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From: "John" <>
Subject: RE: Re:[DNA] Methods of comparing different genealogy DNA tests
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:01:08 -0500
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You obviously did not get what I meant, and there is no reason to get smart
assed! I am only trying to help any Lowes that are interested.

John D Mustard

-----Original Message-----
From: Fran Akridge [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 10:33 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Re:[DNA] Methods of comparing different genealogy DNA tests


Isn't Scotland part of the British Isles?

Fran Akridge

2468 MacLaren Circle
Atlanta, GA 30360
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-----Original Message-----
From: John [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 6:50 PM
To:
Subject: RE: Re:[DNA] Methods of comparing different genealogy DNA tests

There are a lot of Lowe's in Polk County, Texas, and some are related to
my
wife's family. They were part Irish or Scottish and part Cherokee. Not
sure
about the British Isles connection. I have a lot of them in my files,
and
also a lot of photos, if anyone thinks that they might be related. They
were
in Polk County around 1846 or so. John Lowe was from South Carolina.
Another, Frederick Lowe, was born in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA.
Not
sure about anyone before that.

John D Mustard
Marjorie Watts Mustard

-----Original Message-----
From: Lowe DNA [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:29 PM
To:
Subject: RE: Re:[DNA] Methods of comparing different genealogy DNA tests


DNA testing works take my word on that..

I researched my Lowes for +25 years and had 2 men 7 generations back in
1760
in Prince Georges, Maryland that I thought were Lowe brothers but could
not
prove it with paper records....however in 5 weeks with 25/25 matches and
8
other 12/12's and one 11/12 from the same family group, I was convinced
that
these two Lowe lineages were the one; and, these two men were
brothers....So
DNA and paper genealogy can be brought together with beautiful
results....And, accidentally we found a long lost son of one these Lowes
from another place with DNA matching....

Had another man, Fielding Lowe in Tennessee who I just knew was related
to
the two original men above, married a Swope girl that lived next door to
my
Lowes and was married by the same preacher that married many of my Lowe
cousins, and then Fielding moved to Campbell County, Tennessee......I
documented 1500+ people in his family over 10-12 years and KNEW without
a
doubt he was KIN to my LOWEs...WRONG, WRONG, WRONG....DNA testing proved
that he wasn't even close, in fact, he came from an entirely different
family haplogroup in Europe.....So if you believe that you can't be
proven
wrong and your paper records are infallible evidence that you related to
someone......I have got a big surprise for you with genetic testing.

Basically, if anyone tells me that DNA testing is not useful, not
productive, and not the best tool to use for genealogical research that
has
come down the pike in years.....they are pulling your chain just to get
a
response....Tell that to the folks in jail that CODIS put there or those
innocent folks released because of this same powerful genetic testing
tool...or to other medically approved genetic tests that save your live
years ahead of getting sick.....

I will be the first to admit that we need to be 20 years further down
the
road with more powerful and better DNA tests, huge open databases that
we
can find, compare our genetic family lineage(s) and then begin our paper
searches....But the academics have to get behind us and develop new
tests
and find genetic markers, SNPs, and genes that will help us in our
searches....

So if you believe in genetic testing like most of us do.......you are at
the
right board...

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: William Hurst [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:23 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Re:[DNA] Methods of comparing different genealogy DNA tests


Bret wrote:
>
> In this, I am not trolling; but, from the responses to my queries, a
> lack of confidence has been indicated in the validity or usefulness of
> genealogical DNA testing.
>
> This is confusing.

How can DNA testing not be useful? Could it just be random chance that I
have perfect 37/37 matches with several other men whose names by some
odd
chance also happens to be Hurst? And that by some random chance some of
them
can trace their ancestors back to a 30-mile area in Virginia? And we
have no
close matches with anybody else, except one 25/25 guy whose ancestors
seemed
to have lived close to - even next door to - Hurst families. OK, I guess
it
could be just a weird sequence of lab errors.

I forget; have you ever taken a DNA test?

Bill Hurst


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