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From: "Eric Olson" <>
Subject: Extended Benefits of Y-DNA Testing
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:34:03 -0700

Here is an (edited) message from one of the genealogy sites. The poster
demonstrates how Y-DNA surname projects can assist even those who do not
have a living male sample donor. Some lines do "daughter out" after all.

Eric Olson



>> Thanks to all who sent me
>> DNA information. Sadly. I am unable to connect to the male names in my
>> family
>> tree which would tell me about the diversity of 7 or 8 northern European
>> ancestries. I guess I must continue to search the old-fashioned way..
>
> Don't give up. Check the organizations doing the Y-DNA testing and
> see if a group is doing the testing for your surnames of interest. For
> example
> see Family Tree DNA's web page at www.familytreedna.com where they show
> they
> are working on 2,100 Surname Projects. Follow the links to the surnames of
> interest and then to the Volunteer Project Manager.
>
> I've found surnames that I've been researching where I don't have a living
> male descendant. I've gone to the Surname Project web page and found the
> results
> and there found an ancestor in my line. Then I've gotten the name of
> theVolunteer Project Manager and asked for him to put me in contact with
> the
> researcher who submitted the Y-DNA sample. In that way I've been able to
> connect with
> others interested in the same surname and line.

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