Dear Cousin Dan,
Thank you for replying to my query. I am saving the information you
provided. The names Wiley and Sampson I had heard my grandmother and her siblings
mention. I intend to do research on this family and, when I find out anything
else about them, I will contact you.
I would like to know what part of Scotland, Ireland, or England my relatives
came from. I know that my dad's side, the Wordens, originated in Lancashire,
England. The word Wor comes from wier which was a dam and den which was a
valley. I just don't knew if they had any Viking ancestry. That is another
thing, beyond identifying different family lines; I have heard that you can have
DNA tests that can show if you are part American Indian. Years ago when I was
a student at UT at Austin in Texas, I was sick and a university doctor did my
DNA profile for something like $10 (with the technology that was available at
the time). It came back that I was some rare kind of "type" with some markers
or indicators seen in Sweden and almost nowhere else (like in a subgroup of
Swedish people in one area), although, to my knowledge, my ancestors came from
Ireland, Scotland, and England, with a little Dutch and French and possibly
American Indian added in. I wish I still had that form he gave me with the
information on it. It is amazing what they will do at a university health center
for almost no money; I got a complete DNA profile done. I don't know what he
was really looking for, an answer to why I got sick so often, I think.
Thanks again Cousin Dan. What do you all think about getting some kind of
DNA test done that would show nationality of ancestors? Is that really
possible?
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Liz Worden
elizworden(a)aol.com