Linda's words prodded a couple of thoughts to jump into my mind. My husband (now deceased) did DNA testing for me with FTDNA when the entire concept was very new. I became the administrator for the project in order to get the discounted price. So it was obvious that after many years he did not have a match. So I began to actively recruit male participants with last name Moses that I expected to match my husband's results. I found several men with excellent paper trails to a William Moses who had lived in Montgomery County, Va in the early to mid 1800's who my husband's paper trail shows is his direct ancestor. These men all matched each other, but they didn't match my husband. So I am left with the mystery of who my husband's direct ancestor really is.....what name his genes would indicate should be attached to my children's heritage. It is quite clear that his ancestry was Scots or SI! When one looks at y-search, his closest match is McMahon from Cork, Ireland. Hi! s matches seem to include several McMinn's ....Alexanders....a Morrison from County Down....O'Neilles of County Down....Steward in SC....Edwards in Cork....Hoarty in Galway....Weaver in Knoxville, TN....McKinsey/Kinney.....Buchannan....Skains in SC....Coyan in NI....Robertson in Scotland---actually several Robertsons in the USA....McAuley in NI....well you get the idea.... Needless to say, I am VERY interested in SI DNA....and usually FTDNA puts some sort of test out in Dec at reduced prices. At this point my husband only has one good match when more than 25 genes are compared...and that is that of my son ....I paid for his test to prove to myself that there was not just some sort of lab error on my husband's results. I would encourage anyone who has a male who is a suitable participant to represent any of the lines that they research to be getting those participants lined up to be ready when a sale on kits comes up. It is a wonderful and fun genealogy tool. marsha in WV On Nov 11, 2011, at 9:32 PM, lmerle@comcast.net wrote: > ... > You need a DNA test, in other words! >

We found out my husband Ross McClain has a perfect match on all markers , It was a McDonald? ---- marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> wrote: > Linda's words prodded a couple of thoughts to jump into my mind. My husband (now deceased) did DNA testing for me with FTDNA when the entire concept was very new. I became the administrator for the project in order to get the discounted price. So it was obvious that after many years he did not have a match. So I began to actively recruit male participants with last name Moses that I expected to match my husband's results. I found several men with excellent paper trails to a William Moses who had lived in Montgomery County, Va in the early to mid 1800's who my husband's paper trail shows is his direct ancestor. These men all matched each other, but they didn't match my husband. So I am left with the mystery of who my husband's direct ancestor really is.....what name his genes would indicate should be attached to my children's heritage. It is quite clear that his ancestry was Scots or SI! When one looks at y-search, his closest match is McMahon from Cork, Ireland. ! Hi! > s matches seem to include several McMinn's ....Alexanders....a Morrison from County Down....O'Neilles of County Down....Steward in SC....Edwards in Cork....Hoarty in Galway....Weaver in Knoxville, TN....McKinsey/Kinney.....Buchannan....Skains in SC....Coyan in NI....Robertson in Scotland---actually several Robertsons in the USA....McAuley in NI....well you get the idea.... > > Needless to say, I am VERY interested in SI DNA....and usually FTDNA puts some sort of test out in Dec at reduced prices. At this point my husband only has one good match when more than 25 genes are compared...and that is that of my son ....I paid for his test to prove to myself that there was not just some sort of lab error on my husband's results. I would encourage anyone who has a male who is a suitable participant to represent any of the lines that they research to be getting those participants lined up to be ready when a sale on kits comes up. It is a wonderful and fun genealogy tool. marsha in WV > > > On Nov 11, 2011, at 9:32 PM, lmerle@comcast.net wrote: > > > ... > > You need a DNA test, in other words! > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message