News Caster September 2007
Volume XXV Issue 3 Page 43
Ancestry.com is taking over the Relative Genetics DNA Projects. After reading everything I could find I have decided to wait
and see what happens. Ancestry has said that the DNA Project database will be open and free to the public and that personal
information will remain hidden. If someone wants to contact you they will need to go through them. This is to protect your privacy.
It is yet to be known if I will still be able to be the project manager. I hope to know about that soon. Ancestry will be offering
DNA testing in the future. For those who would like to have their DNA tested you will be able to test through Ancestry or
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA).
Contact me at caoa-dna@caoa-gen.org for further details.
A while back Relative Genetics changed the I1c Haplogroup to E3a, E3b and G Haplogroups for our Paulus Kuster DNA
Family. After several discussions with their technical support people, I decided to see if one of our members would take the
test that determines the Haplogroup. One member did and it has proved that the Paulus DNA Family is from the I1 Haplogroup.
The Haplogroup defines what part of the world your DNA Family had it roots. A good site to view each Haplogroup along with a
map is http://www.dnaheritage.com/ysnptree.asp. Click on the I for the I1 group and the R for the R1 group.
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The CAOA DNA Project is open to any person who is a direct descendant of any Castor...Custer ancestor.
If you are interested in participating contact the DNA Project Coordinator
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