Most of the people on lists like this understand that the
pursuit of DNA matches is kind of a last ditch effort where
genealogy research hits blank walls. Even with a "perfect
match", when you start talking about a 75% possibility with
a match of 37 markers something like twelve generations ago,
it doesn't provide much help. Basically speaking, the YDNA
results are only useful in a negative sense. If you think
you are related to a particular Carson, and there isn't a
match, then you can pursue other lines of inquiry.
The bottom line: even with a DNA match it does not prove
anything of real value except in a negative sense. So,
stay on the list. You might get some clues that will really
help in your research. There aren't any "quick fixes"
in genealogy research and, frequently, you end up with
"I'll never know".
--- On Tue, 9/25/12, Sheila <sheilap(a)etex.net> wrote:
From: Sheila <sheilap(a)etex.net>
Subject: [CARSON] Searching and DNA
To: carson-l(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 1:45 PM
Evidently doing regular ancestral searching is passe for
this group. It is all about DNA now. Well, there
are some of us who cannot do that or have relatives that do
not want to do it, even if I pay for it because they are not
interested.
That being the case, I guess you might as well delete me
from the group. I cannot benefit from all of this at
all.
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