Agreed, but I didn't use my tests for more recent ancestral/  
genealogical groupings. Though I am trying to convince a female  
cousin, who would be the direct female line from an ancestor I  
suspect was Jewish, to have hers done, I'll pay half.

Nancy

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On Jan 24, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Janet Hunter wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/24/2007 11:44:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Do a  Google- I had mine done at Oxford Ancestors, on recommendation
> of a  friend who had hers done there, too.
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> The choice of the firm that does your testing, especially male  Y- 
> DNA, is
> EXTREMELY important because Oxford and it's U.S. competitor (and   
> much more
> widely used), FTDNA, do not use the same markers.  They both do   
> more similar
> haplogroup testing, but that is for much broader concerns than   
> determining your
> individual ancestor on a micro-level.
>
> Why is this important?  Because if you have your DNA tested by  
> Oxford,  and
> your surname is the subject of a FTDNA-based surname project, you  
> will not  be
> able to compare your results and gain the benefits of determining  
> if you have
> matches or not.   The exception to this is IF you know that Oxford  
> is  doing
> most of the testing on your particular surname, such as it has done  
> for  the
> CLOUGH surname where matches with English Cloughs were a main point of
> interest.
>
> I recommend that before you choose a DNA tester after you have  
> thoroughly
> examined what kind of test groups there are for your surname...or  
> in the case of
>  Native Americans, larger cultural considerations   There are many   
> rootsweb
> lists devoted to Native Americans, see:
> _http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/_
> (http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/)
>
> I have a keen interest in at least 12 DNA surname projects at  
> FTDNA.   To see
> if there is one for your surname and/or any surnames of interest,  
> and  find
> that specific surname website go to the following FTDNA link, and  
> use  the
> upper right hand search link to find out.
> _http://www.familytreedna.com/_ (http://www.familytreedna.com/)
>
> I also want to second Brent's suggestion that you join the Va-Roots  
> list,
> where these DNA issues, and such questions as the meaning of "next  
> friend"  are
> our meat and potatoes.
>
> Again, that link is here:
> _http://www.lva.lib.va.us/siteindex/index.htm#V_
> (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/siteindex/index.htm#V)
>
> Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter
>
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