Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:20:15 -0230 (NDT)
From: David Pike 
To: pike-dna-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: Three New Results



Hi everybody.

I have several things to mention in this newsletter, beginning with some 
new results from the FamilyTreeDNA lab.


First of all, 37-marker results are now available for two new project 
members with kit numbers 154927 and 160783.  Currently they are both 
anonymous so I can't say anything about their family history just yet. 
However, I can point out they match each other on 36 out of their 37 
markers, and so there is no doubt that they are related to one another. 
Moreover, their DNA profiles are different from all of our other project 
members, so we now have a new "Group 16" on our project's webpage for DNA 
Results: 
http://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/pike/DNA/index.php?content=results.html#Group16


Next up is another anonymous fellow, with kit number 160167.  He tested 37 
markers and is a perfect 37-marker match with some of the members of our 
project's "Group 8" clan.  This is only the sixth time that our project 
has experienced a perfect 37-marker match.  Although we don't yet have 
details to share about 160167's ancestry, the known origins of our "Group 
8" so far include Adair County in Kentucky, Robertson County in Tennessee, 
and Edgefield County in South Carolina.


Many people are aware that our project has a sponsorship fund that we use 
to help fund DNA tests for newcomers to our project, especially if they 
come from Pike lineages that aren't yet represented among the DNA results 
already on hand.  Recently somebody contacted me and expressed an interest 
in providing sponsorships in support of Pike lineages that stretch back to 
the early 1700s in Dorset.  I'm trying to spread the news that such 
support might be available, and would like to ask anybody who might have 
early Pike ancestry in Dorset to get in touch with me.

Details about other sponsorships that we currently have available, as well 
as how to make contributions towards sponsorships, can be found at 
http://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/pike/DNA/index.php?content=join.html#Sponsorships


Something else that I would like to ask is that if anybody knows of any 
Pike family reunions that are being planned, then can they also get in 
touch with me.  Stuart has drafted a short brochure about our project that 
would be suitable to distribute at such events, and would hopefully help 
to recruit more participants from different branches of various Pike 
family trees.

Sincerely,

- David.