Had an interesting little conversation with Anita Lustenberger, editor of the DNA articles in NEW ENGLAND ANCESTORS magazine. She was emphatic that a 12-marker test really isn't sufficient to identify the haplotype. Sometimes many different surnames can have the same 12 numbers. I wondered if that might be somewhat due to variations on the surname, or maybe use of French-Canadian dit names, or northern European patronymics, etc. On the other hand, if all other indirect evidence already points seriously to an identification, would a 12-marker match be sufficient to draw a final conclusion? What do you think? According to his age at death, John Mills, living in Darien, Conn., at least 1820-1840, was just about the right age to be the unnamed son of Ezra Mills of Darien who was baptized in 1790. His 12-marker DNA test matches that of another well-documented descendant of Ezra. And there was no other Mills family in Darien, although there were others in neighboring towns who were members of entirely different Mills families. Helen Ullmann