Jan:
It is all about how the two Williams were related. Some had felt the two
Williams were not related at all, or for that matter, Carpenters in the
South of England were of distict families who shared a common occupational
surname. The DNA study as it expands into England will shed light on all of
this.
BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Robison" <janrobison(a)mchsi.com>
To: "Bruce E Carpenter" <carp(a)tezukayama-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] DNA question 3
Bruce,
What about us folks who descended from BOTH of them??? I have two
distinct
lines...
Jan (unfortunately, female in this case!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce E Carpenter" <carp(a)tezukayama-u.ac.jp>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] DNA question 3
> "Before we can make anything out of it, we need to go
> one step further and assume something that isn't yet proven: it seems
> likely, or at least plausible, that Group 2 is descended from William
> of Providence and Group 3 from William of Rehoboth."
>
> This I take to mean that the individuals who kindly provided their DNA
> samples claimed to be descendants of one of the two Williams, but did
not
> provide real proof of it.
> Is this correct?
>
> Bruce Carpenter
> Nara, Japan
>