Hello everyone, My paternal line is from Northern Germany and has the original surname Thorns. My father has taken a DNA test, the results of which I have submitted to the Thorn DNA project at Worldfamilies/FTDNA. I have also submitted our pedigree to the pedigree forum at the project website, as well as the Y-Search database. Since I don't have access to the relevant state archives at the moment (I no longer live in Germany), I have only been able to trace the line back to about 1750, which might be too recent to yield any relevant information about US immigrants. In addition, the haplogroup looks very much like J2, which is very rare in general. So I don't really expect any matches with future participants in the project. Still, I don't know of any other Thorn/Thorns in Germany who has been DNA-tested, so I guess our sample is better than nothing. Now that the project is underway, I hope that more people might feel encouraged to use DNA tests to supplement their paper trails. Ann-Kathrin _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Ann-Kathrin, When was your dads DNA submitted to Worldfamilies? My cousin and I just submitted our DNA about 2 weeks ago and should know something by Feb 1 . If your father's DNA is recorded there they will surely compare ours to his. It didn't appear that anyone had submitted DNA to the Thorn project but my cousin and I. Good to know we have others submitting DNA for comparison. We believe our Thorn family came from England but we have no proof. They first appeared in Prince William Co Virginia in early 1700s. Elmer Thorn Missouri USA -----Original Message----- From: Ann Kathrin [mailto:try_me_alekseev@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:16 PM To: THORN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Thorns DNA submitted Hello everyone, My paternal line is from Northern Germany and has the original surname Thorns. My father has taken a DNA test, the results of which I have submitted to the Thorn DNA project at Worldfamilies/FTDNA. I have also submitted our pedigree to the pedigree forum at the project website, as well as the Y-Search database. Since I don't have access to the relevant state archives at the moment (I no longer live in Germany), I have only been able to trace the line back to about 1750, which might be too recent to yield any relevant information about US immigrants. In addition, the haplogroup looks very much like J2, which is very rare in general. So I don't really expect any matches with future participants in the project. Still, I don't know of any other Thorn/Thorns in Germany who has been DNA-tested, so I guess our sample is better than nothing. Now that the project is underway, I hope that more people might feel encouraged to use DNA tests to supplement their paper trails. Ann-Kathrin _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/