Re: Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation

["readysetgo95814" <mcortez3@...>]

Arturo,

I participated in the study years ago.  However, they have not started 
publishing mtDNA results yet.  They plan on publishing them to their 
website sometime next year.

I would encourage everyone to participate. You could potentially have 
your pedigree chart extended many generations by participating.  Here 
is an excerpt from their website:
"The corresponding pedigree chart is also extended by staff 
genealogists as far as genealogical databases allow; extended pedigrees 
currently include over one million ancestral records."

My brother and I both submitted our samples along with our full gedcom 
file (not just the 4 generation pedigree chart they require).  They 
hide all information on living individuals, so you don't have to worry 
about privacy.

Maria

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> 
wrote:
>
> I am thinking of joining the study being conducted by the Sorenson 
> Genealogy Foundation.  They are basically linking documented 
> genealogies with yDNA and mtDNA markers so that people can use their 
> database to get clues as to origins and to break throughbrick walls.
> 
> Has anyone looked into this or participated in this?  It is 
interesting 
> to use their database.  I have been able to find matches for 18 of 19 
> yDNA markers and the corresponding genealogies are mostly in Brazil!
> 
> http://www.smgf.com/about_smgf.html
>