www.familytreedna.com/public/Dustin
Please contribute to the Dustin Fund to pay for Hannah's descendants testing. If we each chip in a little we can sponsor several Y-Chromosome tests. We also need the males named Duston who descend from our Nathaniel M. Duston. Help get this going and we will know for sure. Just log on the site above and go to
if you want others to contribute to the general fund for this project send the following link: http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html
Procedure to order a kit that will benefit from the General
Fund:
a) Order the kit using the "Invoice" method
b) Email juliew@familytreedna.com the Kit # and your instructions on
how to apply funds to it. For example: "Kit 12345 , apply $50 from the
General Fund". Of course, the $50 is only for example purposes - you can
use any amounts. (Use of FTDNA matching gifts expired on 12/31/04).
c) We will make the adjustment on the record and on the corresponding
invoice.
d) The kit owner can then either call us with credit card information
for the remaining portion, or simply send us that credit card information or
check along with his kit back to us. The following is a log of your General
Fund entries: 0 balance.
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ello O.D.____________________________________________________________________________
...it gives me great pleasure to enclose a Certificate of
Appreciation to you and your DNA family for the wonderful results that
Family Tree DNA uncovered for our total family. The positive
testing results establishing a genetic connection between two of our
bloodlines - Rev. Henry Easterling and Thomas Easterling - are simply
wonderful....
We look forward to continuing our relationship with you.
Letson (Les) E. Easterling, Sr.
Chairman of the Easterling Society
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This is Alice Rabinovich from Argentina. Only a short time ago, we heard from a possible cousin of ours in California who had been trying to find family through Internet. In no time, he ordered tests for himself and a male cousin of ours and in less than 30 days we had the immense pleasure of finding out that we did have family we thought we had lost along 3 generations, 6000 miles and 90 years. Needless to say, we couldn't feel happier now. ________________________________________________________________________________
What a great service! My test partner and I are both genealogists. We
knew that our families were distantly connected as descendants of the
Swiss Hauri family, probably with a common ancestor who lived about 1400.
I didn't think that my test partner and I would match, though.
My Howerys have a tradition that we used to be Hamiltons, but some
ancestor adopted the name Howery from a step-father back in Virginia,
maybe in the mid-1800s. We couldn't find any evidence to support this
tradition, but we thought it was probably true anyway. I thought that a
y-chromosome test would support our family tradition by showing that we
are not connected to the Howerys.
Imagine my surprise when I matched perfectly on a y-chromosome test with
another descendant of the Hauri family! After one simple test, I have
proof that family tradition was wrong; that my family are really Howerys.
Because of this test, we've solved a major genealogical dilemma, with
dramatic evidence of the continuity of family lines.
Justin Howery
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I want to thank you and the entire Family Tree DNA organization for the
outstanding service you have provided. I have been doing genealogical
research for 20 years, and have had great success with all but a few
lines. The toughest by far has been my direct paternal line. The fact that
my 3rd gt. grandfather had a common surname, as well as a common given
name, made the task of identifying his ancestry almost insurmountable,
with a large number of possibilities and no real way to establish which
was correct. Thanks to Family Tree DNA, I have been able to break through
that brick wall and connect with fellow researchers from my extended
Walker family. I highly recommend your services to all family historians
as an integral and invaluable part of the research process.
Sincerely,
Randy Walker
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Latest Update
THANKS to the Jeannine Rainbolt family
for their donation to the DUSTIN Surname Project. Jeannine researched her DUSTON
heritage for many years, and in many states. She was always ready to share her
results. Her correspondence was full of primary records, family stories, oral
history and encouragement. Now, her family has generously donated $500 to our
project. Our grateful thanks go to Gene Rainbolt and family.
Many descendants of Nathaniel M. Duston have been gathering genealogical facts
for over 30 years. Finally we have an answer.
Good new! Here is the message, I received from
Family Tree DNA
http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com (input
Dustin on the surname search)
info@familytreedna.com
Two of our members have an EXACT MATCH. They have matched in all loci. This
means there is a 99% likelihood they share a common ancestor.
Check our website for more information.
Congratulations to all,
Barb
Updated 02/16/2009