This should say we CANNOT guarantee a link to a specific ancestor or cousin, but CAN guarantee some matches to most Ancestral lines. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> wrote: > > Janean, > > That's where the Family Finder test comes in. I'ts' different than the Y or > mt DNA tests > > You can take the Family Finder test. It relies on the DNA you got from your > 2 parents, which they got from their parents with they got from you 8 great > grandparents, etc, etc. The Family Finder samples over 95 percent of your > DNA (just not the Y, X, or mt). It's very good back 5 or 6 generations, and > it also works, sometimes, back to 10-11 generations. I've found four 10th > cousins with this test. the genders flip flop from female to male and back > again many times from me back to those Common Ancestor. > > We can guarantee a link back to a particular ancestor or a particular > cousin, but we can guarantee that you will get matches from your Colonial > America ancestors. > > > Jim Bartlett > > On 10/23/12, Janean Ray<jray38@neo.rr.com> wrote: > > Ok well then a lot of my lines I will have to defer to those who CAN take > the test and who are closer related to me down the line because most of my > lines for example of the Chinn line go from me....... Female, male, female, > female, male, male, female, female, male, male, male, male and on back. > All my lines in the Northern Neck come through my father - through his > mother, and her mother. > So I'll have to wait to find someone that might be related to my proven line > to know where I fit in to things. > Janean Ray > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message