One small correction. The y-chromosome is NOT passed on the to daughters. Instead a second (half) "X" chromosome is passed on from father to the daughter. It is generally not of much use in DNA testing for genealogical purposes. The X Chromosome in all but the males, as with all autosomnal chromosomes (everything but the mtDNA from the mothers and y-chromosome from the father to the son), consists of two halves Half comes from the father and half from the mother. And the markers on these chromosomes are "diluted" every generation which is why it is so difficult to follow the dna back up the tree unless there is something very unique that shows in later generations and is traceable to a specific ancestor. At 06:51 PM 8/4/2009, LadyBonita \(USA\) wrote: >For surname DNA they must be a biological WELLS male. The number of >generations is not a problem as long as he is descended from a male WELLS. >You see the Y-chromosome is passed almost unaltered from father to son. It >does pass on to the daughter, but she does not pass it on to her children .. >Her husband does. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WELLS] Burrell Wells Susannah Featherstone > >How close does the descendant have to be and can they be male or female? > >Gaye Frady > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message > > > > _____ > >avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > >Virus Database (VPS): 090804-1, 08/04/2009 >Tested on: 8/4/2009 6:51:28 PM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Orin R. Wells Wells Family Research Association P. O. Box 5427 Kent, Washington 98064-5427 <[email protected]> http://www.wells.org Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb