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 ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone 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 > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html