Rich, I would like to encourage you and everyone else on the list to consider using Y-DNA sequencing in the appropriate circumstances. My experience has been that it is enormously helpful in sorting out relationships and, because of the burned records status of many counties, may be the only means in some cases of identifying family connections. The Wright DNA Project at http://www.wright-dna.org/ has listings of participants and often the line of descent from the oldest known ancestor to the current participant. Jeff Wright has done an outstanding job of constructing such ancestral charts when the information is available. Examples of the powerful impact that this tool can have include the following: 1. Connecting the families of 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, VA, and John Wright (Goochland County, VA, Carpenter), 2. Identifying 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, VA, as the son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, VA, and 3. Identifying 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, VA, as not the son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, VA. There are other examples of finding changed surnames and illegitimate births as well. So this is a powerful tool and well worth the cost in the right circumstances. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant On 8/11/2010 9:28 AM, Rich Wright wrote: > I've been reading these posts with great interest. I've not researched DNA > and from the tone of this post it doesn't seem to be such a great thing to > do since there are so many lines for a possible hit. Am I missing something? > 37 markers are referred too often, how high can you go? > I've tracked my grandfathers line, Henry A. Wright b.1875 SC, d.1910 SC, > back to Robert Wright b. 1780 NC., then hit the wall! > DNA is very interesting but I'm not so sure it's advanced enough yet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Wright DNA testing > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MichaelWright12 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16548.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I agree with HarryS170. The 37 marker Y-DNA test is an excellent place to > start. However, I am going to hazard a guess and say that he will come back > as haploid R1b1 and you will find that he is in a pool of dozens of separate > Wright lines, probably all by himself. That is to say, Hazen Wayne Wrigth's > son will have his own line and not match any other Wright in the database at > 37 markers. If that is the case, there is absolutely no reason to spend the > extra money to go beyond 37 markers. If the test results prove I am wrong > about the haploid or the match with others in the database, I would like to > hear from you again about the results. > > Good luck with the testing. I know it isn't always easy getting distant > family members to participate and you have probably worked very hard to get > to this point. There were lots of related Irish who came to this country in > separate circumstances, so I hope you do find a match in the database, but > if you don't, I would like to discuss with you what the results might be > able to tell you about his deeper Irish roots. > > Best Regards > Mike Wright > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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