[sax]

Here is a thought: Is there a correlation between bone marrow match and genetic closeness? If there is, it would be a good idea to specifically target people who are from the same community as Amit back in India as well as in the US.

In Indian society, marriage is often within tightly knit communities. What if we track-down people who share second names with Amit's Father and Mother (maiden second name). Would then, the probably of finding a match in such people increase?

Thoughts?

[madao]

Gupta is the English equivalent of Smith in India..

[sax]

I am from the sub-continent. What you said is actually a good thing. There are lots of Guptas (and Vermas and Sharmas and other north-indian surnames).

In India Guptas marry other Guptas (or Sharmas or Vermas or other surnames, BUT there is marriage within the community).

This is not true for Smiths in any part of the world.

[michael_dorfman]

This is not true for Smiths in any part of the world.

Sure it is. See, for example, Eleanor Roosevelt.