Collaborating with myself by typing about DNA

So now that I have examined several Scottish DNA pages of thousands of people, I have found no matches for my Caperton yet.  Out of the thousands, there were only about 15 that even started with the first number of our DNA count.
14 24 14 10 11-14 12 13 11 12 13 29    These are the first 11 markers.  To find a match, it has to match here.  Then if you find this match, you go on to more markers.  If you match there or have just a couple that are close, then go on to more markers.  If you match, you are related.  Most of the numbers of the people in the projects began with 13. Ours, as you can see, begins with 14.   In my project, we have 4 men that tested and they all match perfectly.  They are all from different fathers in the line descending from John Caperton who came to America from Scotland in 1725.  We tested up to 67 markers.

www.familytreedna.com/public/Caperton.default.aspx?section=yresults

A few years ago, I got an email from Frank Whillens.  He had found that we matched markers. fairly        close.  The first 11 matched all but one and it was very slightly off so we counted more markers and         when the deed was done, we were were off by a total of 7 markers.  Family tree consultents tell me we    are related back in the 1300's to a common ancestor.  His ancestors were also Scottish.  So that is why I am looking at this Caperton name that I found.  It has to be there somewhere and I will keep doing the    
work to find it.                                                                                                                                       

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