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From: "Lois & John Carey" <>
Subject: [PACE-L] INTERESTING RESULTS ON DNA TESTING
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:01:05 -0400

This is from another list which I belong to. Think
we have some Robinson researchers also.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Drake" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: [ROBINSON] DNA Testing


> I contacted this list a while back regarding DNA
> research and family history. For the past few
> months, I have been co-coordinating a DNA
> project with the Drake and Benjamin-Drake
> lists. To date, we have received the results
> for 15 tests and still have about 4 tests in the
> lab.
>
> We use FamilyTreeDNA.com and they use the labs
> at the University of Arkansas. Bennett
> Greenspan from FTDNA has been very helpful in
> the project, giving guidance, answering
> questions and explaining results.
>
> Its the results I want to mention here.
> Regarding my personal Drake line, we were at a
> brick wall with Benjamin Drake of Carter County,
> TN. There was another Benjamin Drake family in
> Davidson County, TN.Our problem has been that
> the two Benjamin's have been confused and kind
> of merged together in the past. We were certain
> the two men were from distinct and unrelated
> families. Then . . . we get the DNA results
> back. The test results of the donor's DNA from
> the Davidson County Benjamin _exactly_ matched
> those from 5 other donors who are descended from
> the Carter County Benjamin. This means that the
> two Benjamins, both born in the early 1700s,
> were closely related. Because of the project
> results, both groups are now vigoursly comparing
> notes. We have greater hope now than ever
> before of finding our Benjamin's family.
>
> Next, we have William Drake born 1715 in
> Virginia who moved to NC. Descendants from this
> Drake have always suspected that he was from a
> group of Drakes in Isle of Wight, Virginia. The
> test results from William's descendant were
> completely different from those of the I of W
> group, indicating that there is no relationship
> to the Isle of Wight Drakes. However, it was a
> near perfect match with a descendant of James
> Drake who was living in Powhatan Virginia in
> 1798. The only difference in the two tests was
> a one-step mutation on a single marker. This
> mutation probably happened with the past 150-200
> years. These two groups are definately related
> and are now comparing notes
>
> I am very much interested in starting a DNA
> project with the Robinson list. If there is
> enough interest, I will post again with the
> details on how to begin.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Don Drake
> descended from Samuel Robinson of Pike County,
> KY
>
>
>

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