Hello all - The expense not withstanding and all the other complications of drawing samples for DNA, etc. - what seems of most interest to me is to see, if it is possible with this technology, if the Henry Whitney and John Whitney families are related, which up to now has been an unknown. Lyn Legere Maureen wrote: > Hi, > My dad was taught German and Latin by age eight or nine. His mother > wanted him to be a priest and his father wanted him to become a surgeon or a > lawyer. > He was an alter boy until age eighteen. He was drafted into World War II. > He drew short straw and was sent to the front lines of Germany. He was not > expected to return and he married my mother on a weekend pass, so someone > would be waiting for him, should he return. > He was leading his troops into a Victory battle when a bomb landed near > him and buried him alive. > A young man we do not know went back to see if my dad was still alive and > hand dug him out. > By this time my father was pumped with adrenalin and raced ahead and led > his men into the victory battle. > My dad was of thin build, but muscular. Blue eyes and reddish blond > hair.Maybe about 5' 10 or 11 inches. He could use both hands left and > right. He played golf and baseball left handed. He could write with both > hands. > A lawyer, a doctor, no not for my dad. He had to go to the front lines and > try to help stop the war against Hitler. > In later years he graduated from college and went into the counseling > profession to counsel on how to keep families together. > He always wanted me to become a lawyer. > I would have liked it, but I went to Nursing school. > My dad use to read about twenty books a week. We use to say he had shares in > the town Library. > When I think of the name Whitney I think dark hair, I do not know why. > Maureen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Babseeb@aol.com> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] DNA/or- other characteistics in past generations > > > The DNA Discussion Is interesting. > > I would like to see some comparison of the size/other features and > > occupations. My Whitneys were small or short in stature. The picture I > have > > of my ggrandfather shows a fine featured aesthetic man. He was a > professor > > and many of his 8 sons were lawyers. > > Most all of the young people today are of larger size than during the > > 1800s. Nutrition today is so much improved. Many more are attending the > > Universities than even in my generation. There are so many more fields > in > > the study of the sciences and Math. > > Barbara Black in Sacramento > > > >