Just like names, dates and places, knowing who you are related to through the use of DNA is for me not the core of what genealogy is about. It's an amazing tool that is incredible, but vital statistics and DNA provide guideposts and structure to our family trees. The genealogy is in the luscious colorful details of our ancestors' lives. I would think we're a long way off from getting that from DNA results, but who knows. -----Original Message----- > On 3/01/2016, at 4:20 pm, Sam Sloan via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > It is inevitable that at the rate technology is advancing in this > area, if id just a question of time before everybody will know who > their real parents were, whether they want to or not. > I would say that within ten years the technology will be so advanced > that adoption searches will be obsolete. Just as nowadays the doctor > will tell you whether your coming baby will be male or female provided > that you ask, at some future date all you have to do is ask and the > doctors or medical researchers will be able to tell you who your real parents are or were. > How long will this take and will this be a good thing? > Sam Sloan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

But would we care as much about those luscious details if we learn we are not biologically related to those ancestors? I've seen a number of genealogists have to lop off a branch of a well researched tree, with books published, when they discovered they could not possibly be a genetic descendant. On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Phyllis Garratt via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Just like names, dates and places, knowing who you are related to through > the use of DNA is for me not the core of what genealogy is about. It's an > amazing tool that is incredible, but vital statistics and DNA provide > guideposts and structure to our family trees. The genealogy is in the > luscious colorful details of our ancestors' lives. I would think we're a > long way off from getting that from DNA results, but who knows. > > -----Original Message----- > > email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >