<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">At least you know in advance that there is definitely a connection worth defining by doing the standard genealogical work.  Though I imagine sometimes it's as difficult as any other genealogical puzzle (and maybe more frustrating because you know where you want to get to is there waiting, and if there are gaps in the paper trail leading back to that common ancestral link, that would be no fun)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Joan's posts have tipped me towards finally doing this myself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=stephen@stephendanko.com href="mailto:stephen@stephendanko.com">Stephen Danko</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> ; <A title=apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org">apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Members] [APG Public List] Exciting New Dimension forDNAResearch</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>As the administrator for two DNA surname projects, I've noticed that the most common</DIV> <DIV>situation with online DNA databases is that no pedigree at all is connected with most DNA</DIV> <DIV>results.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the bright side, if the DNA matches, there's a clear genetic connection. No pedigree is</DIV> <DIV>necessary to prove a genetic relationship. The DNA alone is sufficient for that purpose.</DIV> <DIV>The difficulty comes with proving HOW people with matching DNA are related.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Still, Larry is correct. Genetic genealogists will want to verify pedigrees obtained from</DIV> <DIV>others, but that's no different from the situation with traditional genealogical research.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Stephen J. Danko, PLCGS</DIV> <DIV>Administrator, Danko Surname Study</DIV> <DIV>Administrator, Niedzialkowski Surname Study</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> <HR SIZE=1> </FONT> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry said:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">One problem on some online genealogical DNA databases is that many unverified pedigrees were submitted, and that has to have an impact. The DNA hits would then take you to possibly an individual who in turn has wrongly identified common ancestors.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">If a person has submitted their DNA but attached it to the the wrong individuals, how could that be identified and corrected.  I think you'd still have to then go and verify that person's ancestral research before drawing any conclusions?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Or am misinterpreting the risk here?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Larry</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>APG Members Only Mailing List<BR>http://apgen.org/members/memberslist/<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>