I see no reason in the world why it couldn't work. It would be a job to follow the male line, but that could be done. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hedgpeth" <hdpth@earthlink.net> To: <varoots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roanoke Lost Colony of North Carolina > > Bob - > > nope, this is not a scam :) how can that thought even come up, with all > the evidence out there, along with the fact that the science of DNA > research does work :) > > "Since there has to be an unbroken male line between the people being > compared, there's not much chance of that happening." > > how do we know there isn't much chance of that happening ? do we know > 100% > positive that those people did not have descendants that survived to > present day ? > > undereducated ? that seems to be a harsh term to be sling'in around :( > > Ken - > hdpth-DNA > > co-founder of ISOGG http://www.isogg.org > the International Society of Genetic Genealogy > > co-moderator / owner of the DNA-Newbie & ISOGG yahoogroups :) > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Bob Juch <bob@juch.org> >> To: <varoots@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 7/20/2007 8:20:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Roanoke Lost Colony of North Carolina >> >> Derrell, >> >> I know you're just passing this on, so don't take this personally: >> >> How do they expect DNA testing to work? Since there has to be an >> unbroken >> male line between the people being compared, there's not much chance of > that >> happening. >> >> Quite frankly, I think this is either a scam or someone wildly >> overenthusiastic and undereducated. >> >> Bob Juch >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.9/907 - Release Date: 7/18/2007 > 3:30 PM > >