Would you like to get that someone special a very thoughful gift for
Christmas? Then now is the time to initiate the process.
If you have not recently logged onto FTDNA, I would recommend anyone and
everyone who is interested in DNA to log onto
www.ftdna.com . From the
opening screen, select your surname or that of someone special in your life.
(There are currently 2388 Surname projects administered by FTDNA.) Then take
a look at a surname of your choice, even start with yours, or that of a
spouse, or maybe a neighbor. After selecting a name, such as Carpenter for
example, then select: "members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.html" This will
take you to detailed information about the particular surname selected. If
you selected CARPENTER, here you will see "Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project".
A similar one will appear for each of the 2388 surnames.
With respect to the Carpenter surname, Table 1, provides the Carpenter
Haplotype list, which lists each person who has been tested and agreed to
have their DNA markers listed. However, only their ID is shown. The
preceeding paragraphs of: Backgrounds; Brief Explanation; Methodology; and
Results, will provide a wealth of information and could possibly answer most
of your questions.
At this point if your are interested in having your DNA tested or that of a
spouse or some other male relative, go back to the surname page and select
that surname, when the next screen comes up, simply go to the lower half of
that page and you will find a form that provides the information that Family
Tree DNA "FTDNA" will need to process your DNA sample. Where it lists
"Type
of Test" it is recommended that you select "Y-DNA25..." as this will
provide
you with the best DNA results at the present time.
I have no connection whatso ever with FTDNA except that I had my DNA tested
a few years ago by them, which allowed me to confirm some of my and other's
research results. In other words, DNA helped to provide the missing link. I
could prove my ancestry back to a certain individual and literally hit a
brick wall. Another individual could prove his ancestry beyond my proven
ancestor by four more generations. When this other individual had his DNA
tested, FTDNA sent me an e-mail saying "You have a match!". those four words
were worth ten times what it cost me to have my DNA tested. In addition, a
little while later, just for my own edification, my half brother's son had
his DNA tested. It was a perfect match. Which just proves that his father
and I shared the same (father) ancestor. DNA results did not give us the
name, it just helped to confirm what our documention showed via birth,
marriage and death records.
Lets get some activity going on these lists again.
Thanks. Bob Carpenter