Maybe you and others in your family who are interested in genealogy could share the cost of the DNA test. The test itself is very simple and totally painless and bloodless because all you do is use a test kit swab to rub inside your cheek, drop it into the provider holder, and mail it back to the lab. It would be so sad to miss this opportunity for the DNA test given your male Thomas relatives are elderly. Do any of these elderly Thomas gentlemen have male descendants that might be willing to participate? I'm an advocate of DNA testing for genealogical use because that is how my group of Thomases finally broke through a brick wall that we had been pounding on for thirty years and had finally concluded that our earliest known male Thomas ancestor had simply dropped onto earth from another planet. Goldie Williams wrote: > To those who have responded to my questions on Missouri and Tennessee Thomas, I say thank you... > The information on Nathaniel that James shared is a little more than I had and is encouraging, only if it just gave me one more fact.... > > Early in my search, I discovered that Francis Marion was probably named after the Francis Marion, It's amazing how one search will lead off into another... I wasn't too fond of history while in school, especially about any war... now I find myself wanting to know more and more... it's amazing how many wars have been fought within our borders. > > As to Thomas DNA studies, I'm afraid theeare no longer any male Thomas's in my line who are interested in doing a DNA study... the ones left are elderly, and if I had the money to pay for the test, they would probably not want to bother... but oh how I would like to find our line once and for all... even if I still wasn't able to pin down a specific person, I would at least know whether I'm on the right track... > > Goldie Williams, Living in Missouri Ozarks > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >