Our Reeves testing is for the male DNA that is passed from father to son. I was in the same boat that you are in now and couldn't take the test for the Reeves line. However I found my first cousin, 92 years old who agreed to take the test for me. If he hadn't been willing I would have had to try to find another male cousin that could do it. They do test the female line for both men and female. But it goes down your mother's line. In other words the DNA is passed from your mother to you. she carries her mother's DNA and etc. back down the line. No surnames. I was a Reeves my mother was a Bridwell, her mother was a Bugg and so on. It would be interesting but this particular study is only for that Reeves male line that hasn't been broken. So look for a cousin, uncle, great uncles etc. that would be willing to do the DNA test for you. It would still be your line. Good luck to all the ladies out there that would like to join this project. My only advice is find that male relative and I am sure they will be cooperative. Beulah In a message dated 9/11/2005 11:10:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Beaulah, sine my line went from Anna Reeves and then male to male to me, a female, do you think it would do any good though? Because isnt the test using mitochondrial DNA? And that has to go through an unbroken female line. I would love to trace my Reeves heritage however. Since all I really know is my GGGrandpa, Edward Reeves was born in England, in approx 1818. He married "Sarah Puncher" (perhaps really Punchard) Perhaps in Suffolk Co. Then they went to Kansas. The trail ends there. A scientist I am not however! I only know this much because I read a lot about the problems in identifying the remains of the Imperial Romanovs. Dena