This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/1064.7.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe that you are definitely right! I ran across some information that someone had traced Samuel back to this particular William Cowan, but I just learned that DNA disproves this. I am new to geneaology...how frustrating it is!