Since you seem to have considerable difficulty in comprehending what
you read, Jimbo, I'll reiterate that my Y-DNA results produced a 35
out of 37 match with the Gordon/Douglas line. (The differences in my
case were 12 at 392 and 19 at 570, for anyone who's actually
interested.)

Family Tree DNA, the firm that tested my Y-DNA, indicated an
approximately 95% likelihood that I share a common ancestor within
the last 12 generations with four Gordons who they had also tested. I
thought that this, along with the fact that my ancestors came to
Canada from Gordon territory in Aberdeenshire in the 19th century,
might be of interest to some members of this group, in that it could
support the idea that the Gordon/Douglas line is Gordon rather than
Douglas. Or not. I'm aware of the fact that until more Dawsons are
tested to at least a 37 allele level, it will impossible to know for
certain whether there is a Dawson line that was founded by a Gordon.

And, given the unnecessarily snide and condescending tone of your
post, Jimbo, I sincerely hope that you and I don't share a common
ancestor. All my ancestors left the trees a very long time ago.

--- In douglasgordonDNA@yahoogroups.com, jimgordo1@... wrote:
>
>
> Let me explain a few things to you:
>
> 1) A 12-marker test is 99% useless unless you have a 12/12 match.
This
> indicates a positive relationship with the person you match.
Perhaps not within a
> historic time frame (since surnames were adopted); but a
relationship
> nevertheless.
> 2) To refine that relationship you need to test with 25 or,
preferably, 37
> to see how close that relationship really is -- what the
generation gap is to
> your Most Recent Common Ancestor.
> 3) The test result differences need to be interpreted by a
professional. If
> you tested with a Surname Project that has a relationship with a
lab, you
> should have received a report showing the generational differences
between you
> and other testers in your group. A difference of one or two in
different
> alleles does not necessarily indicate a relationship. It depends
on which alleles.
>
> Are you familiar with Y-Search
(_http://www.ysearch.org/add_start.asp?uid_
> (http://www.ysearch.org/add_start.asp?uid) =)? If not, you should
go there and
> enter your test results. If you do NOT specify a surname, you will
see what I
> mean about one or two steps differences not necessarily indicating
a
> relationship.
>
> As for posting your test results, your Project Administrator should
do that.
> The only way you could do it would be to have administrative access
to the
> site.
>
> I hope this helps somewhat.
>
> Jim Gordon
> Co-Administrator, Publicity
> Gordon DNA Project
>