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From: "Dale E. Reddick" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Y-DNA tEsting
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:00:19 -0400
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Hi Herb,

Keep on questioning things! But for funding-challenged folks, then I
urge the 25 marker test as a starting place. I only allow for the
12-marker test with folks who have no probable test outcome or else who
are so far removed from our prior tesing participants as to make them
wholly alien to our testing efforts. We are hoping to have the 'alien'
part of that proven wrong.

BTW- I did raise questions regarding the home of Revolutionary War hero
Brig. General Andrew Pickens on the campus of Clemson University. My
comments to an individual who is a significant author of SC history may
have caused some change in practices regarding historical preservation.
Although, if university officials aren't interested in preserving the
family properties / homes of Revolutionary War Patriots, then what we to
do? Hunt them down and kill off the official scum? That's not likely.

Dale E. Reddick
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herb_316 wrote:
> For the Hendricks DNA Project the idea of Y-DNA testing has seemed to me to be very simple for the purpose that most people who join our project are concerned about.
>
> 12 marker testing gives to many false positives with people who are not kin. It does give you a haplogrooup which helps sort people into different kinship groups.
>
> The 25 marker Y-DNA test has also proven ineffective for us as we have had a number of false positives when what we are looking for is to establish proof of kinship so people with researched data can figure out their relationships.
>
> Therefore we have for over 3 years required 37 marker Y-DNA testing and it has proved highly effective in solving the problem most of our members are concerned about.
>
> We have had a numnber of our members do 67 marker testing, deep clade testing and speciality marker testing. However at this time of change I believe from what I have seen there is more uncertaintity in the methodology, people opinions and people's calculations and the data base to show much more than just the simple 12 marker results that reveals a Haplotype has shown.
>
> For me I'm just going to listen and keep tuned in but don't have much faith on all the talk and opinions being put forth at this site. with the limited data base that seems to exist.
>
> However we're going to keep doing the 37 marker Y-DNA test as it has proven the most effective in determing relationships which most of the people I know are concerned about that do Y-DNA testing.
>
>
> Herb Hendricks
> Retired NASA Physicist
> 2418 Lebanon Road
> Pendleton, SC 29670
>
> 864 2616636
> Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project
> Secretary Hendricks Family Association
> Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester
> Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks
>
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