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 > >