Report received ok. Thanks Betty Wells Murray
From: OrinWells <orinwells(a)wells.org>
Reply-To: ZachariahWells-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: ZachariahWells-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [Zachariah Wells] DNA Testing for Everybody - Discount for testing
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:47:41 -0800
OK, folks. We have an opportunity to do some DNA testing at a reduced
price.
Some of you may have seen that Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation has
been making a special offer. If you sign up and contribute a DNA sample
for their project, you get a coupon worth $95 that you can then use to get
the Relative Genetics Y-DNA test (list at $155) OR the mtDNA (for the
maternal line, but not very helpful for the y-chromosome DNA testing we
have been doing on the Wells men). The way it works is you contact them
(coming up), request their kit and send it and your genealogy in when you
get the kit. They then send you a coupon.
This is open to BOTH men and women. However our project, Wells DNA, is
still only available to the men.
NOW, you don't have to use the coupon for yourself. It can be used by
anyone you give it to if you don't have a burning need for it.
I am in discussion with Relative Genetics to let us have the expanded test
(normally $195) for the difference of $40 so the total would be $135 for
the full 37 marker test. Hopefully they will let me know next week.
If for no other reason, you should do this to help out Sorenson Molecular
Genealogy Foundation with their great project. They are only half way to
their target of 100,000 samples. This has the potential of helping
everyone.
You can use the coupon for any person in your family or pass it off to
someone else. If you don't have a need for it (no Wells to toss into the
testing, you don't want the mtDNA test or you have no other surname branch
you can use it on) I would welcome the coupons to use with some potential
testees who have been reluctant. Of course they can also go get their own
coupon.
The only limitations on this offer is 1) you have to register to
participate by February 9th (although I am getting mixed signals on that)
and 2) the coupon must be used within 90 days.
Go to the following website and follow the instructions as I show them.
http://www.smgf.org
Click on "Participate" at the bottom of the screen
Click on "Request a Free Kit" at the bottom of the next screen
Click the link to read the consent form then return to the request page.
Fill in the requested information on the request form and click on "Request
Kit"
They will send you the kit and ask for your Gedcom file or paper genealogy.
The Gedcom/genealogy should be a full 4 generations or more. They are
also interested in anyone who has ancestry documented in the 1800s even if
there is a flawed branch or two.
What about those of you who participated through the Wells project in phase
1 where we gave samples through the Molecular Genealogy project back when
it was at BYU? You can go to the Sorenson website and request a coupon
without giving again and the coupon can be used as described above. This
ONLY applies to those who gave blood for testing. Or if you contributed at
any time by sending a sample to them or attended one of their sample
collection events over the past 5 years.
http://www.smgf.org
Click on "COUPON" at the bottom of the screen.
If you do this, please send me an email to let me know so I can track the
activity. If for no other reason than to let them know how much
participation and business we generated for them.
I am currently in the process of updating ALL our DNA data. I was able to
find most of our Phase I project participants in the Sorenson database and
extract the expanded marker information. Unfortunately 35 of the samples
are not (yet) in the database and three others are missing some of the
marker data. They are not testing DYS464 so there are only 39 alleles
rather than the current maximum of 45 (DYS464 has up to 6 values now but
most people only return 4 during the testing and analysis and only two of
our participants have produced the full 6). I will post information to the
list when I am finished.
Also, Relative Genetics is now reporting "Haplogroups" for most of the test
results. Now you can, if you care to, take a look at where they think your
ancestors back 40,000 years or so came from. It is kind of interesting but
it really does not contribute much to the genealogy. I will include these
codes in the new pages and links so you can see what they mean.
Bonita is also moving forward on the genealogy for the Wells web site. If
any of you have not provided her with your genealogy to be included, please
do so.
In case any of you were wondering, the DNA project is still very much alive
and well.
As far as I know, no one so far has been able to connect Aaron Wells,
Augustine Wells or Zachariah Wells on up to Thomas Wells. The DNA says it
is so, but someone out there is going to have to do the research to find
the links. Researchers have been able to connect Robert Wells on through
to Robert Wells, the son of Thomas and Frances. Don't you with your
ancestors had made it THAT easy?
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
<OrinWells(a)wells.org>
http://www.wells.org
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