Agree with everything Margaret and Loretta said. Also, in a presentation Tim Janzen gave at our society, he said testing third cousins is very important if you can do it. DNA is very useful - our project so far has shown that all those with our surname are related - but we haven't found the common ancestors yet. All in a small area of Co. Tyrone, too. Maurice Gleeson's videos are invaluable. Kathleen On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Loretta Layman via < cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > "Most information one reads about DNA testing and genealogy stress that > DNA is only another tool and needs to be used in conjunction with paper > genealogy." > > Absolutely Margaret! > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Barnes via > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:39 PM > To: Loretta Layman > Cc: twalden27@gmail.com; cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] Autosomal DNA - Family Finder > > My brother has had numerous FF matches with whom we share multiple > surnames, and sorting them out has been almost futile." > > This is the reason it is suggested one has as many cousins as possible > tested (at their expense if you can!) Then you can work out which side of > the family a match matches. > > I think also the videos on youTube by Genetic Genealogy Ireland are > fabulous. There is one especially about grouping your matches into > townlands. I have surnames which come up as matches all the time but so > far I cannot see that we have relations by these names. > > Most information one reads about DNA testing and genealogy stress that DNA > is only another tool and needs to be used in conjunction with paper > genealogy. > > Margaret in Oz. > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Cuimhnigh ar na daoine ónar tháinig tú* *"Remember the men whence you came."*