To the LOVE List: My brother, Richard Enloe LOVE, took the Y-DNA test about three years ago, and our kit # is 14108. We did not match with anyone for the longest time. Then Tom LOVE, whose kit # is 17158, also tested, and we were a match. Although we have not been able to link up our two families, we know that they were in the same neck-of-the-woods around the same times. And, most importantly, we KNOW that we are related by blood! It is very important for any family researcher to do DNA testing because it can broaden search horizons (as has happened to us), and it can confirm without a doubt the connections to ancestors that you think you might have made. My earliest confirmed ancestors include: Samuel LOVE, b. abt 1686, probably in Charles Co., MD. He died before Dec. 8, 1772, at "Eagleton," Westwood Manor, Charles Co., MD. He married Mary ABBOTT, b. abt 1694 in Charles Co., MD. She also died before 1772 in Charles Co. We think that his parents were Thomas LOVE and Lucia DOBSON, and that Thomas' parents were William LOVE, who probably came to Maryland sometime in the 1660s, and Judith GERARD. The children of Samuel LOVE and Mary ABBOTT include the following people: 1 Samuel Love 1686 - 1772 .... +Mary Abbott 1694 - 1772 . 2 Charles Love 1714 - 1772 ..... +Mary Harris 1714 - 1769 . 2 Samuel Abbott Love, Sr. 1718 - 1787 ..... +Mary Briscoe 1715 - 1747 . *2nd Wife of Samuel Abbott Love, Sr.: ..... +Elisabeth Thomas 1714 - . 2 William Augustine Love 1720 - 1755 ..... +Elizabeth Scott 1726 - . 2 Elizabeth Jane Love 1720 - 1772 ..... +Peter Urquhart . *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Jane Love: ..... +George Cole . 2 Joseph "Jose" Love 1721 - 1776 . 2 Phillip Love 1722 - 1772 . 2 Nancy Love 1731 - 1772 ..... +Thomas Reeder 1723 - 1790 Tom LOVE's ancestors begin with Granville LOVE, b. April 7, 1815, who married Jane GRANGER, b. Oct. 1822. Both of our families would LOVE for other male LOVEs to do DNA testing to see if we have other matches out there. The best way to link up families is to do it through DNA. I hope that more of you will consider that option! Best of luck to all in your research. Carla Love Maitland Memphis, TN cllfm@comcast.net (That is a new e-mail address.)