How wonderful of you to have shared this with the rest of the Whitney heritage. Congratulations on determining the lineage. My husband, who recently submitted his DNA sample for analysis is descended from John 1, Richard 2, Moses 3, Jonas 4, and on to his generation which is 12. Thanks again for your thoughts. PEW -----Original Message----- From: whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:whitney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin Whitney Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 10:00 PM To: whitney@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITNEY] BenHWhitney DNA Greetings: I have unsuccessfully tried to post the story of my DNA analysis on my WRG page under User ID: BenHWhitney I asked for help, got a response, but did not understand it. This is my third attempt to communicate with you. If you want thus story, you are welcome to it. I would like for it to appear on User: BenHWhitney. If neither are feasible, just delete it. Regards, Ben ====== BenHWhitney DNA Story I came to WhitneyGen.org with the information shown under the heading, "Summary of Known Paternal Ancestors," shown below. After searching without success for the parents of 'my Samuel' for years, I finally joined the Whitney Family DNA Project four months ago. I sent a sample of my DNA to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) on 14 Feb 2007; and they assigned Kit #82140 to me. This is a report on the results: First, I have found that our personal history is recorded in our DNA. It is like a birth certificate, not as easy to read, but far more detailed -- and accurate. It is the history of our human nature, personally! -- It pertains to me and to those from whom I am descended. Thomas Jefferson must have comprehended this by revelation when he wrote in our Declaration of Independece of "the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle" us. He went on to say, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, ..." that is what our DNA is, among other things, our 'unalienable right' to life, and the record of our origin. Second, I have found I am descended from John Whitney who came to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. That was our family tradition; DNA testing confirmed it. FTDNA wrote on 5 Apr 2007 that there was another person in the study with whom "there is a 99% likelihood that you share a common ancestor in a generational time frame"; that is statistic-eze for 'John Whitney of Watertown, MA.' Tim Doyle of Whitney Research Group (WRG) followed up the next day with a report, "I can tell you at this time that you are almost certainly a descendant of the immigrant John Whitney. You match his 'standard signature profile' in 64 out of 67 markers." So, that is Generation #1: John & Elinor Whitney who came to Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1635. Third, I have found that I am descended from Thomas Whitney who came as a 7-year-old boy, along with his parents, in 1635. This section is not as 'official' as the foregoing, but just as good -- and maybe better. My statistician was Gail Anderson, WRG member and fellow-researcher into Whitneys of Ontario County, New York. She has a Master of Counseling degree during which she studied statistical analysis, understands DNA, and volunteered to analyze my results. Earlier I quoted from Thomas Jefferson; allow me to do so again, toward of the end of the Declaration, where we read: "... with firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge ...," etc. I suggest that It is our 'firm reliance on' the leading and direction of that same 'Divine Providence' which has wrought this analysis. It was the statistician who first noticed the set of four men in the study ("Four Whitney Cousins" she calls us) who were closely related, and so performed the analysis. Here are the results: 1) All four of us are descended from John_1, Thomas_2, and Eleazar_3. 2) One of us is descended from Thomas_4. 3) Two are descended from Jonas_4 and Jacob_5, and 4) I am descended from Elnathan_4 and Aaron_5. Thus I have found that, through the Whitney Surname DNA Project, and through the analysis of the results thereof, the ancestors of 'my Samuel' are: John_1, Thomas_2, Eleazar_3, Elnathan_4, and Aaron_5. That results in 'my Samuel' becoming Samuel_6 Whitney. Summary of Known Paternal Ancestors: Samuel_6 Whitney, m. Cynthia Powers Benjamin_7 Whitney, m. Maria Kemble Edwards Joseph_8 Gilbert Whitney, m. Matilda A. Morris Elmer_9 Franklin Whitney, m. Emma E. Schroeppel Loid_10 Elmer Whitney, m. Grace Mae Whitney Benjamin_11 Howard Whitney (that's me), m. Elizabeth Loraine Herrera. Thus there was formed a new union of England and Spain, not in the Old World, but in the New World, in America, at the "uttermost part of the earth" -- San Francisco, California! ===== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Patricia, Thank you for your 'thank you' note. It is good when those of you who know your origins join the Whitney DNA Project, for then we 'unconnected Whitneys' are better able to find the probable place in the Tree from which we broke off. (It is not that we 'were broken off,' we just wandered away -- like lost sheep, as it were -- and lost our knowledge of our place of connection.) I have jovially said to one genetic cousine that we should write 'story," maybe even a book, entitled "The Lost Tribes of Thomas Whitney." There are several of us who are likely descendants of Thomas_2 who are looking for our place of disconnection. Again, thank you for taking the time to write. Regard, Ben --- Patricia Whitney <pewhit@brainerd.net> wrote: > How wonderful of you to have shared this with the > rest of the Whitney heritage. Congratulations on > determining the lineage. My husband, who > recently submitted his DNA sample for analysis is > descended from John 1, Richard 2, Moses 3, Jonas 4, > and on to his generation which is 12. Thanks > again for your thoughts. > PEW >