G. Lee said..... " These matches are of little value in proving later relationships.. DNA is only revelant when surnames are the same or a spelling variant of the name.." Fortunately, we may entertain opposite opinions. Proving genetic surname relationships - especially sorting out families of the same surname living 300 years ago - is exactly why millions of us participate in the Ydna surname projects. I have no interest in identifying modern relations, even tho it can easily be done; my interest is proving exactly which early immigrant Scot Anderson, Campbell, Thompson, etc, we descend from - which is the objective. We now know many of these same-named early Virginians were not related and can be eliminated from our lineage. If you have not identified your paternal line immigrant or have no interest in pinpointing a specific man or family group 300 years ago (surnames were indeed used in the US), of course you would consider Ydna of no value. I personally consider Mtdna (female line) of no value, no interest to me (U4, northern European). In reading the old 1700s records (court orders especially), it is obvious there were many cases of bastardy, adultry, orphan binding, etc., which confused genetic lineages. Mary Alice ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com