re Family Tree DNA Project

Santos,

Just one more thing:  I had heard about "Gato por Liebre" but I never
heard about "Gato por Oso" hehe!

Which reminds me, Mr. Greenspan is a business man not a scientist!

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Victor Villarreal" <vela_este@y...>
wrote:
> I'm going to start this with a saying in Spanish: No comas ansias,
Santos.
> 
> You do good by playing the devil's advocate in all of this.  Your
> attitude is just right when entering this highly speculative field of
> genetic genealogy.  
> 
> Always try to rely on scientific findings for your answers.  And even
> then, remember that much of what scientists postulate are theories and
> hypothesis.  As a starting point for your research on your first
> question, check the following link regarding the Cohanim:
> 
> http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/tcgapdf/Behar-AJHG-03.pdf
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Victor
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Santos Luna <mistyriver123@y...> wrote:
> > I was very excited when I read about the DNA Project, and offered to
> pay for the testing, using my brother's DNA. My brother has done some
> research on his own, and has not been given any conclusive answers. 
> >  
> > In the scenario below...
> >  
> > 1. Who's DNA did they use to prove a connection to "Cohanim"?
> > 
> > 2. Where did they get the DNA for Moses & Aaron?
> > 
> > 3. For the African ancestor where did they get that DNA? There are
> 51 countries in the Continent of Africa. From Morocco to South
> Africa...and the islands. Were samples taken from individuals from
> most of these countries?
> > 
> > As a side note, from an Egyptologist, the current Egyptians are not
> of the line that actually build the pyramids. But, that is another
> topic. The point is, that the people's of the world have always been
> mobile.
> > 
> > Gosh, I hate to sound like the devils advocate, but would hope that
> this folks are not giving us un "Gato por Oso.
> > 
> > Emilie, perhaps, Mr. Greenspan can offer some positive insight.
> > 
> > Santos Luna
> >



re Family Tree DNA Project

I'm going to start this with a saying in Spanish: No comas ansias, Santos.

You do good by playing the devil's advocate in all of this.  Your
attitude is just right when entering this highly speculative field of
genetic genealogy.  

Always try to rely on scientific findings for your answers.  And even
then, remember that much of what scientists postulate are theories and
hypothesis.  As a starting point for your research on your first
question, check the following link regarding the Cohanim:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/tcgapdf/Behar-AJHG-03.pdf

Best Regards,

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Santos Luna <mistyriver123@y...> wrote:
> I was very excited when I read about the DNA Project, and offered to
pay for the testing, using my brother's DNA. My brother has done some
research on his own, and has not been given any conclusive answers. 
>  
> In the scenario below...
>  
> 1. Who's DNA did they use to prove a connection to "Cohanim"?
> 
> 2. Where did they get the DNA for Moses & Aaron?
> 
> 3. For the African ancestor where did they get that DNA? There are
51 countries in the Continent of Africa. From Morocco to South
Africa...and the islands. Were samples taken from individuals from
most of these countries?
> 
> As a side note, from an Egyptologist, the current Egyptians are not
of the line that actually build the pyramids. But, that is another
topic. The point is, that the people's of the world have always been
mobile.
> 
> Gosh, I hate to sound like the devils advocate, but would hope that
this folks are not giving us un "Gato por Oso.
> 
> Emilie, perhaps, Mr. Greenspan can offer some positive insight.
> 
> Santos Luna
> 




mt dna testing

There's a company that does the DNA tests for free but the results
take a lot of time to be posted on their site, about a year.

The name is Sorensons Molecular Genealogy Foundation:
http://smgf.org/

Or maybe you and other interested relatives can pitch in for a test of
one of your boy cousins?



--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@k...>
wrote:
> My father and his brothers are dead and I don't have any brothers and 
> forget my boy cousins...son tan tacaños!!!! they'll never pay to get 
> the DNA results.  Marge
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:
> 
> > Members and cousins:
> >  It would be very interesting if we all had our dna
> >  results, but I believe we would be very much the same
> >  since we share the same Mexican ancestors and they
> >  also came from the same region of Mexico, Spain,
> >  Portugal.
> >
> >  Any comments?
> >
> >  Alberto.
> >
> >  --- Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@k...> wrote:
> >
> >  > If we can only go through the female line, then I'll
> >  > have to go through
> >  > another site.  My mother was from Scotland, and her
> >  > mother was from
> >  > Ireland.:(  Marge
> >  > On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long
> >  > wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > I would love to see how others did thier dna
> >  > tests. I feel cheated as
> >  > >  a female that I can only do the mtdna
> >  > (female)line. I ordered mine
> >  > >  through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered
> >  > his from another even
> >  > >  though it's the same lab.. he does not have
> >  > ancestors from Mexico.  My
> >  > >  test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6
> >  > weeks to arrive.  I'm
> >  > >  waiting for my results now and expect them by the
> >  > end of June.  I also
> >  > >  like how the Mexico site will hold our results
> >  > for 25 years and will
> >  > >  notify us if there is a match with someone.
> >  > >
> >  > >  I don't fully understand how they analize the
> >  > results but expect to
> >  > >  find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my

re Family Tree DNA Project - Sephardim and Moors

Emilie,

As always, it is evident that you're doing your homework and usually
marching one step ahead of the rest of us.

Like yourself, I have been most intrigued by all those stories that
you mentioned about the early Spanish colonizers, particularly more so
when I realised that the Y haplogroup to which I belong to is not the
typical Western European haplogroup but one that is, as I previously
said, very widespread all around the Mediterranean sea, including
North Africa, the Middle East, the Balcans and, of course, the Iberian
Peninsula.

As I understand many of our group here have not studied this topic in
detail, I felt compelled to point out a couple of facts that I believe
could be helpful to all:

Ethnicity is not determined alone by your DNA haplogroup.  In other
words, having "X" haplogroup does not automatically place you in any
ethnic group, regardless of all those ancient stories.  If your
genealogical and historical research shows documented ancestral
evidence of certain ethnicity AND your genetic testing shows a
haplogroup correlated to the same ethnicity then you can start to
assume the possibility that your ancestors might have been indeed such
and such ethnicity.

By the same token, physical phenotype (physical traits like eye, hair
or skin color, etc.) is not dependent or necessarily correlated to
genetic haplogroup either.

Hope this helps. One important advice for all is not to jump to easy
conlusions right away.  ;)

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia" <auntyemfaustus@h...>
wrote:
> Joseph,
> 
> That is so interesting about the DNA Project.   
> 
> I have talked with Mr. Greenspan (via e-mail), president of the
Family Tree DNA project, several times.  He is very nice.  He says to
e-mail him any time.  He is a professor at the University of Arizona.
 I had seen a story about a Hispanic priest in Albuquerque who now
wears both a cross and a Star of David, since the DNA project showed
not only that he was of Jewish heritage, but of the highest order, the
Cohanim, direct descendants of Moses and his brother Aaron.  Mr.
Greenspan said that he started the project for Jews to find out what
Jewish groups they belong to (where in the hierarchy they fit).  The
highest is the Cohanim [priest], then there is the Levite [temple
servant], everybody else is Ysraelite.
> 
> I have heard many stories that many of our early 15th century

mt dna testing

Alberto,

You are very much correct.  According to Gary Felix's Genealogy of
Mexico DNA Surname Project, the current breakdown of all persons
tested is the following:

Native American 17%
Nordic 8%
Semitic 20%
Western European 46%
Other 8%

Of course this is not an accurate reflection of Mexican Hispanics'
ethnic composition, because this is not a scientifically sampled
population, but it gives an approximation or estimate of what it truly is.

Victor

The link to the Genealogy of Mexico DNA Project is:
http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte <albertodua@y...> wrote:
> Members and cousins:
> It would be very interesting if we all had our dna
> results, but I believe we would be very much the same
> since we share the same Mexican ancestors and they
> also came from the same region of Mexico, Spain,
> Portugal.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Alberto.
> 





mt dna testing

Margarita,

The limitation about only being able to test the female line does not
depend on the site doing the testing, but is something inherent to the
way men and women are genetically different.

However, you can determine your genetic lineage by testing anyone in
the direct lineage of your father, that is, your father himself or an
uncle, a brother of yours, a son of your uncle, even a grandson of
your father.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@k...>
wrote:
> If we can only go through the female line, then I'll have to go through 
> another site.  My mother was from Scotland, and her mother was from 
> Ireland.:(  Marge
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long wrote:
> 
> > I would love to see how others did thier dna tests. I feel cheated as
> >  a female that I can only do the mtdna (female)line. I ordered mine
> >  through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered his from another even
> >  though it's the same lab.. he does not have ancestors from
Mexico.  My
> >  test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6 weeks to arrive.  I'm
> >  waiting for my results now and expect them by the end of June.  I
also
> >  like how the Mexico site will hold our results for 25 years and will
> >  notify us if there is a match with someone.
> >
> >  I don't fully understand how they analize the results but expect to
> >  find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my research
records are
> >  correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in percentages, Joseph,
do you
> >  know how it's done?
> >
> >  Linda Castanon-Long
> >




re Family Tree DNA Project





I was very excited when I read about the DNA Project, and offered to pay for the testing, using my brother's DNA. My brother has done some research on his own, and has not been given any conclusive answers.

 

In the scenario below...

 

1. Who's DNA did they use to prove a connection to "Cohanim"?

2. Where did they get the DNA for Moses & Aaron?


3. For the African ancestor where did they get that DNA? There are 51 countries in the Continent of Africa. From Morocco to South Africa...and the islands. Were samples taken from individuals from most of these countries?


As a side note, from an Egyptologist, the current Egyptians are not of the line that actually build the pyramids. But, that is another topic. The point is, that the people's of the world have always been mobile.


Gosh, I hate to sound like the devils advocate, but would hope that this folks are not giving us un "Gato por Oso.


Emilie, perhaps, Mr. Greenspan can offer some positive insight.


Santos Luna


Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:

mt dna testing - How is it done

Hello Linda,

If you already ordered and sent your samples through Gary Felix's
site, that means that the company doing your testing is Family Tree DNA.

What the mtDNA test will show is what haplogroup your
maternal-genealogical line belongs to. This will identify the
biogeographical regions and migration routes of your deep ancestry;
deep meaning very, very old ancestry.

In the case of YDNA is something similar for the paternal line, except
that the genetic markers in the Y chromosome mutate more rapidly so
they can be used to trace genealogical relationships (by matching to
others) on a shorter time scale (hundreds of years).  Obviously, this
kind of test is most useful from the genealogist perspective.

There's a third kind of test done by a different company which tests
not the Y chromosome, nor the mitochondrial (mt) DNA, but the
autosomal DNA.  This DNA represents the bulk of our DNA, the genetic
accumulation or load of all our ancestors that define what and who we
are, not only the maternal and paternal lineages DNA.  The test
purports to show by percentages our ethnic composition, for example,
African, South East Asian, North Western European, etc.  BUT, and this
is a big but, although the test relies on the same proven DNA
sequencing technologies as the other two tests, the interpretation of
the analised markers as valid biogeographical indicators has been
questioned by many knowledgable researchers.  In simpler words, at
this stage of development, this test is highly speculative and not to
be taken as gospel.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Erlinda Castanon-Long"
<longsjourney@y...> wrote:
> I would love to see how others did thier dna tests. I feel cheated as 
> a female that I can only do the mtdna (female)line. I ordered mine 
> through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered his from another even 
> though it's the same lab.. he does not have ancestors from Mexico.  My 
> test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6 weeks to arrive.  I'm 
> waiting for my results now and expect them by the end of June.  I also 
> like how the Mexico site will hold our results for 25 years and will 
> notify us if there is a match with someone.
> 
> I don't fully understand how they analize the results but expect to 
> find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my research records are 
> correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in percentages, Joseph, do you 
> know how it's done?
> 

Spanish Question Mark

FYI
Here's the English version of my question to Emilie:

Have you tried the "Alt" key to the right side of the space bar and
the key with the question mark?

I can see, you got that right!

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Victor Villarreal wrote:
> 
> >Hello Emilie,
> >
> >I too have my keyboard configured for International English.  As you 
> >know, in my case Spanish is my native language and English is my
second 
> >one.
> >
> >Regarding the upside down question mark (or should it be right side 
> >up), ¿Has intentado usar la combinación de teclas "Alt" a la derecha 
> >del la barra espaciadora y la tecla con el signo de interrogación?
> >
> sorry but I didn't get it. . .can you give us this last sentence in
English?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> joseph
> 
> ps: are Teclas "keys" . . .actually as I'm reading it again I think I'm 
> getting it. Tell me if this is right, "Have you intended to use the 
> combination keys Alt to the right of the space bar and the Question
mark 
> key? Is that close.
> 
> >
> >Saludos
> >Victor Villarreal
> >




YDNA/MtDNA

Joseph,

It took me a while to make the decision of doing the dna tests but
eventually I could not stand anymore to ignore it.

My Y-DNA test showed that my haplogroup is "E3b", a type of haplogroup
that is very widespread all around the Mediterranean sea, and my
mtDNA, on the maternal side, came as "A", one of the five Amerindian
haplogroups.  

So far, my closest matches on my paternal lineage have all been
persons that share my own surname, whom I have only known of now that
I have been researching these matters.  On my maternal DNA I have no
matches so far.

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> I did both mine. I posted my Ydna results to the group but haven't for 
> my Mt dna. My Mt dna goes back to Africa probably a black slave got
into 
> my line many generations ago.
> 
> I'm going to eventually make up a YDNA/MtDNA folder in the files area 
> where those that are interested can post their results. As far as I
know 
> very few in the group have done dna testing. I'm hoping for more 
> interest as we grow older.
> 
> joseph
> 





Spanish Language Characters

Emilie,

Using the right side ALT and the ? keys simultaneously produces the ¿
symbol.  It does work.  Also, the admiration symbol ¡ can be typed by
the use of the right side ALT key plus the ! key.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia" <auntyemfaustus@h...>
wrote:
> Hi, Victor,
> 
> I understand what you said in Spanish about using right side ALT and
the ? key to get the Spanish character for "el signo de
interrogacion", but since I set my computer back to the factory
settings, I have not tried it.  Does that work? (Sorry I couldn't
respond in Spanish).  When I reset my computer for the Spanish
characters I still might not be able to have that one character work.
 I found that the exclamation character doesn't work with my MSN
Explorer.  I don't have Outlook Express (Internet Explorer) because my
MSN Explorer e-mail is web-based only in order to not have my e-mails
to other Internet Providers blocked because I have a msn.com address
on another e-mail account.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA
> 





mt dna testing

My father and his brothers are dead and I don't have any brothers and forget my boy cousins...son tan tacaños!!!! they'll never pay to get the DNA results. Marge

On Jun 21, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:


re Family Tree DNA Project

The priest never had the faith.

Alberto.

--- Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:

> Joseph,
> 
> That is so interesting about the DNA Project.   
> 
> I have talked with Mr. Greenspan (via e-mail),
> president of the Family Tree DNA project, several
> times.  He is very nice.  He says to e-mail him any
> time.  He is a professor at the University of
> Arizona.  I had seen a story about a Hispanic priest
> in Albuquerque who now wears both a cross and a Star
> of David, since the DNA project showed not only that
> he was of Jewish heritage, but of the highest order,
> the Cohanim, direct descendants of Moses and his
> brother Aaron.  Mr. Greenspan said that he started
> the project for Jews to find out what Jewish groups
> they belong to (where in the hierarchy they fit). 
> The highest is the Cohanim [priest], then there is
> the Levite [temple servant], everybody else is
> Ysraelite.
> 
> I have heard many stories that many of our early
> 15th century Spanish ancestors in Mexico were
> Sephardic Jews and Moors.  We are not related too
> much to the people that live in Spain now.  So
> Joseph, you are not really descended from an African
> slave, but maybe from someone with Moorish or Arab
> blood.  The Moors were the powers in Spain only
> until shortly before the ancestors of the current
> Spaniards had kicked them and the Jews and Arabs
> out.  A Spanish friend from the Basque country told
> me she was proud not to be "hija de moro ni de
> indio".  (She can't help it- the Basques are very
> proud).   
> 
> I knew that my father's surname OLAGUE is Basque,
> because he told me so.  They were fair, with blue
> eyes.  People in Mexico have told us that all
> Olagues descend from one Miguel Olague who together
> with his brothers went with the conquistador Don
> Juan de Onate to New Mexico in 1598.  They returned
> to Zacatecas shortly.  My maternal ancestors, the
> MARQUEZ, did stay and colonize New Mexico.  They
> were all Espanol until my great-great grandfather's
> time.  Somehow a  Piro Indian got in the family,
> thus he was dark, and on my mother's side the
> females look Indian (go figure).   
> 
> In Gary Felix' website I read this:  "It is widely
> believed that a large percentage of the earliest
> settlers of Mexico may have origins in the Middle

mt dna testing

Members and cousins:
It would be very interesting if we all had our dna
results, but I believe we would be very much the same
since we share the same Mexican ancestors and they
also came from the same region of Mexico, Spain,
Portugal.

Any comments?

Alberto.

--- Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...> wrote:

> If we can only go through the female line, then I'll
> have to go through 
> another site.  My mother was from Scotland, and her
> mother was from 
> Ireland.:(  Marge
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long
> wrote:
> 
> > I would love to see how others did thier dna
> tests. I feel cheated as
> >  a female that I can only do the mtdna
> (female)line. I ordered mine
> >  through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered
> his from another even
> >  though it's the same lab.. he does not have
> ancestors from Mexico.  My
> >  test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6
> weeks to arrive.  I'm
> >  waiting for my results now and expect them by the
> end of June.  I also
> >  like how the Mexico site will hold our results
> for 25 years and will
> >  notify us if there is a match with someone.
> >
> >  I don't fully understand how they analize the
> results but expect to
> >  find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my
> research records are
> >  correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in
> percentages, Joseph, do you
> >  know how it's done?
> >
> >  Linda Castanon-Long
> >
> >
> >
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If we can only go through the female line, then I'll have to go through another site. My mother was from Scotland, and her mother was from Ireland.:( Marge

On Jun 21, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Erlinda Castanon-Long wrote:


I would love to see how others did thier dna tests. I feel cheated as

a female that I can only do the mtdna (female)line. I ordered mine

through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered his from another even

though it's the same lab.. he does not have ancestors from Mexico.  My

test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6 weeks to arrive.  I'm

waiting for my results now and expect them by the end of June.  I also

like how the Mexico site will hold our results for 25 years and will

notify us if there is a match with someone.



I don't fully understand how they analize the results but expect to

find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my research records are

correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in percentages, Joseph, do you

know how it's done?



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I would love to see how others did thier dna tests. I feel cheated as 
a female that I can only do the mtdna (female)line. I ordered mine 
through Gary Felix's site.  My husband ordered his from another even 
though it's the same lab.. he does not have ancestors from Mexico.  My 
test kit arrived in 10 days, my husbands took 6 weeks to arrive.  I'm 
waiting for my results now and expect them by the end of June.  I also 
like how the Mexico site will hold our results for 25 years and will 
notify us if there is a match with someone.

I don't fully understand how they analize the results but expect to 
find African, Espanol and Indio blood lines if my research records are 
correct.  I'm hoping they break it down in percentages, Joseph, do you 
know how it's done?

Linda Castanon-Long




YDNA/MtDNA

Hi Joseph,
How does one go about getting the DNA testing?  I think, now, I'm pretty interested.
Thanks
Peggy Delgado
> 
> From: Joseph Puentes <makas@...>
> Date: 2005/06/21 Tue PM 02:53:49 EDT
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ranchos] YDNA/MtDNA
> 
> I did both mine. I posted my Ydna results to the group but haven't for 
> my Mt dna. My Mt dna goes back to Africa probably a black slave got into 
> my line many generations ago.
> 
> I'm going to eventually make up a YDNA/MtDNA folder in the files area 
> where those that are interested can post their results. As far as I know 
> very few in the group have done dna testing. I'm hoping for more 
> interest as we grow older.
> 
> joseph
> 
> Victor Villarreal wrote:
> 
> >Alicia,
> >
> >I agree.  This really must be an exciting finding for Steven.  
> >I've also wondered how many in the Ranchos group have done a DNA 
> >study (either Y-DNA or mtDNA) or are considering doing one?
> >
> >What is gradually showing up by those who have done genetic testing 
> >is that most of us with Mexican roots have a European paternal 
> >lineage and a Native American maternal ancestry.
> >
> >Saludos
> >Victor
> >
> >
> >--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@p...> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Steven,
> >> 
> >>How exciting that you found this information and that it's a 
> >>    
> >>
> >possibility that you may have made a connection with your ancestral 
> >tribe.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >>I feel happy for you and a little envy that you have come so far 
> >>    
> >>
> >and that you may have Otomi blood lines. Have you by chance done the 
> >DNA study on anyone in your family? That would be interesting to see 
> >where it takes you.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >>Alicia
> >>
> >>"Steve G. Apodaca" <sgapodaca@y...> wrote:
> >>Hello.
> >>
> >>I want to share what I recently found and check if anybody is 
> >>related to these ancestors. A couple days ago, I finally checked 
> >>    
> >>
> >the 
> >  
> >
> >>marriage record of my ancestors from Los Altos.
> >>

&#xBF;How do you do that?

 ¿How do you do that?

 I found out how to create a shortcut to give you the upside down ¿ in Word.
It doesn't work in e-mail.  I copied pasted this e-mail from Word.  

Go into 
Insert
Symbol
Symbols folder
Find the ¿ question mark upside down about 8 rows down second from the end
of the chart.  Highlight the upside down ? mark ¿ and click on Shortcut
Key... Tab at the bottom of the Symbol screen.  

This brings you to the Customize Keyboard where I then assigned ALT ? as my
shortcut key for the upside down question mark ¿  

Hope this helps.

Kitty

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
George Luna
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:03 PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ranchos] PAF Help Needed!!!

Find the .paf file by doing a search for the name. Right click on the file
and choose properties. Uncheck "read only".
Luna

Joseph Puentes wrote:

>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Problem
> Date: 	Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:51:57 -0700
> From: 	John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...>
> To: 	Joseph Puentes <makas@...>
>
>
>
> Joseph:
>  
> I need some help.   Do you know if there is anybody out there who is 
> using the LDS program: PAF 5.2 who might be able to help me with a 
> problem?
>  
> Here's the problem: I was trying to make  some changes to my Windows 
> XP program, but the changes didn't work.  I had to reboot my computer 
> in "Safe Mode" and ran the restore program.  Everything started 
> working again, except for the PAF program.
> I can bring it up but  it comes up as a "read only" program. I can 
> view all of my data, I can print it out, but it is not allowing me to 
> make changes to it or enter new data.  I think the computer recovered 
> the PAF program from the back-up file that was probably "write protected"
> I know that there must be a way to fix it, just don't know how...  Any 
> ideas anybody?
> The LDS Family Search Center is closed on Monday, I can't get any help 
> from them today.
> Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
> Thank you.
> 1gnzlz@... <mailto:1gnzlz@...>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> *Yahoo! Groups Links*
>
>     * To visit your group on the web, go to:

YDNA/MtDNA

You will.  

Albeto.

--- Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

> I did both mine. I posted my Ydna results to the
> group but haven't for 
> my Mt dna. My Mt dna goes back to Africa probably a
> black slave got into 
> my line many generations ago.
> 
> I'm going to eventually make up a YDNA/MtDNA folder
> in the files area 
> where those that are interested can post their
> results. As far as I know 
> very few in the group have done dna testing. I'm
> hoping for more 
> interest as we grow older.
> 
> joseph
> 
> Victor Villarreal wrote:
> 
> >Alicia,
> >
> >I agree.  This really must be an exciting finding
> for Steven.  
> >I've also wondered how many in the Ranchos group
> have done a DNA 
> >study (either Y-DNA or mtDNA) or are considering
> doing one?
> >
> >What is gradually showing up by those who have done
> genetic testing 
> >is that most of us with Mexican roots have a
> European paternal 
> >lineage and a Native American maternal ancestry.
> >
> >Saludos
> >Victor
> >
> >
> >--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo
> <alliecar@p...> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Steven,
> >> 
> >>How exciting that you found this information and
> that it's a 
> >>    
> >>
> >possibility that you may have made a connection
> with your ancestral 
> >tribe.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >>I feel happy for you and a little envy that you
> have come so far 
> >>    
> >>
> >and that you may have Otomi blood lines. Have you
> by chance done the 
> >DNA study on anyone in your family? That would be
> interesting to see 
> >where it takes you.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >>Alicia
> >>
> >>"Steve G. Apodaca" <sgapodaca@y...> wrote:
> >>Hello.
> >>
> >>I want to share what I recently found and check if
> anybody is 
> >>related to these ancestors. A couple days ago, I
> finally checked 
> >>    
> >>
> >the 
> >  
> >
> >>marriage record of my ancestors from Los Altos.
> >>
> >>My 2nd greatgrandfather Juan Tapia married my 2nd
> greatgrandmother 
> >>Bibiana Martinez in Lagos de Moreno on February 5,

Spanish Question Mark



Victor Villarreal wrote:

Hello Emilie,

I too have my keyboard configured for International English. As you
know, in my case Spanish is my native language and English is my second
one.


Regarding the upside down question mark (or should it be right side
up), ¿Has intentado usar la combinación de teclas "Alt" a la derecha
del la barra espaciadora y la tecla con el signo de interrogación?


sorry but I didn't get it. . .can you give us this last sentence in English?

thanks,

joseph

ps: are Teclas "keys" . . .actually as I'm reading it again I think I'm
getting it. Tell me if this is right, "Have you intended to use the
combination keys Alt to the right of the space bar and the Question mark
key? Is that close.



Saludos
Victor Villarreal





Yahoo! Groups Links













YDNA/MtDNA

I did both mine. I posted my Ydna results to the group but haven't for
my Mt dna. My Mt dna goes back to Africa probably a black slave got
into my line many generations ago.



I'm going to eventually make up a YDNA/MtDNA folder in the files area
where those that are interested can post their results. As far as I
know very few in the group have done dna testing. I'm hoping for more
interest as we grow older.



joseph



Victor Villarreal wrote: