Harriet Tell him the truth. You have said it all. He is the last one. When goes (not soon I hope) the line is gone. Tell him unless there is another, his family line dies with him... It is a totally painless procedure..you just brush the inside of your check like you were brushing your teeth. >>> "Dick and Harriet Preston" <preston@cablelynx.com> 3/15/2004 3:05:44 PM >>> I have a cousin Austin M. Matlock, 83 years old, who is probably the last Matlock male in the Smith 1& 2 line. Technically he is probably the cousin one remove or another of a lot of us, at any rate I have talked to him several different times about doing the DNA testing and he says that he is not interested. A match from him would tie the Smith group to you, Joe, and to the others with matches. Does anyone have a suggestion I can use that might change his mind. Harriet --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net ==== MATLOCK Mailing List ==== For problems on the list write to janab@slip.net