Well, then I'll volunteer my brother :-} Louise On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:57:17 -0500 "Bess Rose Miller" <brosemil@siscom.net> writes: > Louise-- > What I have been told about DNA testing is that it must be done > through the > male line. I am not sure why females are excluded, but think that > it has > something to do with the fact that males have two X chromosomes--I > believe--and females have one X and a Y chromonsoe. One of my > distant > Rose--well fairly distant--has tested as well a a couple more in the > Rose > family to see which Rose family we belong to. They all proved > positive that > they went back to John Rose (b. 1761-d. 1843--I think off the top of > my > head) and beyond to a Rose family in New England. There have to be > so many > "markers" as they call them, in the DNA that are alike for them to > be > related. > Bess > > I will have to e-mail cousin Walter--or my cousin, Gail, and find > out more > about it. I had information about it, but have lost it. > > > ==== TAULBEE Mailing List ==== > GOING AWAY FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE DAYS? > UNSUBSCRIBE FROM YOUR LISTS. > TAULBEE-L-request@rootsweb.com or TAULBEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > UNSUBSCRIBE is the command for both. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!