the last 28 generations (about 700 years)." That's only a 50/50 chance that you have a common maternal ancestor in 28 generations! I don't know about you, but I'm nowhere close to have my maternal line back 700 years. To make matters worse in my case, I've had the Full Genome Sequence done on my mtDNA (the absolute highest resolution possible), and my mtDNA has not incurred any mutations in an estimated 6000 years. My mtDNA reflects (unchanged) the mtDNA of the H1a "clan mother" who lived about that long ago somewhere in Europe. Her ancestor Helena, the clan mother of the entire H clan, lived about 20,000 years ago in south central France. Bottom line, mtDNA should be considered more of a test to satisfy your curiosity of your deep maternal ancestral roots versus being of any genealogical significance. Jane