Hello Bill Looks like a sure way to link the families.....If I interpet the charts correctly, it appears that only 9 male Stephens have been tested so far. Of those, 3 have been linked together. Refering to the 3, 8079,8080,8981, can you give me an example of how the David Stephens ancestor is linked to these three? It would seem to me if #1 Stephens has 5 generations of linage proven and #2 Stephens has 3 generations of linage, and have no common ancestors, then all we know is they have a common ancestor at 6+ generations. Give a little insight on how this DNA testing might provide me with more know ancestors. I'm intersested but not quite sure how it would add to my known ancestors. Burr Stephens Lowe DNA wrote: >Burr... > >Noticed your emails back and forth on the Stephens family on the message >list.... My wife Paula's is the Stephens family from North Carolina so this >is a Stephens family sponsored project...... > >Here is how DNA testing works... The non-recombinant, non-changing part >(NRY) of your Y male chromosome that was passed to you from your father, >from your grandfather, from your great grandfather, back at least 10-20 >generations has changed (or mutated) very little... So we can test this part >of your NRY Y chromosome and it will essentially be the same as your 10-20th >great grandfather.....and all of this great grandfather Stephen's sons and >their male Stephens offspring will have the same DNA markers as your great >grandfather....and yourself... So we can test your DNA and another Stephens >who you think you are related too...and if you both match on 23+ of 25 DNA >markers you know you are very closely related...... > >Our Stephens DNA website with information is at..... > >http://dnastudy.baileyconnection.com/stephenshome.htm > >and currents results are at this page... > >http://dnastudy.baileyconnection.com/stephtotaldnaresults.htm > >Burr...note that my wife's family are at the very top of this page (8079, >8080)...and the first person we tested from another David Stephens lineage >(8981) was a match on 24 of 25 NRY Y male chromosome markers... Anything >over 23/25 indicates a close relationship, probably a brother or 1st-2nd >cousins within the last 7 generations...So 8079, 8080, 8981 from the two >David Stephens are all closely related... Now we are currently trying to >find the great-grandfathers that link the two David's... > >I have worked with our genealogy for some 20 years and before 1780 that were >no paper trails for our Stephens...so for 10 years we had NO HOPE of finding >kin....and now DNA testing has given us to the tool to find our Stephens >kin...here and in Wales where we suspect our Stephens originated.. Note, >the two ladies that have been researching 8080 have spent thousands of >dollars over the last 20 years on trips to courthouses, cemeteries, and on >books to trace their Stephens lineage...but in a few short weeks we provided >them a way to find their ancestors more efficiently, economically, and with >absolute prove of kinship..... > >Our 25 marker test for our group is priced at $169 plus $2 postage and it >done thru Family Tree DNA is Houston....and the analysis is done thru the >University of Arizona... > >If you are interested, please contact us and we will get you or one of your >Stephens men enrolled.. > >Bill Bailey, San Antonio, Texas, 78258 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Burr Stephens [mailto:burr-stephens@worldnet.att.net] >Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:31 AM >To: bbailey.lowedna@baileyconnection.com >Subject: Stephens DNA > > >Hi Bill >Dave Miller forwarded your info about the Stephens DNA testing. Can you >give me more info about this project? > >Burr Stephens > > > > > > >