Thanks Cheri for this thought provoking post. It made me think about the green release form that's provided with the kits. Would you explain the advantages and disadvantages of signing-- or not signing-- it?
thanks so much! :) Linda On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 2:47:55 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes) > > Janine Cloud, who works at Family Tree DNA, said, > "DNA testing has opened a lot of doors. Some of those doors are closets." > > We like to use DNA testing to confirm our paper trail and find new > cousins. We like to help others too. It's a great tool. However, sometimes > it uncovers things we don't know about - those skeletons in the closet. If > you have a skeleton in the closet you don't know about, don't DNA test. If > you were ever stationed overseas and had a girlfriend there and lost > contact and don't know what condition you left her in, and you don't want > to know, don't DNA test. > > Most of us don't know about the skeletons or we weren't with a woman > overseas. We just go about our genealogy and do DNA testing. > > Bill Griffeth, of "The Closing Bell" (a New York Stock Exchange show on > American television) was one of our speakers. He got into genealogy in 2003 > along with his cousin. They took trips across the United States together > researching their common Griffeth line. About 3 years ago, his cousin took > a DNA test. He asked Bill to do the same. When Bill finally got around to > it, he didn't match his cousin. He wasn't even in the same haplogroup. > > (NOTE: The only science in this book has to do with YDNA testing. There's > not much science in it at all. You only need to understand that the men in > the story took a YDNA test (traces their father's father's father's line > only - the Griffeth line). And that haplogroups place you on the tree of > mankind). > > Bill had the DNA company (FTDNA) retest. Then he bought another test > through National Genographic (he didn't realize FTDNA processes those tests > too). All the same result. Then he had his only brother, who is 16 years > older, do a DNA test. The brother matched the cousin. > > Bill was able to sit down with his 90-something year old mother and talk > to her. It was difficult for her to tell him everything. So some of it he > had to leave alone. He did research on who his biological father was, who > he calls "Gene Wyman" in the story (Gene because of he's genetically > related, Wyman because it's the Y-chromosome passed through men). His > father is deceased and Bill has some half siblings out there. > > It was a very interesting story. I finished the book before I landed. I > just read straight through it. If you are interested in someone's DNA > journey, see if your public library has it (or if you can download it on > one of your readers). "A Stranger in my Genes," by Bill Griffeth, published > by the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. > > Cheri > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
