Someone should contact Danny Bowles, who is a descendant of the Metcalfe County Bowles line. Ludema Bowles -----Original Message----- From: BrendaBP@aol.com Sent: Dec 10, 2004 9:50 AM To: BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Possible Bowles DNA Project I have been really sidetracked from Bowles research recently, but wanted to jump in on the DNA discussion. This is something I have been thinking about with regard to my two major lines that are totally blocked at this point: Bowles and Ballard. With my Bowles line, my family certainly can provide a direct Bowles descendant since my mother's maiden name was Bowles and her brother is still living (and he has sons). So, that would cover a major Bowles line in NC, going back to about 1765. Also, I believe I can get participation from the Erskine Bowles line (this would be Mary Ann Null's line) descended from Elizabeth Bowles who d. about 1783 in NC. That would take care of another major Bowles line in NC. Then, I think we could get someone from the William Bowles of Stokes Co. line. I think Terry Boles might be a direct Bowles descendant of that line. So, that would cover yet another major NC Bowles line. I believe the basic DNA test would tell us what the statistical probability is that these lines come from the same ancestor. And possibly, if enough Virginia lines were tested, we could know which, if any, of the Virginia lines could be potential sources for the NC lines. Speaking just in terms of the NC lines, I think it would be very helpful to be able to identify a descendant from an early Pennsylvania Bowles line. It seems very likely that at least some of the NC Bowles lines traveled directly from early PA into NC. I would be very willing to work on getting all the NC lines into the database by identifying and contacting direct male descendants. Brenda