List Readers, here is an update on the DNA project. I did the family finder for my DNA and want to share with my Barry County cousins what I have learned. Believe me - there is much more to learn. I have just scratched the service. After I painted all day yesterday I played with this stuff until midnight. And - all the time my paint roller was running up and down the wall - I was going over the things I'd learned about my DNA. I am a happy camper because I found my Bradford and Adams connection to the Mayflower line in my DNA through in what was listed as a cousin in the Holland Massachusetts families. I have found connections to these families Fedro - Fetrow, Brome, Bose, Shambaugh & Shamback, Broyles and many of their down line names, Burris - Burress and some of their connecting names such as Tandy, Lane and connecting lines of Crews, Vaught, Vogt, Baker, Summer, Hancock, Vickery and many other connecting families, Jones in a number of charts, Taylor in abundance, Crumley in abundance, Addington, Pease, Collins, Bradford, Adams, Mills by the bunches - Knox County, KY came up heavy, Buck and connecting families of Stokes and Adams in NC, one of my Simpson families in Fayette Co., KY, Bristow vaguely, Boone, Morgan, Jordan, Hayes and many Connecticut connections, Long - confusing but there, Smith by bunches, Jacobs, Singleton, and dozens more that I can't remember right off hand. Cooper County, MO, was named for a Hancock descendant and that down line shows up a cousin. There are a ton of Georgia names that I have looked through but am not sure how they connect - not yet. I have 30 pages of cousins - but not all have charts. I have many more that I can't seem to figure out our connections. I have many Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, and Massachusetts families. My family lines go back to both Jamestown and to Plymouth Colony. But to those of you who connect to me in Barry County to any of these families, you will be pleased to see that we are the right track. I am learning that the Family Finder DNA project takes a lot of work to figure out all the connections. Some of the submissions are vague and not useful. I have a little over 12% Swede and Finland ancestors - have no idea how. I am guessing that might be through my unknown George Simpson line. At the present time, I am thinking that the George Simpson who is buried at Munsey Cemetery might be my George Simpson - but, so far, I don't have enough yet to solidity the connection. If so - then the 1862 birth date that the Farwell family has to be incorrect. IF - IF he is my man then more than likely he was born 1852 to 1858. I will keep you informed on this one! Donna Cooper