I just sent in my dna sample and check, see below.
Wetherington - Carothers, Carrothers, Carruthers: Elliott & Border Rei
Barry
Barry Wetherington
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From: "Barry Wetherington" <cbarrfly(a)comcast.net>
To: "WayneWeth" <wwethering(a)aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 2:00 AM
Subject: Probable w/o Wm Witherington #1; dna testing Wton Line
Hey Wayne, and all W'tons;
Interesting your msg just came through. I just sent my own dna in
yesterday. I'll know something in 3-6 weeks. I did opt for the more
extensive testing. Altho the value of that is presently not established,
but has to do w/the locations of 'pools' of similar dna, which can assist
in locating geographically the 'source' of a common related band of
peoples. Recall that news story of a couple yrs ago where a female in
nothern UK was determined to have been related to dna of 5,000 yr old
mummies. I, and others, expect the value of dna testing will increase
significantly in the future, and we need to leave them tools w/which to
work.
I believe we have had 3-4 Wtons dna tested, including some of the AL
Wtons (I thought this was reported in uor List Archives, see tagline
below, at the bottom), so if I match up with them, or don't, we'll know
soon enough.
You need to know that dna testing does NOT ID your ancestors. What it
Does do is compare you to others who have taken the test (get a kit,
scrape inside of mouth/cheek, and mail it in). It can then ID others who
have common ancestors. IF (BIGGGG IF) we had a dna sample to test of
Peter, or better, of Wm Wton md Eliz Lewis, then we could determine, to
90+% , perhaps 99%, whether Peter & I, or better, whether Wm and I, were
related by a common ancestor (ONLY works for direct blood male
descendants, usually those males who carry the Wton surname, but would
equally work for any direct male descendant of the Wton Line, regardless
of what their surname ended up). This relationship can be established back
for many MANY generations, altho the further back, the more likely a
mutation, and therefore the loss of some or all of the accuracy of the
data. Go to the
FamilyTreedna.com site (
http://www.FamilyTreedna.com) for
excellent discussions/ analysis.
While the simplest of tests cost $100-150, the more done, the better
the value of the info (mine was $421). I believe they can do a simple test
now, then do a more complete one later, possibly from the existing sample,
unk how long can wait.
In any event, I'll await my findings, compare them to other W'ton
findings, then determine future activities.
I'll suggest we all produce multiple samples of our bodily fluids / dna
and store them for possible future testing. Of course, the various bodily
samples might not all be usable later, depending on storage, but little
lost if done now. Multiple samples in multiple formats are best.
Obviously, one important cusp is connecting to the ancestral
emmigrant - for one of the more/ most important such, perhaps Robt
Widdrington, Calvert will of 1722. On the other hand, someone else might
say, 'why the hell do I care who was my ancestral immigrant'. While I see
value, including disease resistence, and other medical relevance, I can
understand that attitude. But many people doing genealogy suggest some
sort of yearning, maybe not to be fully understood for hundreds of
generations or centuries.
I do Encourage each Wton, and the male namesakes of each of our posited
related surnames, to contact
http://www.FamilyTreedna.com, and arrange for
a $150 battery of tests, I believe 37 markers, the most bang for the
buck - check at the site.
Our Wton archives carry more, much more info re: dna testing, as do
many other Lists - in fact, there is at least one very acrive List,
probably others, who discuss only dna testing for genealogy. Again, the
FamilyTreedna site has much.
Barry
Barry Wetherington
PS: Still on for Peter Cem next yr in GA?
----- Original Message -----
From: <WWethering(a)aol.com>
To: <WETHERINGTON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Wetherington] Fw: Probable w/o Wm Witherington #1 is Sarah
Hooker d/o W...
Dear Barry,
If you are so sure of the reliability of the DNA lineage testing, why
don't you offer to pay for testing for one of the descendants of William
Wetherington, Sr. of Alabama from Conecah County? Since it has long been
assumed by many that our Peter Wetherington was a child of William and
Elizabeth Witherington of Lenoir County, N.C. and that he was the brother
of William Witherington,and his sister Laney Wetherington, all children
of William and Elizabeth who were listed in the Witherington family Bible
listed in the N.C. archives, why not do it and put all of this
speculation to rest?
If they can prove that Thomas Jefferson's descendant had the DNA of
his house slave, then they can also prove that the Alabama William
Witherington bunch and the Lowndnes County Peter Wetherington bunch are
direct descendants of the same person, from some six generations ago. The
Thomas Jefferson descendants only go back some six generations also. Just
have some of the people who will be attending the Witherington cemetary
dedication submit to the DNA testing and prove that Peter Wetherington's
descendants are either related directly to those of William Witherington,
or not. That's all. Wayne
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