"by far the most hostile, vituperative messages I've gotten over the years have to do with debunking family myths. One hazard of being a surname project admin: you get shot as the messenger." I wish that I could get more people with my own surname to do DNA testing, because I believe that there are a number of myths that need to be debunked. Two people published a genealogy of the ancestry and descendants of my own immigrant ancestor William Simonds of Woburn, MA (1611-1672) almost 30 years ago, but I'm certain that even one of the authors of this book is not a part of this family or at least not by the line of descent that he claims in the book he helped write. Matthew Simonds > From: DianaGM@dgmweb.net > To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 01:13:18 -0400 > Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Am I in error regarding RASEY-RAZEE non-match? > > Ian, > > Well, the *really* mature thing for me to have done here would probably have been to hit my Del key and ignore the message entirely. I partly thought y'all might get a hoot out of it because it's so hard to believe this guy has the knowledge of genetics he claims. > > The results in the Rasey project debunk two long-standing myths about the families, and he's reacting more like a hobby genealogist who's been heavily invested in those myths, than he is like a geneticist. I've had my web site 16 years now, and by far the most hostile, vituperative messages I've gotten over the years have to do with debunking family myths. One hazard of being a surname project admin: you get shot as the messenger. > > Diana > > > From: Ian Gammage > > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 11:57 PM > > To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Am I in error regarding RASEY-RAZEE non-match? > > > > Hello Diana, > > > > I agree. I feel you have reacted maturely too. > > > > Best wishes, Ian > > > > From: Diana Gale Matthiesen > > Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2014 1:44 PM > > To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Am I in error regarding RASEY-RAZEE non-match? > > > > Hello Ian, > > > > I'm relieved to know his tone seemed as offensive to you as it did to me. > > It's not the kind of approach that seems intended to open a constructive > > dialogue. > > > > Diana > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message