To: pike-dna-l@rootsweb.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:12 -0230 (NDT)
From: dapike@math.mun.ca (David Pike)
Subject: [PIKE-DNA] Sale at FTDNA, and our latest results


Hi everybody.

First of all, I want to mention that FamilyTreeDNA has announced a
sale that will last until the end of August.  Between now and then
the cost of a 37-marker Y-DNA test is reduced to $119 (from the
usual $189).  For anybody who may have been thinking of joining our
project, this might be a good opportunity to do so.

Now, to turn to some recent developements within our project, a
few people who ordered upgrades to further refine their DNA results
have had additional markers reported recently.  Among these is Alan
(kit 120594) in our project's Group 1, who now has results for all
67 markers.  Alan's closest match at the 67 marker level is with
PFA President Roy Escott Pike (31483).  Their match isn't perfect,
but is remarkably close at 66 out of 67 markers.

Meanwhile, the only new (i.e. not upgraded) results that have recently
come back from the lab are for Stacey's father Calvin (kit 59944) for whom
we now have 12 markers available.  Stacey's Pike ancestry has been traced
back from Texas, through Alabama and Mississippi, into Tennessee and
possibly Virginia to a John Pike who was born before 1775.

Unexpectedly, Stacey's father's DNA turned out to be a perfect 12/12 match
with Keith (80666) and Sara's brother Marvin (61285) in our project's
Group 8, as well as being an 11/12 match with Joshua (102342) also in
Group 8.  We don't have details on Keith's or Joshua's Pike ancestry, but
Sara's has been firmly rooted in Adair County, Kentucky for the past 200
years.  With the revelation of the match with Stacey, Sara and other
members of her family now have a new lead to pursue:  by working on
Stacey's genealogy they might be able to get un-stuck in figuring out
where the Pikes of Adair County came from.

- David.