Some things you need to know about DNA testing: 1. If you are testing a surname line, like Bowles, then those who are tested must be male, be a Bowles, and have a clear line of paternal descent from a Bowles. It doesn't work if you are female, or if you are male whose Bowles ancestry comes through a female Bowles. This is the Y-DNA test. 2. If you are seeking a maternal descent, mother to daughter to granddaughter, etc. then the test you want is the mtDNA test. The webpage at http://www.familytreedna.com/description.html has good descriptions of these tests. So, if what you are seeking is to connect various known Bowles lines, then you need male Bowles descendents to test. For example, if you wanted to confirm a connection between the line of John Fleming Bowles with that of the John Bowles who married Celia White (my line) you would need a confiirmed descendent of each line to test. Before you decide to test, understand that there are three levels of Y-DNA testing: 12 markers, 25 markers, and 37 markers. The 12 marker test is only useful for ruling out a connection; the 25 marker test will give you a clearer match. The 37 marker test is only necessary if you have two identical 25 marker tests and you want to narrow down how long in the past it is likely that you are related. For a better explanation of this subject check out the page at http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/dna101.html which is quite well done. The page at http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.asp gives more information about setting up a group, including the need for a group administrator. While I can't test for the Bowles line, if enough Bowles folks are interested in testing, I would be willing to serve as the group administrator. The reason I know a bit about all of this is that I have been tested for my surname line. Charlie