I am inquiring on behalf of a friend who is adopted. He has no idea what his biological surname might be; however, he is curious whether DNA testing would be helpful. Is the database of generic tests large enough and is the computer capability sufficiently robust to place him in a potential surname group? Thanks you, Ron Powell

Hi, Even if he doesn't join a surname project there are other projects he could join that might connect geographically. Also, Y Search at www.ysearch.org would be able to match him with others and thru the process of elimination, he just might find out who his family is. In my case,(BTW, I am not adopted), my DNA matches all share different surnames. We did not know each other and had no connection prior to DNA testing. Now we know that at least 2 of us has a very closely connected. We may also know who our common ancestor was. Linda