Yes, but you must be a male, and have the surname Thomas. Women do not have the Y chromosome that the researchers test for males. You can do this Y Chromosome test on a male cousin, even 2 or 3 times removed, as long as his last name is Thomas. In the DNA testing, some persons, with surnames that are NOT THOMAS, may also match some portion of the Thomas Y Chromosome. It is worthwhile to view their pedigrees as well, since doing so might reveal some information for you. I believe it pushes back the probable common ancestor several more generation. Donna Bray "If Nathan Thomas is your relative and you or someone in your family tested and then matched the men that are from Isaac and John in SC then you both probably had a common ancestor." from Ms. Cooper Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Cowan Cooper" <lauracowancooper@comcast.net> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > If Nathan Thomas is your relative and you or someone in your family tested > and then matched the men that are from Isaac and John in SC then you both > probably had a common ancestor. > > It is hard to understand why DNA people say you connect to that person > when > they didn't test that person but it is like the Bible - you have to have > faith in what the researchers have learned as to how that y-DNA is passed > down from father to son generation after generation with very few changes. > It doesn't make it any easier but it is just the way it all works that > allows us the freedom to say that you are a representative sample of your > oldest male in your research that bears the Thomas name so if you are kin > to Nathan and have been tested then your y-DNA is what we would from > research expect to be very close to if not the very same as the y-DNA that > Nathan would have given us in a sample. > > Hope that this helps. > > Laura > > > At 10:49 AM 6/2/2007, you wrote: >>Some young whippersnappers may call me elderly. I don't know why. I am >>only 75. >>I looked up the Thomas DNA Study and found the chart that has a column >>that heads Ancestor. There was an Isaac and John in South Carolina, both >>names appearing in the 1790 Newberry census, but how do I know if Nathan >>Thomas was related to one of them. >>Also, the long line of numbers tells me nothing. No doubt they are >>important to any one trained to deciiipher them. But what do they mean? >>Another question, what DNA evidence is available from my ancestor 200-300 >>years ago to match up with me? I can see how the bones of one who is known >>can be exhumed and match up with someone living today but obscure peasants >>of eons ago left no physical evidence of their having been on earth. >>Perhaps some of the younger more enlightened can help me out on this. >>Thank you all. >>Jim Thomas >> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > Laura Cowan Cooper of Kodak, TN > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? [I don't see one] 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT James Thomas, age 28 CT Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT James E. Thomas, age 4 CT Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great potential of this incredible project! Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! Marcia

A male descendant of James, with the last name of Thomas, must submit his DNA for it to be on the website. My Thomas' are from CT, John Thomas of New Haven 1615-1671 Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Smith" <halmarc@cpinternet.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? > [I don't see one] > 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT > James Thomas, age 28 CT > Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT > Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT > James E. Thomas, age 4 CT > Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT > I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great > potential of this incredible project! > Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! > Marcia > > > ------------------------------- > 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