Since April I have been getting results from my family’s DNA kits on Ancestry. I have been marking them off on pedigree charts as we come up with new family matches. I have several families where there may be matches say for 3rd, 5th and 6th great grandparents and maybe one lower – say 1st great grandparents. Can one assume, since the DNA came from me or one of my siblings that the DNA has basically proved the entire line up the ancestral tree. Most of the confidence levels are moderate, which seems likely since we may be going back to people who were born in the 1600s. There are also generations where there is only one match to a set of great grandparents, but both match at the next generation. How one interprets some of the generations which appear to have been proved by matches to others with common ancestors may have implications for people trying to prove lineages for membership in lineage based organization. Many of us have relatively well proved lines, yet lacking paper proof say for one generation out of 5 or 6 or more needed. As time goes on and more people have their DNA tested, perhaps more people may be eligible to join some of these organizations. At this point in time, I am plotting my matches and breathing a sigh of relief when a few problematic lines for me, seem to have been proved by Ancestry’s DNA results. Are there any DNA experts out there willing to weigh on on these matters? Margaret Scheffler