<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I need some suggestions on how to get strangers to participate in a Y DNA study.  I am currently working with a client who appears to have a surname anomaly.  I have researched for a former client the same family that the current client is supposed to be related to, and Y DNA of relatives of the former client match a number of individuals with that surname. However, when the current client received his results, there were no matches to that surname and nothing definite on other surname matches.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> At this point, we have no reason to believe there was an adoption or illegitimacy in the last two generations.  Therefore, I have identified several 2nd and 3rd cousins in hope of getting them to agree to a test so that we can determine when the “non-paternal” event occurred. The client has personally contacted three of these cousins and each agreed to take the Y DNA test which the client funded.  Several months have gone by and all three have refused to return their samples to Family Tree DNA.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I initially recommended that the client contact these cousins directly since I thought they would be more open to the tests if they were talking to a relative rather than a hired researcher.  I have talked to the client several times on the phone and find him to be very personable so I cannot imagine anything in his demeanor that might have turned them off.  However, despite a number of emails and phone calls from the client, no one is responding.  One of the candidates who received the test kit was very interested in his family history and asked a number of questions, so his non-participation is perplexing. The client is willing to keep trying with other cousins (fortunately there are a number of candidates), but we obviously need to be able to close the deal and get the tests returned. Any ideas are appreciated?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Vic<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Victor S. Dunn, CG<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.virginiaancestry.com" title="http://www.virginiaancestry.com/">www.virginiaancestry.com</a><o:p></o:p> <a href="BLOCKED::mailto:victor.dunn@virginiaancestry.com" title="mailto:victor.dunn@virginiaancestry.com">victor.dunn@virginiaancestry.com</a><o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> </div> CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>