In a message dated 11/17/2003 8:55:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, Genoruth@aol.com writes: > Morning to all, Would someone please expain to me what is meant by the "DNA" testing? I really don't know what you are talking about. My BRIDGES line came from TN to Texas. Thank you, Ruth < Hello Ruth, You must be fairly new to our Bridges list and "Welcome". Several months ago we began Y-DNA testing of Bridges males to determine their lineage, as the Y-DNA is passed from father to son, to son, forever, therefore, every directly related male will have the same DNA which makes it possible to find which lines are related when the paper research doesn't have the documents that we need to prove relationship. We have had lots of fun and excitement with this project and you can read about the project and view the results on the project website. Click on "DNA Test Results" to see all the matches which are colored to show that they match and click on the Test # to see the Ancestor charts. http://small-stuff.com/BRIDGES/ Julia French Wood List and DNA Project Adm.