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From: "Roy Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [PACE] FTDNA Special extended
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:21:34 -0500
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I'm sure Rebecca will respond to this, but I have a chart that illustrates
it on the Pace site. Female (mtdna) testing can't be done for surnames, as
females change surnames every generation. If your mother was Smith and her
mother was Jones and her mother was Adams, etc., it would follow that line
rather than a single surname line and jump to a different surname each
generation.

Mtdna testing is more to establish ancient ancestral origins on your
mother's side. I don't know a lot about it as it is not used in the Pace
study. You could google it and come up with a lot of info. The official name
is mitochondrial dna. It is used in tracking migration and things like that.

One interesting use for historical purposes was on a small island in the
North Sea. The YDNA (male) of all the inhabitants was Nordic, but the mtdna
was all celtic. Conclusion: The island was probably originally celtic. A
bunch of Vikings probably invaded, killed all the men in the small
population, settled there, and interbred with the celtic women.

For the diagram, go to http://www.pacesociety.org/DNA/DNAillustration.htm

There will be an interesting exception: Several generations back, there was
no male Schnake heir to the farm, so Toenies Heinrich Brink married the sole
remaining Schnake female, Annemarie Schnake, moved to the farm, and changed
his name to Schnake--actually he was known as Toenies Heinrich Brink or
Schnake, and all the kids were named Schnake, their mother's surname. So
from this point on back the DNA would go up the Brink line, and several
Schnakes have attended the Brink family reunion and vice versa.

This practice makes DNA tracing in parts of Germany nearly impossible. In
this case, Annmarie died and Toenies married again to a Strumpelmeyer. He
kept the Schnake name. So the offspring of this marriage went by Schnake
even though neither of their parents were born Schnake.

Hope this is more enlightening than confusing.

Roy


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Subject: Re: [PACE] FTDNA Special extended

Hi Rebecca, I have entertained the idea of getting mine done for a long
time
now. Is this offer only available to men with Pace surname? Or is it
available for females with different surnames? Or I guess a better
question is
do they do female testing for other surnames? Thanks for your help....what
would we do without people like you and Roy [and others like you].....we
all
certainly continue to be beneficiaries of your hard work/expert
knowledge/expert
abilities/generous sharing].
~Kathlynn~


In a message dated 9/6/2008 10:15:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:

Due to the overwhelming response to Family Tree DNA's August special, they
have extended the reduced prices on new DNA kits until the end of
September.
So there is still time to order a DNA kit at the lower price.

Rebecca Christensen

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