Apparently I missed the beginning of the topic, but understand the general gist to be: contribute some cells now & they can do something bordering on miraculous later ... & possibly find out who's related to who. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Everyone knows they're already doing something for the living as far as paternity suits go. But untill they get the bugs worked out & go back to scientific objectivism, they can go hang. SUPPOSEDLY.... they've already taken gene samples from a wide cross section of culturally & ethnicly diverse individuals.... tossed em all together, shaken liberally, & somehow arrived at the conclusion that EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE came from one single woman ... lemme guess.... in Africa/pan Asia?? Hogwash. That makes about as much sense as seeing websites where someone has supposedly traced their ancestors back to John the Baptist. They've just barely mapped all the gazillion bits that compose DNA, let alone come up with a computer that determines the SOURCE. And if just ONE jot turns out to be a tiddle, your so-called african ancestor ends up being a tree sloth. If they've got so much energy & computing power why not do something SIMPLE like get ALL the census data in an electronic format the average middle-aged person can read without guessing if it says Cowan or Gowan. Folks can barely get an erector set to work in orbit around Earth, but we're going to Mars? And then cough up 20 MILLION for a joy ride? gimme a break All of us will have been dust for centuries before they find the cure for everything & aliens come to rescue man from himself. that MY 2-cents worth. Scoot