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: Raymond F MacMahon<mailto:raymacmahon@bellsouth.net> To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: [SCUNION] DNA Testing Herbert Hendricks wrote: "DNA testing is only valid when you have a surname connections project of similar surnames with hopefully matching DNA profiles to compare to." This is excellent advice for anyone interested in DNA testing. I am a member of the McMahon DNA group at FTDNA and have been shown to be descended from an ancestor in County Monaghan, Ireland. Ray MacMahon ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== The Piedmont Historical Society publishes a quarterly called UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY. http://www.angelfire.com/sc/piedmonths<http://www.angelfire.com/sc/piedmonths> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>