For Germany, don't overlook the name Thomen or Thommen for Thomas. Also the name Thomas was used in Germany. My ancestor was Jacob Thommen who arrived in Pennsylvania about 1750. I have two Thomas lines on the DNA center. John Thomas, immigrant, is in Connecticut as early as 1638. I have found many decendants for him, but no immigration data. Also a John Thomas, parentage unknown in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, born about 1760. I have located some of his descendants, but no one else matches the DNA Donna Thomas Bray Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabriel Thomas" <medic_zeb_indiana@yahoo.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Heritage of your Thomas family > >From what I've picked up I believe my Thomas line is from Wales not 100% > >certain yet. What DNA service did you use? I plan on using family tree > >myself here in a couple of weeks. Thanks, > Gabe > > GNEOLOG@aol.com wrote: > I notice quite a few references to the Thomas lines from Wales and am > wondering what other countries account for this surname. My Thomas line is > from the > area that is now Germany and may have been THOMA at one time. We are in > the > same haplogroup with only a couple of other Thomas lines (E3b) on our DNA > testing. Are there any more German Thomas lines represented here? Take > care. > Marilyn > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

My Thomas y-DNA (FTDNA), James Thomas from Scotland, doesn't match anyone else's -- yet, --but I am hoping that will change I did eventually find the immigrant ancestor - his name had been written Thomson not only in the Castle Garden index, but also in the original - an unusual occupation helped. So, even a literate person could have a mistake in their name in the ship's manifest, to further complicate searching for a common name. Actually Thomson is much more common than Thomas in Scotland, so maybe that accounts for the mistake Judy On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Donna Bray wrote: > For Germany, don't overlook the name Thomen or Thommen for Thomas. > Also the > name Thomas was used in Germany. > > My ancestor was Jacob Thommen who arrived in Pennsylvania about 1750. > > I have two Thomas lines on the DNA center. John Thomas, immigrant, is > in > Connecticut as early as 1638. I have found many decendants for him, > but no > immigration data. > > Also a John Thomas, parentage unknown in Greene Co., Pennsylvania, > born > about 1760. I have located some of his descendants, but no one else > matches > the DNA > > Donna Thomas Bray > > Donna Bray > Braydon29@kc.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gabriel Thomas" <medic_zeb_indiana@yahoo.com> > To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Heritage of your Thomas family > > >>> From what I've picked up I believe my Thomas line is from Wales not >>> 100% >>> certain yet. What DNA service did you use? I plan on using family >>> tree >>> myself here in a couple of weeks. Thanks, >> Gabe >> >> GNEOLOG@aol.com wrote: >> I notice quite a few references to the Thomas lines from Wales and am >> wondering what other countries account for this surname. My Thomas >> line is >> from the >> area that is now Germany and may have been THOMA at one time. We are >> in >> the >> same haplogroup with only a couple of other Thomas lines (E3b) on our >> DNA >> testing. Are there any more German Thomas lines represented here? Take >> care. >> Marilyn >> >> >> >> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. >> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. >> Try it >> now. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >