Scoggin DNA study underway. Participants wanted.
DNA genealogy is proven and pretty fantastic. The privacy issues are well addressed and will in no way be a concern for participants. AND there is a price (1/3 savings) break if we do it as a Family Name Project starting with at least 6 participants.
I have contacted a representative at Family Tree DNA to start the project. There may actually already be one tested person. If so that means we just need four more with me as the fifth.
Because in my own tree I have relatives with variant spellings I am suggesting we include in the study the following: Scoggin/Scoggins/Scroggin/Scroggins. Should there be others?
The cost vary from 229$ for the 37 marker test, about 150$ for the 25 marker test and about 100$ for the 12 marker test. (These are the discount pricings for members of a group as I understand it.) Obviously the more markers the more specific the information. I am going to start things off with the 37 marker test but am not sure others need to do the same.
If you are curious about how these things work I have found a few family DNA sites on line that people have set up that I think are exemplary and a model for what I hope to do. For a look visit:
http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/results.htmlhttp://blairgenealogy.com/dna/results.html
or try http://www.davenportdna.com/results.htmhttp://www.davenportdna.com/results.htm
Look around the sites as they have pretty good explanations of various issues on other pages.
For general info at the test site visit:
http://www.familytreedna.com/http://www.familytreedna.com/
I chose Family Tree DNA mostly because it seems to be the most frequently used thus most likely to find matches. I am not sure what it would take to compare results from other labs to those from this one but I do think that is doable.
I look forward to hearing from anyone that might have an interest in this project.
Patrick Scoggin
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