<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5192"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5437">I paid to have my brother's Y-DNA tested for the McClure Family Group on Family Tree DNA. Two other researchers who I connected with online did the same--we all thought we had the same 5th great grandfather--that's as far back as we can trace. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5269"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5828" dir="ltr">It brought up more questions than it answered for the other two. I did the Ancestry DNA test--made contact with one cousin since she is a distant McClure, but other close matches have so far proved dead ends as we can't seem to find a common surname in our backgrounds.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5933" dir="ltr">Linda McClure Wiley<br></div></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5225" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5224" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5223" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5522" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5226" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5245"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5244" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> pswitzertatum <pswitzertatum@frontier.com><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5247"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5246" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5408"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5407" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 18, 2015 3:34 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Sharing<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5237" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9208043346"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5236"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5235" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2683"><span id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2703">I've had a Full Genomic Sequence for mtDNA with Family Tree DNA, as well as autosomal testing for myself and my husband. My autosomal testing proved a connection that had been disputed in the family. And I've been able to find a few actual relatives who are distant cousins so there has been some trading of information, but not a lot.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2683"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2683"><span id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_3101">My husband has had his Y-DNA tested for a TATUM Family Group to help sort several male Tatum lines back to the earliest immigrant in Jamestown, Virginia. That has been really interesting and informative.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2683"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_2683"><span id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442614875949_3247">That's all been interesting, but some of the best family info I've been able to obtain has been via ancestry and rootwebs et al message boards, along with findagrave.com, family search and state archives and libraries. Missouri State Archives are a goldmine of information, especially in their online death certificates. Loaded with some of the online info, I've gone to our wonderful Oregon State Archives, and been able to prove quite a bit of information.</span></div> <br clear="none"><div class="yiv9208043346qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5946" class="yiv9208043346yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5945" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5944" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv9208043346yqt5686872348" id="yiv9208043346yqt05205"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, September 18, 2015 3:13 PM, Diane <whitehillranch@centurytel.net> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5943" class="yiv9208043346y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9208043346"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5942" dir="ltr">
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<div><font size="4">I agree Sally. Hubby’s was done and now we are really
confused. <img data-id="de8bb27f-8b20-bc3d-e62b-3e08edf4f8df" class="yiv9208043346wlEmoticon yiv9208043346wlEmoticon-smile" style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE:none;BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE:none;BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE:none;BORDER-LEFT-STYLE:none;" alt="Smile"></font></div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title-off="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" title="sallyya@frontiernet.net" ymailto="mailto:sallyya@frontiernet.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:sallyya@frontiernet.net">mailto:sallyya@frontiernet.net</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2015 2:55 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title-off="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" title="or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" ymailto="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots mail list</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] Sharing</div></div></div></div>
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<div id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442613178328_4864"><span id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442613178328_4863">Yes I had my brothers done-it gave me a name
I have never come across in my research. It has been more confusing than
anything.</span></div>
<div id="yiv9208043346yui_3_16_0_1_1442613178328_4864"><span>Sally in southern
Oregon</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Friday, September 18, 2015 8:36 AM, Dale
Harguess <daleharguess4@gmail.com> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_6005">O.K. I have a question for the group. Have any of you done a DNA
test? I have had mine, my brother's, my sister's and two cousins
done. It is fascinating and has been a huge help to me in knocking down
some brick walls.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_6003">Dale in Southern California</div></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5951" class="yiv9208043346gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Dan M <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mygen2@d-matney.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mygen2@d-matney.com">mygen2@d-matney.com</a>></span>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_5948"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442618456511_6006" face="Arial" size="2">Its been a month since I had any messages from
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Just checking to see if I am still here
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