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/16489.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Eddy, If you would like to participate in the Wright-DNA Genealogy Project, all you need to do is go to www.familytreedna.com and order a 12 marker Y-DNA test. You will need to give them your name & address so they can send the test kit to you, and it is most convenient if you also go ahead and pay for the test using your credit card or debit card through their secure payment server. I believe the minimum test, a 12 "STR marker" test, is $99 and this test provides enough data to identify your haploid group, which is the main category of classification. If, later on, you decide you need data for more "markers" in order to figure out your relationship to other participants in the group you match, then you just go back to the FTDNA web site and order an "upgrade" test to 37, 67 or 111 markers. FTDNA will have the upgrade test performed on your original sample that was placed in deep frozen storage after the original testing so you do not need to provide another sample. After you have ordered your test kit, go to FTDNA's "PROJECTS" page and select WRIGHT as one of the projects you want to join. That will link you and your results to the separate project page at www.wright-dna.org so that when your test results are available, they are automatically posted and compared to the other 400 Y-DNA Wright men's profiles. While you are waiting for your test kit to arrive you may want to explore the FamilyTreeDNA web site's FAQ that, among many other things, explain about how to use the test kit when it arrives. There are also many tutorial pages concerning what genetic genealogy is so that you can learn all you can about what a Y-DNA profile can tell you about your ancestry and why genetic genealogy has become such a powerful tool for those researchers who are struggling to find documentation for past generations of their families. You will also want to visit the Wright-DNA web site and look at the results pages to get an idea of how your Y-DNA profile will be posted by looking at all the other posted data there. They also have some informational pages concerning the overall Wright DNA project that will be good to know once your results become part of the database there. When you test kit arrives, you simply take out the brushes, scrap the inside of your cheek a few times, and place the brushes securely inside the vials that come with the kit. When you are done with taking your own samples, put the sealed vials back in the pre-addressed shipping pouch that is provided and mail them back to FTDNA. FTDNA then sends the samples off to Arizona State University for DNA testing with only the kit number as an identifier. No one at ASU knows whose kit belongs to whom, so you become just a number at this point. When ASU is done with the testing they send the results back to FTNDA and FTDNA then provides the kit number and DNA values to the Wright-DNA Project administrators who categorize the results, again identified only by a kit number, and post them on their web site. You can then go to the web site, look up your kit number and see who else you might be grouped with based on your DNA marker values. At this point, you can remain anonymous, jus! t a kit number and a Y-DNA profile, or you can reach out to some of the others on the list through their e-mail links and become part of their research community. It's your choice. If you are fortunate enough to match the profile of other men in the project, you will be provided with the e-mail address of those men and thereby may be introduced to people who are researching the same family group and may be able to help you and vis-a-versa. Good luck with your research. Sounds like you are already dealing with confusing documentation and I hope a DNA connection will help you sort that out. Mike Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am not a male however i have had the complete dna dd by family tree (MDNA L@a1 my grandfather name is Joseph Wright from Louisiana m M DNA fall under the jackson/wright/  --- On Tue, 10/16/12, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Does anyone connect to the following "Wright" names in my post???? To: WRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 10:04 AM 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/16489.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Eddy, If you would like to participate in the Wright-DNA Genealogy Project, all you need to do is go to www.familytreedna.com and order a 12 marker Y-DNA test.  You will need to give them your name & address so they can send the test kit to you, and it is most convenient if you also go ahead and pay for the test using your credit card or debit card through their secure payment server.  I believe the minimum test, a 12 "STR marker" test, is $99 and this test provides enough data to identify your haploid group, which is the main category of classification.  If, later on, you decide you need data for more "markers" in order to figure out your relationship to other participants in the group you match, then you just go back to the FTDNA web site and order an "upgrade" test to 37, 67 or 111 markers.  FTDNA will have the upgrade test performed on your original sample that was placed in deep frozen storage after the original testing so you do not need to provide another sample. After you have ordered your test kit, go to FTDNA's "PROJECTS" page and select WRIGHT as one of the projects you want to join.  That will link you and your results to the separate project page at www.wright-dna.org so that when your test results are available, they are automatically posted and compared to the other 400  Y-DNA Wright men's profiles. While you are waiting for your test kit to arrive you may want to explore the FamilyTreeDNA web site's FAQ that, among many other things, explain about how to use the test kit when it arrives.  There are also many tutorial pages concerning what genetic genealogy is so that you can learn all you can about what a Y-DNA profile can tell you about your ancestry and why genetic genealogy has become such a powerful tool for those researchers who are struggling to find documentation for past generations of their families. You will also want to visit the Wright-DNA web site and look at the results pages to get an idea of how your Y-DNA profile will be posted by looking at all the other posted data there.  They also have some informational pages concerning the overall Wright DNA project that will be good to know once your results become part of the database there. When you test kit arrives, you simply take out the brushes, scrap the inside of your cheek a few times, and place the brushes securely inside the vials that come with the kit.  When you are done with taking your own samples, put the sealed vials back in the pre-addressed shipping pouch that is provided and mail them back to FTDNA.  FTDNA then sends the samples off to Arizona State University for DNA testing with only the kit number as an identifier.  No one at ASU knows whose kit belongs to whom, so you become just a number at this point.  When ASU is done with the testing they send the results back to FTNDA and FTDNA then provides the kit number and DNA values to the Wright-DNA Project administrators who categorize the results, again identified only by a kit number, and post them on their web site.  You can then go to the web site, look up your kit number and see who else you might be grouped with based on your DNA marker values. At this point, you can remain anonymous, jus! t a kit number and a Y-DNA profile, or you can reach out to some of the others on the list through their e-mail links and become part of their research community. It's your choice.  If you are fortunate enough to match the profile of other men in the project, you will be provided with the e-mail address of those men and thereby may be introduced to people who are researching the same family group and may be able to help you and vis-a-versa. Good luck with your research. Sounds like you are already dealing with confusing documentation and I hope a DNA connection will help you sort that out.  Mike Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message