Hi Nancy, I actually used to work for a DNA lab in the Bay Area that does ancestry/geneaology testing, among other things. They charge around $250 for various tests. Here is their website: www.tracegenetics.com And here is the page with the geneaology information: http://www.tracegenetics.com/services_gene.html If you have any questions about it, feel free to email me. Claire ________________________________ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of NANCY HILL Sent: Mon 7/23/2007 9:13 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: our genetic ancestry Carrie, How do you go about finding out how to obtain and send in a bit of dna; and how much does it cost? I have been having trouble downloading from Jakes's site, but did manage to download the book of which you speak. I read recently that all of the pre/homo sapiens migrated from somewhere in Africa. I would be interested in knowing the whys and wherefores of the differences in homo sapiens such as skin pigment, eye shapes, hair color, etc. Very interesting. Nancy Hill girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx