I don't doubt you feel its worthwhile but all it has told you is more or less the same as many a researcher might have suggested anyway As I said previously, if it works for you fine :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/10/2013 14:00, [email protected] wrote: > Regarding the usefulness of DNA testing, I am very pleased with what emerged from my brother's test. With the surname Black we didn't have any idea about our origins. The FTDNA results came with a list of names of others who have close DNA matches and we found that the majority had the name MacGregor or associated names such as Greig or McGhee as well as a few Campbells. We assume that our name goes back to the time when the MacGregor name was proscribed in Scotland and the clan members had to take other names, Black being one of them. I have read that some of them also took the name Campbell, which this DNA match list would seem to confirm. > > We did the 37 marker test back in 2008 and in my opinion it was definitely worthwhile. > > Sheila Brewer