Dr. Scott Woodward of BYU is doing a project for BYU. I can't remember how many samples they needed but lots. He came to the FGS Conference last Sept. and actually paid us $10@ for our blood. I don't know if there is any way to make contact with the study or not. The Logistics for the conference which was in Salt Lake City, about 40 miles from Provo where BYU is, were simpler. The following is a quote from the August 2000 Eastman online Genealogy Newsletter: "...He is involved with a major study of genealogy and DNA. Dr. Woodward is collecting blood samples and 4-generation pedigree charts of thousands of people to see what the DNA markers are for families and groups. According to an insert sent with registrations for next month's Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Salt Lake City, Dr. Woodward will be at the conference collecting blood samples and four-generation pedigree charts. If you are going to the conference, bring your pedigree charts! Information on the conference is available at http://www.fgs.org/fgs-2000.htm. Information about Dr. Woodward's work is available at: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,195006815,00.html " Alice Harris akh@molalla.net surnames: Hall,Kibler,McClelland,Wagner,Poston,Cartwright, Whitney,McCurdy,

Dear WRG: Here's a good way to get a study like this done. Have people identify their *relative* positions in the tree, but without disclosing names. In other words, mark the blood samples with no more than the relationship to Adam & Eve Whitney, whoever the most ancient known couple may be. Then, identify the blood sample in terms of being a person of (X gender, Y cousin, Z removed). To be sure, this is not a perfect solution but it opens the door to many people who would not otherwise participate because of privacy concerns. The blood samples could be drawn at a local health care facility, sent to a central processing center, with specific instructions that no data other than the X,Y,Z characteristics be disclosed. If the researchers refused to go along with such guidelines, I would question their "good faith" in the matter. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice & Ken Harris" <akh@molalla.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 7:05 PM Subject: [WHITNEY-L] DNA Study by Dr. Woodward > Dr. Scott Woodward of BYU is doing a project for BYU. I can't remember > how many samples they needed but lots. He came to the FGS Conference last > Sept. and actually paid us $10@ for our blood. I don't know if there is > any way to make contact with the study or not. The Logistics for the > conference which was in Salt Lake City, about 40 miles from Provo where BYU > is, were simpler. > > The following is a quote from the August 2000 Eastman online Genealogy > Newsletter: > > "...He is involved with a major study of genealogy and DNA. Dr. Woodward is > collecting blood samples and 4-generation pedigree charts of thousands of > people to see what the DNA markers are for families and groups. > > According to an insert sent with registrations for next month's > Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Salt Lake City, Dr. > Woodward will be at the conference collecting blood samples and > four-generation pedigree charts. If you are going to the conference, > bring your pedigree charts! > > Information on the conference is available at > http://www.fgs.org/fgs-2000.htm. Information about Dr. Woodward's > work is available at: > http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,195006815,00.html " > > Alice Harris > akh@molalla.net > surnames: Hall,Kibler,McClelland,Wagner,Poston,Cartwright, > Whitney,McCurdy, > >