I do not know if anyone has mentioned the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation yet.  Back in 2007 they sent representative to the National Genealogical Society Conference in Richmond, Virginia, where they told us about their program and offered to test our DNA for free.  For the men, they tested both their mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA.  My sister, my brother-in-law, his father, a group of friends, and I took advantage of the offer.  Not too long after we took the test, if stopped being free and GeneTree took over the program.

The nice thing about this program was that the participants provided a family tree with their samples of DNA.  We had the option of providing up to 7 generations of ancestors.  Copies of the participants' family trees are available at smgf.org.  The index is divided into mtDatabase and YDatabase.  You can search their index by surnames or you can search by the DNA results obtained from another vender.

I have found this site helpful and I hope you will also have good results.

Louise Jones



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