More on DNA testing. Our Cobb DNA testing family has helped our family tremendously in sorting through which of the many (I think there are 10 at last count) Cobb/Cobbs/Cobbe etc, families that came from England - all Cobb families who came to the Atlantic shores in the 1600s. This site will give you an idea of what some dedicated and very hard working Cobb descendants have done (and still are working) in sorting through these various DNAs. The numbers shown in the following site are an example of what you will receive when you have your DNA tested. This is just a 'tease' to let you know what you are in for with this testing. Would YOU know what to do with these numbers? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cobb/kent/rstanleycobb.htm Without divulging names other than Cobb, this site gives you an example of what you will receive when a DNA testing is done - and demonstrates how different those who thought they were related - aren't. You would think that all of those with the same surname would have similar numbers. Think again. Scroll through the various pages on this site and it will open your eyes about what all is involved here. An example of how this has helped me with a 'Cobb cousin' who wrote to me - well in all honestly, her maiden name was Cobb and she grew up in the town with one of my Cobb cousins but neither I - nor her neighbor named Cobb - hadn't heard of her as a family member before they went to school together. She asked me how her Cobb family fit into mine (my cousin who donated his DNA wasn't into 'doing' the genealogy work). Well, just looking at what she sent me I KNEW this was a different Cobb family than mine - mine is John Cobb from Lake County, CA - my great great grandfather. This was shortly after my Cobb cousin submitted his DNA for testing. We discovered through this testing and the dedicated Cobb researchers that we descend from Ambrose Cobbs of Virginia - she, however, as it turns out, is of the Henry Cob/Cobb family of Massachusetts - completely different DNA. Without the Cobb Coordinators of the DNA testing for our GROUP, we would still be floundering. DNA testing is just the first step in learning who your ancestors - and closer relatives are - the real research comes after that - even if you have the wonderful help such as the Cobbs Coordinators who are willing to take on the task of sorting through all the DNA - names, migration paths with timelines (for the closer families). My Lake County Cobb family descended from Ambrose Cobbs, but I am still trying to dig through a brick wall from Ambrose in the early 1600s to my John Cobb, born 1814 in Kentucky and came to California in 1850/51. We are 'stuck' in that time period of late 1700s and early 1800s when so many people were moving about a great deal - movin' west so to speak. They didn't always 'write home' so become lost to those who settled and didn't move much. The 1880 County histories are a big help - but the Lake County biography of John Cobb 'mentions' that he had parents .. with no names.. and two sisters and a brother, again, no names. Through a lot of hard and dedicated digging, I have now found his sisters, Mary and Hester - and the brother MAY have been a brother in law instead... another case of who ever is 'writin' really didn't listen well and they wrote down the wrong information - such as we find now in many census records. Our Cobb family lines are greatfully in debt to those who have taken on this job. And no, my Cobb cousin's DNA numbers are NOT on the above website - so don't ask. My advice to those of you who are thinking about having your DNA tested to 'give you all the answers' is to plan on this being the beginning of YOUR PROJECT to help and volunteer in helping those who are willing to do the 'sorting through' all these numbers. Remember that not all DNA groups have coordinators. Margie Hinton