Thanks Cheri, that makes sense. :)
Linda On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 9:24:13 AM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
