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From: "Beverly White" <>
Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] DNA and Murphy's
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:53:19 -0500


Thanks, Jim, for your message about DNA testing. Since the first of the year we have several new participants and are waiting for the results. Considering that we found matches even with a relatively small number of participants, I am looking forward to being able to post some very positive news in the near future.

We have also finally snagged a couple of participants from Murphy lines who were in America very early as well as a couple still in Ireland.

Jim is certainly right is his assessment that the more participation we have, the better chance everyone has of finding a DNA match.

Looking forward to breaking through some of those brick walls with this exciting project.
Beverly White
Administrator, Murphy DNA Project


Hi listers, I imagine that most of us have hit a brick wall at some point,
> given the
> commonality of our surname. That being the case, I am somewhat surprised at
> how few Murphy names are popping up in the various DNA sites. I started out
> by using the National Geographic Genographic program with a testing of 12
> alleles. Later, I had Family Tree increase the testing to 25. In looking
> for
> Murphy groups I have only found two or three, with the most having about 30
> participants. It seems to me that this is a great way to increase our
> chances
> of picking up a stray ancestor or two. The costs is relatively low when you
> have your test done in association with a surname group. The following link
> may help understand this opportunity:
> http://www.familytreedna.com/dna101.html
> I am not affiliated in any way, just wishing for a much larger data base
> to search and see if I can keep moving my Murphy lineage back. A google
> search will bring up several company's that do DNA testing.
> Happy St. Paddy's Day. Jim Murphy
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