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DNA testing allows the male and female lines to be traced back over long periods. Dick undertook the Towey Clan DNA Project to help bridge some of the major gaps in the documented genealogies. DNA testing traces the X chromosome from daughter (or son in the same generation) to mother to grandmother, etc., to establish common ancestry in the female line accumulated over many thousands of years. The male line is traced from son to father to grandfather using the male or Y chromosome (no females have the Y) for 2 types of tests: (1) most male tests analyze Short Tandem Repeat (STR) markers to establish common ancestry within recent centuries, and (2) the less-used Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) test enables the analysis of male ancestry back over hundreds of generations.The Towey Clan y-DNA project represents an effort to bridge some of the major gaps in our documented genealogies. The STR tests of our yDNA show that most Toweys tested thus far are genetically close to the O’Neills – i.e. along with about 20 percent of all other Irish males, we probably descend from Niall of the Nine Hostages.

The following yDNA and mtDNA promotional offer has expired; however, it is retained in event any Towey's or variants wish to contact them for DNA testing. It's also retained in event of a future promotional offer.

Greetings

We have another offer from Bennett Greenspan showing reduced rates for Y-DNA testing through December 31, 2009

I strongly suggest that a Y-DNA test should be 37 markers to have a close match within genealogical time.  Note that the upgrade from a 12 marker (currently free) to a 37 marker will cost $99.  However you will wait 5-7 weeks for the free 12 marker and then 5-7 weeks for the upgrade. 

Contact Richard E. Towey if you know somebody who wishes to tested and join the Towey Clan male y-DNA project at www.FamilyTreeDNA.com ; some of us Toweys have learned that we are actually descended many centuries ago from the O’Neill Clan of Co. Tyrone.

Best Wishes,
Dick Towey

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Dear Group Administrator,

Holiday Season promotion will bring back the discount that we offered this summer for the Y-DNA37, since this has been requested by many of our project administrators.

Orders for the above tests need to be placed and paid for by December 31, 2009 to receive the sale price.

IMPORTANT: since this promotion will run through the months of November and December, we encourage you to spread the word starting now, as the natural tendency is for people to order at the last minute, and we will not extend it beyond 12/31/2009. You may use our bulk email feature to notify existing project members about this holiday sale.

In addition here are the newly released permanent prices for the Full Mitochondria Sequence:

Thank you for your continued support. We appreciate your contribution to the sustained growth of the Family Tree DNA matching database, the best genealogical matching tool of its kind.

Bennett Greenspan
President
Family Tree DNA

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Inquiries may be emailed to one or more of these contact points:
Mike Towey, Taoiseach, toweymike@hotmail.com, Dublin
Edward Towey, Chairperson, etowey001@yahoo.com, Deephaven, MN
Dan Towey, Assistant Chairperson, toweydan@juno.com, Blaine, Minnesota
Janet Towey Mann, Secretary, jtafmn@snet.net Southbury, Connecticut
Dick Towey, Assistant Genealogist, toweylr@comcast.net Corvallis, Oregon
Bill Towey, Webmaster, wtowey5953@aol.com Stockton, California

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