Hi Pat and Joan Present day descendants are out there. Just not all of them are actively researching their family trees at this moment. You might cross check some of your research against those on rootsweb.com and other gene sites. To see if any of similar surnames might pop up. In researching my family since 1984, and more recently more actively, since about 1999, have found several other branches of my family MILLS line out there in the world. In the last couple of years, because of DNA testing, have found even more. What a surprise! Most of my research seemed to always be dead ends with the family only having girls. So the surname died out. Little by little more information has become available because of the Internet, so that has really helped so much. Do not give up, keep on researching. There are many places to find out about DNA testing, and whether or not your particular surname might have been tested. Best for great research. Pat cw ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour