Ardis wrote: > That's what I'd like to read from you -- a single, solitary case > study resulting in the solution of a genealogical puzzle, to the > standards of a genealogist. I would suggest that you consider both positive and negative solutions. Negative solutions would be proofs furnished by DNA evidence that two lines are in fact not related at all, despite persistent rumors that they are. You can see two such solutions on the Blanchard DNA web page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/bldna.html One of the hazards of DNA-assisted genealogy is the potential for discovering nonpaternity in places where it was never suspected. A case study arising from the Rice DNA project was written up in the Fall 2002 issue of _New England Ancestors_. If you don't have access to that, you can read about the project at the web site: http://edmund-rice.org/ John Chandler "John F. Chandler" <JCHBN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>