You don't sign the release you don't get to see your matches. And your matches don't see you.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:21 AM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
