The Joy of DNA

This happened to me yesterday but it can happen to you at any time.    That's when out of the blue, with no prior warning or expectation, you suddenly have a DNA match that opens up whole new directions for research and discovery!    The Joy of DNA!

Charles, #66, matches the Augusta/Washington Co. Berrys!    My family!    Ken, #83, matches the Orange Co., NC Berrys but I think that was expected.    No one had a clue about Charles.

At least part of FTDNA's operation seems to be getting in gear.    Both Ken and Charles got their kits back to FTDNA on January 10th and received their results yesterday.    Three weeks!    Pretty good.    Ken got his Y-DNA1-12 markers results from his Y-DNA25 order and Charles got his Y-DNA1-12 and Y-DNA26-37 results from his Y-DNA37 order.

Our Unreceived Lab Results page now looks like this:

Kit      
Product              Test               Name        Batch EstResultDate 
12790     
Y-Refine37to67   Y-DNA38-47 Markers   Philip,#10     189    3/12/2007
                 Y-DNA48-60 Markers
                 Y-DNA61-67 Markers  
13030   
DYS434             DYS434             Jim,#7         174   11/27/2006  
DYS435             DYS435                            174   11/27/2006  
DYS485             DYS485                            174   11/27/2006  
DYS495             DYS495                            174   11/27/2006  
DYS643             DYS643                            174   11/27/2006 

42580   
Y-Refine12to37   Y-DNA13-25 Markers   Robert,#43     186    2/21/2007

79189   
Y-DNA37          Y-DNA13-25 Markers   Charles,#66    187    3/09/2007

79452   
Y-DNA37          Y-DNA13-25 Markers   Richard,#82    187    3/09/2007

80064   
Y-DNA25          Y-DNA13-25 Markers   Ken,#83        187    3/09/2007

81521       
Y-DNA12          Y-DNA1-12 Markers    Gerald,#85     189    3/09/2007    

N26644  
mtDNARefine       HVR2   Mary Ann Lasley Lewis, #m4  182    2/16/2007

Don't forget to upload new results to ySearch.

A bit of an aside.  -  I was just reading a favorable review of Microsoft's new Vista operating system written by Ian Tan of the Electric New Paper and was struck by his concluding advice.    "But if you've always wanted a smoother, sleeker and more Mac-like Windows experience, go for Vista."    Hm-m-m-m-m-m.    Why not go for a Mac?