Lizzy, It should be made very clear that the two tests are NOT the same. The paternity tests are designed to identify a particular individual and involves what are called the recombining parts of the DNA (what is gotten from both father and mother). DNA tests for genealogy purposes to help in surname studies test ONLY the male Y-DNA which is gotten from the father and will not identify a specific person but rather genetic cousins. It is based on the scientific knowledge that the male Y-chromosome is passed virtually unchanged from father to son to grandson to great grandson for generations. Thus all males of the same surname with a common ancestor will have essentially the same Y-DNA signature. The tests used in genealogy surname projects, while based on the same principles of DNA science, should not be confused with what is used either in medical, forensic, or paternity testing. Lizzy, if you have test kits for paternity tests, they will not work for the Turner DNA Surname project. If someone wishes to test as part of the project, the test must be done through the Turner DNA Project and Family Tree DNA Company which is our sponsoring laboratory. The person tested, as you know, must be a male Turner with an unbroken male paternal line back to some particular male Turner of interest. If you would like to know more, check our the Turner DNA Project's website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~turnerdna/ Click on the word "results" on the left to see the many lines we have documented. We now have 158 members. There is a link there that says "join" where you can access a secure site to order a kit through the group at the group rate and so that your test results would be compared with the other Turners. I do hope you can find one of your male Turners who would do the test for you. We would love to be able to see you break through your wall on Henry Turner who married the Waddell gal. Gail R. Blancett Administrator Turner DNA Project

Thanks for the information, I wasnt sure if you could use the same testing material or not, I knew it was a different test and you had to be male. I will check furthere into the site and see what I can do to find a Turner in my line to test. God Bless Lizzy Gail R. Blancett wrote: > Lizzy, > > It should be made very clear that the two tests are NOT the same. The > paternity tests are designed to identify a particular individual and > involves what are called the recombining parts of the DNA (what is > gotten from both father and mother). > > DNA tests for genealogy purposes to help in surname studies test ONLY > the male Y-DNA which is gotten from the father and will not identify a > specific person but rather genetic cousins. It is based on the > scientific knowledge that the male Y-chromosome is passed virtually > unchanged from father to son to grandson to great grandson for > generations. Thus all males of the same surname with a common > ancestor will have essentially the same Y-DNA signature. > > The tests used in genealogy surname projects, while based on the same > principles of DNA science, should not be confused with what is used > either in medical, forensic, or paternity testing. > > Lizzy, if you have test kits for paternity tests, they will not work > for the Turner DNA Surname project. > > If someone wishes to test as part of the project, the test must be > done through the Turner DNA Project and Family Tree DNA Company which > is our sponsoring laboratory. > The person tested, as you know, must be a male Turner with an unbroken > male paternal line back to some particular male Turner of interest. > If you would like to know more, check our the Turner DNA Project's > website at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~turnerdna/ > > Click on the word "results" on the left to see the many lines we have > documented. We now have 158 members. > > There is a link there that says "join" where you can access a secure > site to order a kit through the group at the group rate and so that > your test results would be compared with the other Turners. > > I do hope you can find one of your male Turners who would do the test > for you. We would love to be able to see you break through your wall > on Henry Turner who married the Waddell gal. > Gail R. Blancett > Administrator > Turner DNA Project > > > > > ==== TURNER Mailing List ==== > Turner list website - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/t/turner.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >