Thanks, Sandra. I would like a copy of this in WORD. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra" <clanmother@bresnan.net> To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Pink FIngers - Blood types - lost West Relatives & DNA > Wow! I loved the sites that Clara sent and all the others. Thank you > soooooooo much. With this group hot on the trail for facts and > confirmations - I don't think the wait will be long to have all of our > questions answered. I am in the process of re-reading the Seven > Daughters of Eve. And there is an entire chapter devoted to blood types. > I know it much be in libraries and by now it should be out in paper. I > cannot recommend this book highly enough. It will have you running around > wanting to scrape everyone's cheek. LOL This entire DNA checking is > such a gift to all of us. Not only are we walking upright (I do have my > doubts about a couple of cousins though) we are living in a time when we > can be connected thousands of years back giving us some idea as to how we > ended where we are. The West lines are kinda tough. But my cousin in > Moline, Ill has compiled a wonderful list of ALL our West ancestors and > not just a straight line down but each and every sibling from the early > 1600's as to who they married and who their kids married. It's a large > file: 47 or so pages. Some of the lines are of no interest to me but > all of the West information might just help you who are looking for lost > West's. Some are in Kentucky/ Tennessee/ Montana/ the > colonies/Washington, just a whole bunch of West's. If anyone wants this > file I will send it to you. I can do it in WORD or WP. let me know. > > And the ridge at the back of your head (not everyone has one - my husbands > head is totally round and smooth) is called the occipital ridge. Run your > hand down the back of your heard. I hit a cliff/ridge of sorts, very > pronounced as did my brother and sister. All of this is so fun and I > appreciate each and everyone of you. Just know that the important thing > here is to get the DNA done. I intend to do just that, have talked my > brother in to do it. Now I'm trying to get people to chip in since it > would take me a long time to safe that much money. But please, if you > have done it yet, please consider it. > > And again, thank you all for being here. > > Sandra West Prowell > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To contact WEST-L listowner send a post to > Myra Chambers at WEST-admin@rootsweb.com > >