I'm a Thomas, but also a Wells on the maternal side. The Wells Family Research Association has been engaged in the DNA testing program for some time and the results can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/dnaproje/results1.html. My Thomas line is an "orphan" line, as I and two male cousins have no male children, and can find no living male relative among all those born after about 1830 except ourselves. My interest in the DNA project is to try to find a link between my family and some of the rest of you, hoping that knowing that will enable me to find a convential link with documentation. It would sure help those of us with common names to have a target family and location to aim at. There's a good description of the DNA project within the Wells home page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/wfrahome.html Sincerely, Jim Thomas