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