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At 07:10 PM 12/14/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Don What a fantastic project, it's a pity that it is for male only. James
>and Jane Wilson from Ballymoney are my 3rd great grandparents. The only
>nearest relative is my son would he do?
>Have a great Christmas.
>Jean Boyce
Jean,
I'm afraid not. Your son's Y chromosome would come from the Boyce line. He
might be able to participate in a Boyce project, if or when they have one.
Don
At 03:14 PM 12/12/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>...I was wondering how much does it cost and how many markers will there
>be.
I don't recall. I came in through the National Geographic project
"Genographics" and the lab company let me sign up for the genealogy group
for free. They had already run my DNA for the NG project. I believe the
Genographics project kit was US$ 99. It took about two months for all the
results to come in. I'm guessing that the basic Y-chromosome kit for
genealogy is about the same price.
>...how well will the DNA test be able
>to differentiate between the various lines?
>What do you think?
>Sandra Chestnut Cozzolino
>Oreland, PA USA
In the Bolling family DNA project, they have determined that several sets
of Bollings, Bolins and Bowlings fall into various clusters, regardless of
spelling. Some are closely related and others appear to be only very
distantly related (common ancestor several thousand years). We may end up
with several totally distinct family groups. That alright; that tells us
something. The study will not pinpoint the exact relationship. I suspect
that, as the program progresses, they will be able to provide more refined
statistical analyses that estimate how far back the various groups
diverged. I think we're all new at this and we all have a lot to learn. The
more participants we have, the better.
Don
Dear Rhonda (and Jean)
Rootsweb strips out any attachments from emails. You will have to put the
text data in the email or send it directly to Jean.
Norman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda Chesnutt" <Chesnutt_tree(a)msn.com>
To: <CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHESNUT] DNA project for Chesnut, Chestnut, Chesnutt and other
spellings
> Jean-
> I was very excited to see your e-mail. I have traced my Chestnuts to
> Ayreshire, Scotland. I have attached my information. Could you please
> see if you can find a link to it or corrections that need to be made to
> it. It would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Rhonda Chesnutt
>
> P.S. My husband descends from the Robert Roy line.
>
>
Hi Jean,
Sandy's Chestnut families are from Secon and Moycraig in North Antrim -
close to my lot - but not proven to be related. Did I send a copy of my
files to you? If so, you will find Sandy's data in folder
Chestnut/OthersAntrim/Moycraig,Lisnagat/FromSandy
Best regards
Norman
Hi Don What a fantastic project, it's a pity that it is for male only. James
and Jane Wilson from Ballymoney are my 3rd great grandparents. The only
nearest relative is my son would he do?
Have a great Christmas.
Jean Boyce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Chesnut" <d.chesnut(a)insightbb.com>
To: <CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [CHESNUT] DNA project for Chesnut, Chestnut, Chesnutt and other
spellings
> Greetings members,
> We now have a DNA project for the Chesnut (var. spellings)
family.
> At present, the project is for males because it is a Y-chromosome analysis
> only. You can find out more about it at...
> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/chesnut/
> The surnames included in our project are Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut,
> Chestnutt, Chesnot, Chesnau, Chesney, McChesney and Chastain. We should be
> able to determine whether or not these families are related. Please
> consider participating in this project. If you are a female, perhaps you
> can encourage your male relatives to participate. No blood is taken;
cheeks
> are swabbed in order to collect cells for their DNA. One can collect the
> sample with a special kit in his home and mail the sample to the lab.
First
> of all, read about it at the web site listed above. Contributions can also
> be made at the web site to help others participate in the study.
> Merry Christmas,
> Don
>
>
Don,
Thanks for getting this going. This should be a boon to all Ches(t)nut(t)
researchers.
I think the name "Chesnau" should be "Chesneau."
Also, "Chesnai" should be included; it is the name from which Chesnut is
derived, according to MacClysaght, although I don't know whether there are any
people that have this name today.
An objective should be to verify the conjecture that the name was originally
a French Huguenot name. How do we get the word to persons with all the
original French names?
Paul Chestnut
>Greetings members,
> We now have a DNA project for the Chesnut (var. spellings) family.
>At present, the project is for males because it is a Y-chromosome analysis
>only. You can find out more about it at...
>http://www.familytreedna.com/public/chesnut/
>The surnames included in our project are Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut,
>Chestnutt, Chesnot, Chesnau, Chesney, McChesney and Chastain. We should be
>able to determine whether or not these families are related. Please
>consider participating in this project. If you are a female, perhaps you
>can encourage your male relatives to participate. No blood is taken; cheeks
>are swabbed in order to collect cells for their DNA. One can collect the
>sample with a special kit in his home and mail the sample to the lab. First
>of all, read about it at the web site listed above. Contributions can also
>be made at the web site to help others participate in the study.
> Merry Christmas,
> Don
Dear Don and all,
Greetings from Ireland - the North part.
My Chestnut line has gone through two females - my mother and grandmother,
so I guess that I am disqualified from participating. Anyway, that is not
the point that I want to make.
My Chestnut great-grandfather, John (born about 1850 in Mosside, County
Antrim) married Jane Chestnut (born about 1850 a couple of miles from John's
place of birth). Their fathers were both named William Chestnut - therefore
John and Jane could have been second cousins. They were almost certainly
related because of minor physical attributes inherited by their offspring.
This was not the only Chestnut-Chestnut family in North Antrim.
Does anyone here know of the sort of distortion that consanguineous
marriages would cause to the interpretation of the DNA results.
Norman
Hi Don,
I am very interested in this new project. I still have to look at the site
but I was wondering how much does it cost and how many markers will there
be. I just received Norman's note asking about "consanguineous marriages". I
have at least three Chesnut/Chestnut families in my family tree; John
Chesnut of Secon, Samuel Chestnut of Lisnagat, Daniel Chestnut of the Cozies
at Billy (son of William of Loughlynch). If you have the program Smart Draw
3, I will send you my family trees. Since so many of the Chestnuts may have
been some kind of cousins to each other, how well will the DNA test be able
to differentiate between the various lines?
What do you think?
Sandra Chestnut Cozzolino
Oreland, PA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Chesnut" <d.chesnut(a)insightbb.com>
To: <CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: [CHESNUT] DNA project for Chesnut, Chestnut, Chesnutt and other
spellings
> Greetings members,
> We now have a DNA project for the Chesnut (var. spellings)
family.
> At present, the project is for males because it is a Y-chromosome analysis
> only. You can find out more about it at...
> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/chesnut/
> The surnames included in our project are Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut,
> Chestnutt, Chesnot, Chesnau, Chesney, McChesney and Chastain. We should be
> able to determine whether or not these families are related. Please
> consider participating in this project. If you are a female, perhaps you
> can encourage your male relatives to participate. No blood is taken;
cheeks
> are swabbed in order to collect cells for their DNA. One can collect the
> sample with a special kit in his home and mail the sample to the lab.
First
> of all, read about it at the web site listed above. Contributions can also
> be made at the web site to help others participate in the study.
> Merry Christmas,
> Don
>
Don,
Sounds like a great project. Since there are so many alternatives in the
DNA testing fee schedule, it might be best to recommend which one would at a
minimum be used to determine family relationships. I'm a neophyte in this
area and not sure if the 12 marker test would achieve the results or not.
Please advise. Merry Christmas,
Gary Chesnut
Granbury, Tx
....
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Chesnut [mailto:d.chesnut@insightbb.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 3:45 PM
To: CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHESNUT] DNA project for Chesnut, Chestnut, Chesnutt and other
spellings
Greetings members,
We now have a DNA project for the Chesnut (var. spellings) family.
At present, the project is for males because it is a Y-chromosome analysis
only. You can find out more about it at...
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/chesnut/
The surnames included in our project are Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut,
Chestnutt, Chesnot, Chesnau, Chesney, McChesney and Chastain. We should be
able to determine whether or not these families are related. Please
consider participating in this project. If you are a female, perhaps you
can encourage your male relatives to participate. No blood is taken; cheeks
are swabbed in order to collect cells for their DNA. One can collect the
sample with a special kit in his home and mail the sample to the lab. First
of all, read about it at the web site listed above. Contributions can also
be made at the web site to help others participate in the study.
Merry Christmas,
Don
Greetings members,
We now have a DNA project for the Chesnut (var. spellings) family.
At present, the project is for males because it is a Y-chromosome analysis
only. You can find out more about it at...
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/chesnut/
The surnames included in our project are Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut,
Chestnutt, Chesnot, Chesnau, Chesney, McChesney and Chastain. We should be
able to determine whether or not these families are related. Please
consider participating in this project. If you are a female, perhaps you
can encourage your male relatives to participate. No blood is taken; cheeks
are swabbed in order to collect cells for their DNA. One can collect the
sample with a special kit in his home and mail the sample to the lab. First
of all, read about it at the web site listed above. Contributions can also
be made at the web site to help others participate in the study.
Merry Christmas,
Don