This whole subject of DNA fingerprinting is new to most family historians, and not easily understood by most people. For more information on DNA Fingerprinting using variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR's), double click on: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/vntr1.html Shown to the right at the top of the chart are the chromosomes of the two parental individuals of the pedigree below them. The first individual (male parent) has one chromosome with 4 repeated sequences and one chromosome with 6 repeated sequences. At the bottom of the figure is a pedigree of the mating between these two individuals and their four resultant children. The DNA of each of the individuals has been analyzed for the VNTR repeat number and the gels are show below each individual along with the genotype for each individual. Notice that each of the six people are distinguishable from each other by the VNTR's at this one genetic locus. Notice also that the male children also have the same 6 repeated sequences of their father. Their sons will also have the same repeated sequences, and so on down the chain of male descendants of the male parent at the top of the chart. I hope this graphic illustration helps to explain what we are proposing by testing 2 or 3 male children from the various immigrant Page lines --- attempting to identify the common VNTRs of the male children in the various Page lines. George W. Page