Yes, Robert, that is exactly why the DNA study is so helpful in our research: I would have hated to have spent more time looking at ancestors for my husband that DNA has now shown to NOT be his ancestors. The initial shock is quickly replaced by relief that one has not spent an entire lifetime looking for the wrong people. And on top of that the DNA stuff is really fun! Marsha Moses On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:46 AM, ROBERT NICHOLSON wrote: > You just file the information away and move on. There is no point in > getting upset about it at this late date. > > My own DNA testing proved "family lore" that my surname should be be > something else so the results were not a shock. It seems that one > of my > direct ancestors used the surname of his step-father rather than the > surname > of his actual father. > > In addition, I know of a case where a family researcher had expended a > tremendous amount of time and energy in researching what she thought > was her > ancestral line. When her father finally took the DNA test, it came > back > that they did not connect with their own surname line. That did > come as a > shock to her. > > So the message is to just accept the results and keep on trucking. > > Robert Nicholson >