Ten months is a life time to most people serious about Family genealogy. 12 mrker testing tells you are not serious for how do you even know which of many surnames is correct. That is why 37+ marker testing is serious business. We use it excusively 37+. Simple. To get an absolute proof with lineages of a connection you need 37 markers. Suggest you do a search of Charles Kerchner and his his documents. You apparently have not found out that DNA testing companies like to tell little white lies and lead you down the path that takes forever to find out your connections and to spend a few more $. Seriously you need to read Charles Kerchner's web site and e-mail him and get on board serious DNA testing. The stage of testing has far passed 37+ markers to SNP and deep clades if you are serious. Whoever said any name of any one company. We offer their choice however people who want good deal and with good results in a short period of time less than four weeks from start to finish RG is the company. Read Kerchner see what real experience teaches you. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist Hendricks DNA Project Group Administrator Secretary Hendricks Family Association Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com> 1210 Long Meadow DR Lynchburg, VA 24502 434 832 7246 Major/Smith/Hendricks http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/<http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/> ----- Original Message ----- From: Bbairdsr@aol.com<mailto:Bbairdsr@aol.com> To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [SC] RE: [SCEDGEFI] Genealogy and Genetics The 12 marker test can be very logical, especially if your goal is to determine whether you are connected to a family which you think you might be connected to because of paper records. It didn't take forever to get my SMGF results. I got them in 10 months. I have yet to find someone who had a 37 marker test done who used that exclusively, without further paper analysis, to break down a brick wall. It's just not good enough. Perhaps a 300 marker test would suffice to provide the desired statistical accuracy. If you want to get a lot of markers for the cheapest price and don't want to wait the long time for the SMGF results, consider DNA Heritage instead of FTDNA. They now offer a 43 marker test for $159.20 or $137.77 if you are part of a surname project. One member of our Baird project just got his results back from them and I incorporated them into my Baird database. No DNA project administrator should be limited to one DNA testing company. Competition is the key if we expect to bring the cost of DNA testing down in order to grow. Bruce Baird Retired Engineer for NASA's Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Space Station Programs www.bairddna.com<http://www.bairddna.com/> In a message dated 2/13/2006 11:00:09 PM Central Standard Time, Herb_316@msn.com<mailto:Herb_316@msn.com> writes: You need to tell everyone why do 5 DNA 12 marker tests is not good logical. The total cost would be better doing a 37+ marker test. You can then go to these different groups who provide free methods to compare your markers to names that are in their list if you are not certain of your surname. You can then choose and select how many markers you want to compare to. If you don't have enough markers you are wasting your time and money. Also need to tell everyone it may take forever to get a SMGF free test results. So you pick and choose but going for good results in a timely manner with good confidence you have done the right thing demands a 37+ marker test either now or in the future. So why not go for the right thing first off as it is cheaper in the long run from a surname project group. Facts not faced early on in DNA testing cost you not only money but time. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist Hendricks DNA Project Group Administrator Secretary Hendricks Family Association Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com>> 1210 Long Meadow DR Lynchburg, VA 24502 434 832 7246 Major/Smith/Hendricks http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/<http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/<http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/<http://www.ftdna.com/public/hendricks/>> ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== South Carolina GenForum Page http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/<http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>