This morning on Barbara Walter's "The View", a representative from the Sorenson Institute was interviewed regarding the worldwide genetic database they are compiling through DNA donations. You provide a sample of your DNA (cheek swabbing) and they run it through their database and link you up with your pedigree listing the genetic markers...you also provide them with at least 3 generations of your personal pedigree. The whole thing is free and the look-up, after all is said and done, is by surname only unless you opt for further genetic screening. Do you think that this will help or hinder in the process of accumulating information and what ramifications do you think this will have with compiling genealogy? If you are interested in seeing what this is all about, the website is http://smgf.org/ I'm interested in your opinions. katy <[email protected]>