William Brooks I

DNA Project

I started this page 3/13/08 to have a 67-marker test done on one of us. This is the most definitive test for DNA sampling and is only about $100 higher than the 34 marker. We can finally establish definitively who we belong to in VA. I’m so excited that I almost pee’d my pants! I know you folks will be too. This is the only time that I have ever asked for donations from my cousins. But, since we all have a stake in this, it makes sense to pitch in together. It doesn’t matter who is tested. We just need to know his relationship to the family. We all have the Brooks DNA… the stuff that makes us “feel” like we belong to each other. It’s only fittin’ and proper that we ask the DNA for the ultimate answer to our origins.

We still have to decide on a “guinea pig”… I can do this myself if no one has objections to it. My descent from William Brooks I goes:

William Brooks b.1736

William Brooks II b.1779

Culpeper P. Brooks b.1818

Edgar Marcelus Brooks b.1861

Baylus Cade Brooks Sr. b. 1916

Baylus Cade Brooks Jr. b. 1961

I should be a good candidate for this… no “hanky panky” in the family line (that I know of J) and straight male descendancy to the “old man”. If someone out there is a generation closer, please let me know… your cheek cells could be invaluable to us. Of course, we’ll treasure you for more than your cheeks… J

Fund Collection Tally… goal $349

Baylus Brooks $50.00

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TOTAL: $50.00

Donations can be sent to:

Baylus C. Brooks

2944 NC Hwy 210

Smithfield, NC 27577

(919)631-0801

delabrooke1@yahoo.com