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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Family History Research - by DNA
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:20:25 GMT
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In message of 20 Jan, "Hazel Hargraves" <> wrote:

> Definitely - my 7th cousin in America joined a DNA project (Y
> chromosome for male descendants of the Farr & Farey families) & proved
> he was related to some medieval landowners from around 1400.

Are you able to explain how you prove this sort of thing? (I must
confess I find it difficult to understand.)

> Quite exciting as they have a funeral pall & brasses depicting them in
> the V&A Museum which I will be able to photograph for him. Of course
> it is very limited at present, but this helped him prove which of a
> few possible lines he descended from. Hazel Rochford, Essex
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herefordshire1801" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ess] Family History Research - by DNA
>
>
> > Occasionally, I have heard of people trying to use DNA to prove
> > ancestry
> > - for the purposes of family history research.
> >
> > Has anyone ever heard of that type of research being successful?
> >
> > Jean


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