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From: Alan Savin <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Our Group's DNA Study
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 21:22:25 +0000
In-Reply-To: <58.2c48fae.27341ec6@aol.com>


Dear Richard,

I am sure we have communicated before about your project and delighted that
you are progressing with it now. I note that you gave up on Oxford
Ancestors in waiting for their Y-chromosome analysis to be available. I do
know of someone who is using OA for their study so he must be nearly ready
to officially launch. I am seeing Bryan Sykes of OA again in 2 weeks time
and therefore will tell him that he is losing business. If anyone else on
this list has any comments to pass on about OA service please let me know.

Now to the question below, which is a good one. (I believe this is from
Ann, is it?)


>In a message dated 11/3/00 5:41:02 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>> As soon as I receive all
>> of the test kits back from our study participants, I’ll send them
back in
>> one package to Family Tree DNA for analysis.
>
>This brings up an issue I've been wondering about. It's hard to recruit
>participants, and even harder to coordinate samples so that they all arrive
>at the "same" time. I think it will be easier to recruit once several
>successful efforts have been publicized, but it would be useful to know what
>time frame is really necessary to ensure that all the samples that are being
>collected can be analyzed. Two weeks? Two months? Two years? (I couldn't
wait
>that long anyway!)

I can speak from personal experience here when I did my own DNA surname
study. Yes some people will act the same day, others have to be chased.
Setting a deadline is a good idea. I am presuming that the company you have
used, Family Tree, also provided preservative fluid to be added to the
sample collection tube, once used. Did they Richard?

Samples once taken should be returned as soon as possible to the
co-ordinator, but they can be stored in a domestic freezer, taking the
obvious precautions, eg. not opening the envelope, using disposible gloves
if you have to. Did Family Tree provide you with guidelines in this respect
Richard? And were guidelines given to those who gave the samples, e.g.
other family members not even to breathe near the collection tube (let
alone touch it!!!). Some of my samples were stored by me at home for
several months a longer time period is possible, but I have not seen any
comment upon maximum timescales.

Alan Savin

(Author of "DNA for Family Historians")




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