Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 7 March 1, 2013 March meeting • Thursday, Mar 7th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • DNA • FHC and National Cemeteries • Members’ Corner • Google Books • Letter from the editor DNA and Genealogy Our speaker for the March meeting is Lee A. James of Olympia. He’ll be talking to us about DNA. His handouts cover Y-DNA surnames projects, Y-DNA, and name changes. I think this will an interesting meeting. My own interest in DNA related subject matter has grown of late. My wife and daughter gave me a 23andme DNA test kit for my birthday in January. I’m still waiting for the results. However, for those who haven’t been exposed to 23andme and its DNA procedures, let me tell a few things about it. After the thanks for the money note, they ask you if you’d be willing to respond to some online surveys which would further their research and databases about my and your DNA. Being a good sport I said yes. The first survey was called Empathy, which we all know is a word found between emotion and empty in the dictionary. They wanted to know all sorts of things, like how often did I cry during “Love Story” and “Bambi”. They wanted to know if I could identify with people going thru life’s ups and downs and feel their anguish and joy. There was more, all of it just as riveting as the above. The average score was somewhere in the 80 percentile. I on the other hand was in the bottom five percentile. From that point on I noticed a small red flag in upper corner of all the surveys I took. All the surveys are somewhat interesting but only 23andme know how they are linked to your DNA. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 7 March 1, 2013 March meeting • Thursday, Mar 7th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • DNA • FHC and National Cemeteries • Members’ Corner • Google Books • Letter from the editor DNA and Genealogy Our speaker for the March meeting is Lee A. James of Olympia. He’ll be talking to us about DNA. His handouts cover Y-DNA surnames projects, Y-DNA, and name changes. I think this will an interesting meeting. My own interest in DNA related subject matter has grown of late. My wife and daughter gave me a 23andme DNA test kit for my birthday in January. I’m still waiting for the results. However, for those who haven’t been exposed to 23andme and its DNA procedures, let me tell a few things about it. After the thanks for the money note, they ask you if you’d be willing to respond to some online surveys which would further their research and databases about my and your DNA. Being a good sport I said yes. The first survey was called Empathy, which we all know is a word found between emotion and empty in the dictionary. They wanted to know all sorts of things, like how often did I cry during “Love Story” and “Bambi”. They wanted to know if I could identify with people going thru life’s ups and downs and feel their anguish and joy. There was more, all of it just as riveting as the above. The average score was somewhere in the 80 percentile. I on the other hand was in the bottom five percentile. From that point on I noticed a small red flag in upper corner of all the surveys I took. All the surveys are somewhat interesting but only 23andme know how they are linked to your DNA. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2013,V10 I7 MCGS Mar 2013 newsletter.pdf,V10 I7 MCGS Mar 2013 newsletter.pdf Page 1, V10 I7 MCGS Mar 2013 newsletter.pdf Page 1