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From: "Ernest Hurst" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] AncestrybyDNA results
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:50:22 -0500
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Ann

Wish I could find some older descendants like you spoke of. By the time I
got interested in Genealogy, I WAS the oldest male descendant of this
particular set of great grandparents (Hurst). I have 2 female second
cousins, who are not interested at all. I have not succeeded in locating or
contacting any other level of cousins more distant. Maybe, eventually, there
will be more participants in the "Hurst DNA Project" & I will participate in
that but with only 3, at this time, it doesn't seem worthwhile.

Ernie Hurst


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Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] AncestrybyDNA results


> In a message dated 12/17/02 5:00:28 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> > I just wanted to let everyone know that this test probably can not
reliably
> > "detect" anything much past a single 2nd great grandparent of a
different
> > group, due to the 5% "margin of error". If you do not have a good "paper
> > trail" history of numerous ancestors before that level, of a different
> > group, you should probably save your money, at this time. Possibly the
> > accuracy will improve as the technology matures.
> >
>
> I'm sure there are many potential markers out there just awaiting
discovery,
> but you'd have to double the number of markers to extend the results for
just
> one more generation. That's unfortunate, as I think many of us are in the
> same boat, trying to detect an ancestral contribution from someone a
couple
> of hundred years back. This points out the potential benefits of
preserving
> DNA samples from your oldest family members -- who knows what part of
their
> DNA stories might be lost by the time new tests are available?
>
> Ann Turner
> GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator
> >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html
> DNA preservation kits: >http://www.dnafiler.com
>
>
>
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