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From: "George W. Page" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: testing services & data banks
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:16:15 -0500
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At 11:23 AM 4/2/2002 -0500, Roger wrote:
>Paul,
>I am also new to the group and have been looking at the various services. To
>date I have seen three.
>
>The kits require inside cheek scrapings which tend to frighten people.

Why? They are less painful than your toothbrush, which is very much bigger.
Saliva and cells are taking off the inside of the cheek without breaking
the skin or causing any pain.
The brush is immediately sealed in an envelop and mailed off.

>Asking for hair samples would be easier but I have yet to see any service
>accept hair samples for geneology DNA purposes. Perhaps a member of this
>group will educate us on which service accepts hair samples?

I instructed our group to send in hair samples with their nylon brush swab,
but was sent the following from Dr. Brian Sykes:

>Finally the lab have told me that several samples have been accompanied by
>locks of hair. This is an unnecessary precaution as there is almost
>always DNA on the brush and loose hairs can fall into other test tubes so
>I would be grateful if you would advise your respondents there is no need.


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