Posted by Gene Pennington at request of Nick Penington who has an e-mail problem and cannot send messages from his home computer at this time. ====================================================== Cheryl, I am sorry if you got the impression that I or anyone in the PRA is not interested in tracing female lines but this is certainly untrue. It is just more difficult than male lines as you know. My comments seem to have been misunderstood since they referred to the use of DNA in tracing female lines. I traced all lines for my wife back to 1720 in Europe !! Re what your daughter said: When suggesting that someone is not in command of the facts it is customary to point out where they are incorrect. I have a Ph.D. in medical science and work with DNA. I would gladly compare my knowledge of the use of DNA in genealogy with anyone, short of someone who uses molecular population genetics for a living! Nicholas J. Penington Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York.