Re: Molecular Genealogy

[Margaret Stokes <milamba@optushome.com.au>]

I've already been in touch with them for Australian research.  There's a 
group of 200 in West Australia already organised and I've been in touch 
with our genealogy societies here to try and get 200 in 
Victoria.  Unfortunately almost all the societies and clubs they've 
contacted world wide have not responded in any form, even to acknowledge 
their request.

It's actually being run by the Molecular Genealogy Research Group in 
Utah.  You can contact them here:

Ugo A. Perego
Director of Public Relations
Molecular Genealogy Research Group
http://molecular-genealogy.byu.edu
molecular-genealogy@email.byu.edu
tel. (801) 378-1245
fax. (801) 378-1576

Milamba

At 07:06 PM 27/01/01 -0500, you wrote:
>To all,
>    Watch for an LDS sponsered blood draw conference near you to help 
> build a data base of DNA of 100,000 people worldwide.  I donated my 8cc 
> of blood today.  They are in the beginning stages.  They are utilizing 
> both the Y chromosome and the M factors to help build a database.
>
>They are willing to travel to sites in targeted areas if they can gather 
>200 bloodsamples with the donor providing a four generation family 
>tree.  It would have been great for the Sinclair 2000 adventure. They are 
>expecting that it will be several years before study is completed but will 
>offer preliminary data.
>
>They offered an informative lecture. The first sample wasof Brigham Young 
>students. When the results were mapped it clearly showed the migration 
>trail of the LDS people.  I was especially intriqued with the notion that 
>they will be able to identify places of origin for people who were taken 
>from their homelands against their will and therefore had no information 
>on hteir origin.
>
>On the Sinclair front they could offer definitive lineage to direct male 
>descendents with linkage to known descendents of a particular line.  I 
>expect this is old news to many but hopefully of interest to some.
>        Sincerely,  Marilyn
>
>
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