If you are not a male Stout, you need to find the closest male Stout to you. Brothers Uncles Great Uncles What if the great uncles are no longer living? In one of my surnames (Hodge), I was able to take my last male in the line born in 1831 (my great, great grandfather) and trace all his 7 sons forward using census on Ancestry and the Social Security Death Index and obituaries when I got to the earlier years. Several had no children or only daughters in a generation or two. But I was able to continue one line forward for 5 generations and found two living male cousins living in Tacoma, Washington. I convinced one to do the DNA at my expense and I now have a match with three other distant Hodge cousins. We are now looking for a common ancestor in upstate New York about the time of the Revolutionary War. It isn't easy research but it can be done. In a message dated 3/31/2012 8:32:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, susan.avery@juno.com writes: Marilyn - the male must still bear the surname Stout in order to be tested - they neglected to tell you that. I imagine that your son is a Van Horne and to have his DNA test done would only trace the Van Horne name, not the Stout name. Susan Avery On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:33 -0500 Marjorie Devore <scarlett1@mchsi.com> writes: > On 3/30/2012 11:06 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote: My son would do this, > he > is 48, lives here in my town, how do I begin? m > > Marjorie, > > > > The yDNA has to be from a male who is a biological descendant > from > > Richard Stout. > > > > You could do an atDNA test and hope for a match with another > Stout > > descendant, gender does not matter, but the matches are harder to > prove. > > > > Marleen Van Horne > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message