I had my DNA tested through Family Tree DNA about two years ago. It turns out I wasn't related to a branch of familt that I thought I was related to. Since that time, I have had about 200 DNA matches. In every case, we share family names with one another but have found no connection. This has beem for 12 markers matches and up to 36 markers. I think that most of the matches go back farther than when many families started to use last names. (In Europe Jews were required to start using last names around the mid-1700s. Most of my family matches are Jewish. I believe Christians started using last names before this time. Can anyone confirm this? I know that I will continue to get matches over many years and I am hopeful that I will find parts of my family that haven't heard of one another. My original DNA test cost $220. My sister did a maternal test that gave us even less information. It seemed like a waste of money. Most of the people I met through DNA matches also had found no matches. Have other people found relatives using DNA?