Mark... You will find that you will match with a large number of people when comparing the first 12 markers. If, in those first 12, your match has the same surname as your own, it MAY be significant. The next 13 markers become very significant, if you have an exact match for all 25 markers, regardless of surname. Of course, a perfect match is more significant with the same surname. Incidents of adoption, taking on the family name where someone moves in with a family, child born out of wedlock to someone with your surname, etc. can cause these other surnames to match. When you have 37 markers tested, it will refine the distance in time where you MIGHT connect. Most people's matches tend to distance themselves at this level of testing. I, for example, match 25/25 with a Grant in California, but we are 34/37. It would suggest that we are probably on the back end of the span of time that we may connect. In other words, the probability of a match may be more like 400 years than 200 years. Incidentally, we have not yet found the common link. I can trace back 5 generations and he can trace back 7 generations, but we have not identified any common families. Hope that helped. Allen Grant <'\\\>< http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/genealogy/granthis.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <mmurphy@our-town.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:42 AM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Delk Cemetary > Of surprise to me is that my DNA showed a 12 point match to some Delk/Dilk > members. I wonder what that means. I don't have any of this surname in > my > genealogy that I know of. > > Were/are there lots of Delk/Dilks in Maury Co.? I don't recall finding > this > name when researching Maury. > > Makes me go hmmm. > > -Mark > > > Quoting David Whitehead <dlwhitehead@charter.net>: > >> Is there a list of people buried here available online? Is the cemetary >> kept up so that you can find a grave? I have Riley family buried there. >> >> David Whitehead >> Researching: Whitted, Whitehead, Weaver, Lashley, Riley and Warren >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Thanks for the info Allen. I've recently upgraded to 25 markers and am awaiting results. I don't think I'll shell out any more money at this time for 37. Still, $200 worth of DNA is probably more valuable than the same amount in copy charges or travel doing other genealogy research. -Mark Quoting Allen Grant <sagrant@houston.rr.com>: > Mark... > > You will find that you will match with a large number of people when > comparing the first 12 markers. If, in those first 12, your match has the > same surname as your own, it MAY be significant. The next 13 markers become > very significant, if you have an exact match for all 25 markers, regardless > of surname. Of course, a perfect match is more significant with the same > surname. Incidents of adoption, taking on the family name where someone > moves in with a family, child born out of wedlock to someone with your > surname, etc. can cause these other surnames to match. When you have 37 > markers tested, it will refine the distance in time where you MIGHT connect. > Most people's matches tend to distance themselves at this level of testing. > > I, for example, match 25/25 with a Grant in California, but we are 34/37. > It would suggest that we are probably on the back end of the span of time > that we may connect. In other words, the probability of a match may be more > like 400 years than 200 years. Incidentally, we have not yet found the > common link. I can trace back 5 generations and he can trace back 7 > generations, but we have not identified any common families. > > Hope that helped. > > Allen Grant > <'\\\>< > http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/genealogy/granthis.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mmurphy@our-town.com> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:42 AM > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Delk Cemetary > > >> Of surprise to me is that my DNA showed a 12 point match to some Delk/Dilk >> members. I wonder what that means. I don't have any of this surname in my >> genealogy that I know of. >> >> Were/are there lots of Delk/Dilks in Maury Co.? I don't recall finding this >> name when researching Maury. >> >> Makes me go hmmm. >> >> -Mark >> >> >> Quoting David Whitehead <dlwhitehead@charter.net>: >> >>> Is there a list of people buried here available online? Is the >>> cemetary kept up so that you can find a grave? I have Riley family >>> buried there. >>> >>> David Whitehead >>> Researching: Whitted, Whitehead, Weaver, Lashley, Riley and Warren >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >> >> >> ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >> SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of >> Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate >> ancestors. >> To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.