Because of the responses (some off-list), maybe I should clarify my opinion on DNA testing. I am not only a supporter of it but administer two DNA projects and usually am encouraging people to test. (I'd, especially, like more Lancashire men test Y-DNA and particularly Taylors.) But, everyone's situations are different and people should pursue it with open eyes. DNA testing will NOT solve every genealogical problem. One must have a clear goal and should seek good advice about how testing would attain the goal. Now, my own testimonial; DNA testing did the following for my genealogy. 1. Cleared up a doubt that was not resolvable through documentation. These was doubt about my paternal great grandfather being a son of my purported 2nd-great-grandfather. (Y-DNA testing resolved it in the affirmative.) 2. Identified my specific patriline within a very common surname containing hundreds of patrilins. (Y-DNA helped confirm documentation and fill in blanks in the family history.) 3. Autosomal DNA matching found cousins who share my mother's mother's paternal grandfather. (This tends to confirm the cdocumentation.) 4. Mitochondrial DNA suggested my direct maternal lineage was Ulster Scots and probably settled in Augusta County, Virginia before branching out. Yet, others have had less success. As a project administrator, I hurt for them. -rt_/)