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From: "J. C. Bell" <>
Subject: Re: [GRAVES-L] DNA Markers for Phil Stevens !!
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 02:46:14 -0600
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I think it was I who made that statement "I cannot participate in the
tests". My grandmother was a Graves and she died in 1896. I know of no
male descendants of her line. Have I missed something or did I not
understand the requirement for a direct male line?

J. C. Bell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth V. Graves" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [GRAVES-L] DNA Markers for Phil Stevens !!


> Phil Stevens wrote:
> <If I understand what you said in the last paragph of this
> note I CAN NOT Participate in the Tests !!!!! , My last male graves Died
> 100 years ago !!! , Or am I not reading this right >
>
> The only DNA test presently available to test for surname ancestry is one
> that analyzes a portion of the Y-chromosome. Only males have this
chromosome
> and it is only passed from father to son. So only males can have their
> Y-chromosome tested, and the test will show only their direct male
lineage.
> It cannot show descent via a lineage that contains a female, since the
> Y-chromosome is not passed on through a female. This does not mean that
some
> day such a test might not be available, although it is not at all apparent
> how such a test might be possible.
>
> Therefore, the best you can do is to prove by traditional documentation
back
> to the male ancestor you want to establish descent from. Then you can find
> some living male who is descended from that ancestor by a direct male
> lineage (unbroken by a female in the line) and convince that person to
take
> the DNA test.
>
> Ken Graves
>
>
>
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