Friends I thought I would jump in here in hope of helping a bit on the DNA question. Warren asks who gives the most believable and reliable test. Well, from my experience all the testing companies deliver sound scientific lab results. It's not a question of reliability as they will all show you the same thing. Where there can be differences it is in the area of interpretation and the system of showing all the people whom you match. I have tested with Family Tree DNA, both maternal (mtDNA) and paternal (Y-DNA) - and autosomal, which is called Family Finder on FTDNA. The mtDNA and Y-DNA are mostly of interest to show you geographical historic origins down your direct male-only and female-only lines. Don't expect to easily solve any family tree mysteries through these as although you will receive many pages listing other people who match you, the common ancestor you have with even close matches can be several centuries in the past. For immediate family questions, the autosomal test is far more interesting and can solve things for you if you are lucky. The point is that the autosomal test looks at the whole mix of all the family lines within you. It will help if you can persuade any of your known 1st, 2nd, or 3rd cousins to test too. When the matches come in it helps to have your cousins there, as if any match is in common with them it will identify which part of your family they link to. In order to maximise the number of possible matches some people test with all the three main companies. However there is a wonderful new free resource called GEDmatch to which you can upload your results from any company. It means that although I was with FTDNA I can compare myself on GEDmatch with results from Ancestry.com. The downside is that it depends on people having taken the step of uploading to the site. However through that site I have discovered provable 3rd cousins with shared great-great-grandparents. These are now friends in regular email contact with me and each other. Pat Benham benhampat@yahoo.co.uk ------------------------------------------- On Sat, 15/8/15, Warren B Abbott via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: Subject: [INDIA] DNA To: "India Message" <INDIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 15 August, 2015, 23:33 Salaams to all,     So with all the recent info on DNA testing, who gives the most believable and reliable test? I can't decide, please give me your opinion. And as to cost, which one would be most "cost effective" so to speak. Warren Abbott Ontario Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message