> I'm not a genetics expert but it is my understanding that the DNA could > prove useful even if the surname is not Park/e/s. But, you would need to > ask that of a testing facility. The tests are expensive, especially if you > request to be tested for more sites; but with that expense comes more accuracy. ... -- Cheryl: The Cone family has done quite a bit of DNA testing on the Cone males, as there are two principal Cone lines in the US. The tests have been very helpful. They work only for males with the Cone surname. Cost has been around $140 per test, I think, using swabs of DNA from one's inner cheek. So far about two dozen Cone males have participated. Bob in Atlanta Robert S. (Bob) Duggan, Jr. r.duggan@ieee.org [home page] http://pages.prodigy.net/r.duggan [genealogy] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan