Thanks, Marleen. It sounds like the Y 37 would be the best for starters. As far as the Native American, that is iffy at best as I have very little information to go on. Even if it tested to be present, I still would not know where to go from there. It is probably better to stick with the lines I have researched for years and have greater knowledge of those individuals. I just need some confirmation on the lines I am sure of and the one varient Swaner/ Swanner line, I would love to know if that line is indeed related to the one I am sure of. I'd have to go into greater detail explaining the Swanner line for it to make sense. This particular line, I can trace from a living member to father to grandfather. It is the great grandfather that is in question. All the children carry the Swaner/Swanner name, however no father was ever captured on census and children were born between the censuses, AND one was claimed by another prominent LCT family and named the father. So I know at least one child out of the group belonged to another father. It is possible that each child had a different father. This is what I want to try to discover by DNA on the youngest son of the family. Still this will only designate a possible father for that one child. I believe that the Swaner mother was at one time married to a Swaner, and is possibly the widow of same. If so, her husband died in 1834, leaving her with 3 children born about 1827, 1829, and 1930. The mother's next family began in 1836, 1838, 1841, 1844, and 1850. Problem is, the first 3 children were married before the 1850 census, so the 2 families were never listed by name together. I have read all the responses you posted on the site and have a better understanding of the process, yet still at a novice level. A lot more reading necessary, I feel, to get a real grasp of it. Thank you so much for your detailed description. It really helped. Donna > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:49:01 -0700 > From: msvnhrn@jps.net > To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA testing > > Donna, > > The four basic tests are 12, 25, 37 and 67 markers. In addition to that > there are a bunch of other tests you can do, but whether you should do > them depends on what happens with your initial results. > > If you want, do the 67 or the 37 marker test, then write to me and I > will give you an analysis of your results, and point you to where you > can go for more information. > > Marleen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/