Wow, what an amazing story! You are so lucky. Lisa On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Debbie via <[email protected]> wrote: > About two years ago my paternal uncle tested with Family Tree DNA. I > wasn't sure what to expect. A few weeks later I heard from a woman > (I'll call her Hayden) from Dublin, Ireland. She and my uncle were a > match. I only had one branch (HAYDEN) that traced back to Dublin, so I > focused on that. When we initially reviewed our trees we shared no > common surnames. Both of us had traced the families to about 1880, so > we took a few days to see if we could move back another generation. > > I had hit a brick wall. Her updates included a little girl names > Rosanna Bowes who had passed away at age 3. I was able to obtain a > copy of her death certificate from the LDS. I emailed it to Hayden > and she immediately replied to let me know that the cemetery was right > down the road from where she worked and she'd visit it over lunch. > > Her reply was AMAZING!!! Rosanna was buried in a family plot which > included my HAYDENS and her BOWES!!! Our ancestors were brother and > sister! > > This is one example of how DNA tests aren't necessarily a "silver > bullet" but they can certainly provide a jumping off point which leads > to success!!! > > Debbie > Virginia USA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >