I say Family Tree DNA hands down! They have been around the longest and they are focused on the genealogical aspect! At 10:56 PM 10/3/2009, you wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. DNA question (Donna Hanlon) > 2. Re: DNA question (Bob McAlister) > 3. Re: DNA question (randy stewart) > 4. Re: DNA question (Sam Jobe) > 5. Re: DNA question (Marleen Van Horne) > 6. Re: DNA question (Donnie F. Porter) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:00:31 -0500 >From: Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> >Subject: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: Lincoln ct TN List <tnlincol-l@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <BLU109-W11A18A83144CC00F96417C7D10@phx.gbl> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >I would like to check my Swaner DNA. I have located a direct line of >males(father to son) from my generation directly back to our first >known Swaner born 1790's. > > > >I have also found a Swanner line supposedly linked with ours that is >also a direct male line back to its first known ancestor born 1850 LCT. > > > >Also have found the direct Y line for my Beavers family dating back >to 1840 AL. > > > >All these would be a straight back male link or Y chromosome strain >(no females break the line). > > > >My question is, since there are so many companies offering this >research, who is the best and most affordably priced? AND who is >most reliable and easy to read? I am also interested in checking for >the Native American strain in both Beavers and Swaner lines. > > > >Your opinion matters very much to me. Thank you. Donna Hanlon > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:57:18 -0400 >From: Bob McAlister <bob_mcalister@compuserve.com> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <8CC129C5F94CF4C-1194-23@angweb-usm013.sysops.aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >I have joined the McAlister Project on Family Tree DNA website. I >checked their website and there is a Swaner >project.(https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Swaner?) > You may have to log onto: http://www.familytreedna.com and >navigate to the correct page. If you work through the >"administrator" from the project, you can get a break on the price. > > > >Bob Mc > > > >In God We Trust > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> >To: Lincoln ct TN List <tnlincol-l@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sat, Oct 3, 2009 7:00 pm >Subject: [TNLINCOL] DNA question > > > > >I would like to check my Swaner DNA. I have located a direct line of >males(father to son) from my generation directly back to our first >known Swaner >born 1790's. > > > >I have also found a Swanner line supposedly linked with ours that is also a >direct male line back to its first known ancestor born 1850 LCT. > > > >Also have found the direct Y line for my Beavers family dating back >to 1840 AL. > > > >All these would be a straight back male link or Y chromosome strain >(no females >break the line). > > > >My question is, since there are so many companies offering this >research, who is >the best and most affordably priced? AND who is most reliable and >easy to read? >I am also interested in checking for the Native American strain in >both Beavers >and Swaner lines. > > > >Your opinion matters very much to me. Thank you. Donna Hanlon > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/ > 177141665/direct/01/ > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:38:17 -0700 (PDT) >From: randy stewart <hiplainsdrifter4229@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <381008.63604.qm@web52702.mail.re2.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > >--- On Sat, 10/3/09, Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >From: Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> >Subject: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: "Lincoln ct TN List" <tnlincol-l@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 6:00 PM > > > >I would like to check my Swaner DNA. I have located a direct line of >males(father to son) from my generation directly back to our first >known Swaner born 1790's. > > > >I have also found a Swanner line supposedly linked with ours that is >also a direct male line back to its first known ancestor born 1850 LCT. > > > >Also have found the direct Y line for my Beavers family dating back >to 1840 AL. > > > >All these would be a straight back male link or Y chromosome strain >(no females break the line). > > > >My question is, since there are so many companies offering this >research, who is the best and most affordably priced? AND who is >most reliable and easy to read? I am also interested in checking for >the Native American strain in both Beavers and Swaner lines. > > > >Your opinion matters very much to me. Thank you. Donna Hanlon >??? ???????? ?????? ??? ? >???? I agree with the other reader about FamilyTreeDNA. They are >probably the oldest and most used program of this type. You might do >well to check out their website. I am going to use them in the next >few months myself to do a YDNA37 mtDNAplus?level check with male and >female lines. I think it is $299 to do it.? A12 chromosomal test >isn't enough really to help you, and statistically I there?very >little?more that you can find with a 67 chromosome test that you can >with a 37. The 67 costs $399.There are 5,600 family?surname >projects?listed with FamilyTreeDNA. >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:52:19 -0500 >From: "Sam Jobe" <SamsRoots@bellsouth.net> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: <tnlincol@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <004a01ca448c$ed5807c0$c8081740$@Net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >You might want to compare the Ancestry.com/DNA program. It is cheaper and >has joined the group >To standardize the results. >Good Luck, >Sam > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tnlincol-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnlincol-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of randy stewart >Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:38 PM >To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question > > > >--- On Sat, 10/3/09, Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >From: Donna Hanlon <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> >Subject: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: "Lincoln ct TN List" <tnlincol-l@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 6:00 PM > > > >I would like to check my Swaner DNA. I have located a direct line of >males(father to son) from my generation directly back to our first known >Swaner born 1790's. > > > >I have also found a Swanner line supposedly linked with ours that is also a >direct male line back to its first known ancestor born 1850 LCT. > > > >Also have found the direct Y line for my Beavers family dating back to 1840 >AL. > > > >All these would be a straight back male link or Y chromosome strain (no >females break the line). > > > >My question is, since there are so many companies offering this research, >who is the best and most affordably priced? AND who is most reliable and >easy to read? I am also interested in checking for the Native American >strain in both Beavers and Swaner lines. > > > >Your opinion matters very much to me. Thank you. Donna Hanlon >??? ???????? ?????? ??? ? >???? I agree with the other reader about FamilyTreeDNA. They are probably >the oldest and most used program of this type. You might do well to check >out their website. I am going to use them in the next few months myself to >do a YDNA37 mtDNAplus?level check with male and female lines. I think it is >$299 to do it.? A12 chromosomal test isn't enough really to help you, and >statistically I there?very little?more that you can find with a 67 >chromosome test that you can with a 37. The 67 costs $399.There are 5,600 >family?surname projects?listed with FamilyTreeDNA. >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:50:46 -0700 >From: Marleen Van Horne <msvnhrn@jps.net> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <4AC7FF76.4030704@jps.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Don't get too excited about Ancestry.com joining the standardization >group, Family Tree DNA has been working with the NIST for some time, it >is not just a matter of standardizing the marker names and values, there >are all the SNPs that need to be standardized to. > >Ancestry is definately cheaper, but there is alot more to genetic >testing for genealogical purposes, than the price, and Ancestry looses >in all other categories in my opinion. > >Marleen Van Horne > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:56:20 -0500 >From: "Donnie F. Porter" <scotsman@cafes.net> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] DNA question >To: <tnlincol@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <C77BF7C792674EDA88B01E60312CA17E@PorterPC> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Donna, > > > >My money (literally) is on FamilyTreeDNA..... > > > >In three years of yDNA comparison, even with Oxford University - the home of >Bryan Sykes, the "father" of this stuff - FamilyTreeDNA wins hands down in >my book. It's a bit more expensive but, in the quality and the utility of >the product, they stand head and shoulders above other genetic test >facilities. In my comparisons and explorations with people who have used >other facilities, (just ME now) their process and product seems >"rinky-dink." I'm not saying it isn't legitimate, I'm just saying there are >sometimes "issues" because each company is trying to establish something >that is unique about their testing which might, at some point, give them an >advantage in garnering more of the market share. Good for them - maybe not >so good for the consumer. > > > >PLUS - if you go on FTDNA's website and join a surname project BEFORE you >buy the test, you get an appreciable discount on the prices by purchasing >your test from the project website. AND - don't forget - around the >holidays, etc, they do run special sale prices on testing. > > > >I started out with a 37 marker yDNA test with FamilyTree, that was about >three years ago this last month. The thing about a 37 marker test is that if >there is a match and the person matching you has done a 67 marker test, you >IMMEDIATELY start to wonder just how close the match would be if YOU had the >67 marker test too! > > > >That's what happened to me exactly. I had a genetic distance of 2 with my >match and I couldn't rest until I got the upgrade to 67 markers. What I >learned from that upgrade was that, out of the additional 30 markers, we >only had 1 more marker that had mutated - at 67 markers we had a genetic >distance of 3......that's important when you start trying to connect common >ancestors generationally. > > > >Please listen to everyone who gives you input on who does the best job. I'm >sure you can see that I am well won over by FTDNA, but don't let that be >your sole guiding light - some folks like Fords, some Chevrolets, but some >folks like Buicks and Cadillacs. So listen to it all, weigh what you hear, >and make your best selection. It's a lot of money for most of us and you >don't want to regret your choice after that kind of outlay. > > > >Good luck! > >Donnie > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Donna Hanlon" <dehanlon47@hotmail.com> >To: "Lincoln ct TN List" <tnlincol-l@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:00 PM >Subject: [TNLINCOL] DNA question > > > > > > I would like to check my Swaner DNA. I have located a direct line of > > males(father to son) from my generation directly back to our first known > > Swaner born 1790's. > > > > > > > > I have also found a Swanner line supposedly linked with ours that is also > > a direct male line back to its first known ancestor born 1850 LCT. > > > > > > > > Also have found the direct Y line for my Beavers family dating back to > > 1840 AL. > > > > > > > > All these would be a straight back male link or Y chromosome strain (no > > females break the line). > > > > > > > > My question is, since there are so many companies offering this research, > > who is the best and most affordably priced? AND who is most reliable and > > easy to read? I am also interested in checking for the Native American > > strain in both Beavers and Swaner lines. > > > > > > > > Your opinion matters very much to me. Thank you. Donna Hanlon > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the TNLINCOL list administrator, send an email to >TNLINCOL-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the TNLINCOL mailing list, send an email to >TNLINCOL@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >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 >email with no additional text. > > >End of TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 142 >**************************************** -Sherry Jesus is my rock! 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