You can certainly do Sorensen, and I have, but they won't give you anything and they
never even have to publish your results. My surname wasn't so common, so I found it
on there, but then trying to use those results....well, you really need to know what
you're doing, and study up on all those markers. Every company tests for different
ones and some don't even seem to use the same names.
I always say FamilyTreeDNA because they have very large databases, and that's what you
need to make your test worthwhile. It's all about comparisons. If your surname has a
bunch of testees at a different company, then I would test there. Ancestry may become a
massive database seeing as they have a great following, but they're not there yet.
Just my opinions, mind you.
If you don't have a lot of cash, but want to do it, I'd do the "installment
plan" and start with the $99 12 marker and keep upgrading as you have the money.
That's what I have done. And like I posted earlier, there is a new test special for
$119 for 37 markers, normally $189.
--- On Tue, 9/16/08, Marilyn Bess <oldcountrybarn(a)verizon.net> wrote:
From: Marilyn Bess <oldcountrybarn(a)verizon.net>
Subject: [CARSON] DNA Testing
To: carson(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 9:09 AM
I know for some of us that currently DNA is beyond our
means. However has
anyone used Sorenson? I know the draw backs. I used
them. I have a male
cousin who is willing to do a DNA test but does not have
the funds. Marilyn
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