Glenora: Could you give us some idea of what you mean by "the relatively low rate of success."? I'm curious as to what was being sought that, not being found, lead to that conclusion. Y DNA is not a substitute for paternity tests, and it can't tell you the exact relationship between two people who have a perfect match on their Y DNA signature. It can tell you if you are or are not related to someone of the same surname, and it can tell you the ethnic background of your direct male line ancestor. So, we can use it to see if any of the Northern and Southern Davenport fanilies are related and, assuming we can determine his Y DNA signature, we can determine if Davis Davenport was of male Native American or African or Caucasian ancestry. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 20 Jan 2003 at 19:19, Glenora Chamberlin wrote: --SNIP-- Hello Bill, As I told Steve when he emailed me privately, my intent was not to say anything against anyone personally. I also replied *Companies who operate that way are especially of concern. It was just a suggestion that people do some research on where they put their money and information*. I know someone who has been through the testing for genealogy, and have read a good deal about it. I am neither for or opposed to the idea, but there is much to consider, including the relatively low rate of success. Glenora