Hello Listers, I would like to hear from any of you with your opinions - pro and con for doing DNA testing. Since I'm a girl I can't participate directly. But before I go looking for a cousin to ask if they might be interested I have some questions. Since William Webb's family and my Webb line both came from Northumberland Co. VA. I will use this as an example for my questions. Bill, I hope you don't mind. 1) My brick wall on my Webb family is nine generations back from me. I'm not sure how many generations William's line would be, but let's say the John Webb he is documenting is also nine generations back from him. Then another 2 or 3 generations back to the immigrant ancestor.Since I am fairly certain I have his line documented to 1647 - that would be about 350 years back. If William and I were descended from the same immigrant, would that be provable (or highly probable) by the DNA tests? 2) I assume that those getting the test results also get an explanation of how to read the results. I have been to a couple of web sites reading about the testing and to some of the sites for Webb DNA projects. I can't tell who is closely related to who. Do the lines of numbers need to be an exact? 3) Is there more than one DNA project? On message boards and on lists I have read that there are probably at least two projects. If there are two or more, can results from the various projects be compared? If they can be compared, how do you contact the people who have a close match? 4) Is there anything I have missed? Thank You, Dian

Dian May I say upfront. I thing DNA will get me to my brick wall eventually. My needs are different than yours because I go back to c1833 where my Samuel Webb may have had a name change from Leeper. Even without these suspicions I would have gone the DNA route. I now am awaiting for a 67 marker results from my original submission request of a 12 marker. I know I am associated with three other Webb DNA results but that didn't give me the prize of Samuel. The DNA guru for rootsweb is: Anne @ AWNRDC@aol.com and you get excellent support. The pasted below message is my last update: If you want a reason other than this contact Anne. Bert Webb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have a new member transferred from the National Geographic Genographic Project as of yesterday. He is a 12/12 match with everyone except 22768. Sorry for the delay in getting this email to all of you -- spent most of the hot, breath-sapping day yesterday at the doctor's and having tests run. By the time I got home, I was too snackered to work. His lineage, as supplied so far, is as follows: Allen Webb (1798, NC - ) Christopher Columbus Webb (1835? NC - ) John Calvin Webb (c 1863, Hempstead Co, AR - ) Elisha C. Webb ( 1896, Hempstead Co, AR - ) C C Webb (1954 - ) Allen Webb married Rebecca Webb from TN. This lineage is now the oldest in the group, and the group name will therefore become the Allen Webb Group (formerly Joseph Webb) The complete Group lineages are below my signature ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -----Original Message----- From: Dian Mahaney [mailto:dianmah@juno.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:41 PM To: WEBB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WEBB] DNA Questions Hello Listers, I would like to hear from any of you with your opinions - pro and con for doing DNA testing. Since I'm a girl I can't participate directly. But before I go looking for a cousin to ask if they might be interested I have some questions. Since William Webb's family and my Webb line both came from Northumberland Co. VA. I will use this as an example for my questions. Bill, I hope you don't mind. 1) My brick wall on my Webb family is nine generations back from me. I'm not sure how many generations William's line would be, but let's say the John Webb he is documenting is also nine generations back from him. Then another 2 or 3 generations back to the immigrant ancestor.Since I am fairly certain I have his line documented to 1647 - that would be about 350 years back. If William and I were descended from the same immigrant, would that be provable (or highly probable) by the DNA tests? 2) I assume that those getting the test results also get an explanation of how to read the results. I have been to a couple of web sites reading about the testing and to some of the sites for Webb DNA projects. I can't tell who is closely related to who. Do the lines of numbers need to be an exact? 3) Is there more than one DNA project? On message boards and on lists I have read that there are probably at least two projects. If there are two or more, can results from the various projects be compared? If they can be compared, how do you contact the people who have a close match? 4) Is there anything I have missed? Thank You, Dian ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb