On 18/09/2012 3:39 PM, Peter STRAUSS wrote: > Does any Lister have experience with this project? I have had no experience with that ANCESTRY project. But did think seriously about the pros and cons of DNA as a genealogical tool. When we construct our "family tree" using the records of Registrars, elderly relatives, archives, libraries we depend largely upon the records of lawful marriages and lawful offspring. When we visit a recently pregnant woman in maternity hospital and see her wee new babe alongside there's no doubting that she is the mother of that babe. And the happy husband sitting there holding her hand is <probably> father of that babe. DNA science pays no regard to BDM registers. If the mother was unfaithful, or raped by another male, or.........otherwise impregnated then the eventual descendants of yesterday's new born babe could observe in their own DNA count that they had origins of an unexpected race and location. > Is it a useful genealogy tool or just a money-maker for Ancestry Yes and No. Alistair