Here are the results pages from 2 DNA surname projects to look over. Neither has any "50%" results. http://www.livingston.net/hilldna/results.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/KINNEY/Research/results.htm When you get DNA results groupings of 3 and more participants who've done their research and the results show this much similarity, the results appear to me to be worth it. DNA affirms your research. Kaye in Texas --- Sam Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like the best they can do is a 50% match in 17.5 generations. I'll > stay with my computer, cemetery skulking, census and public records > techniques. > > Sam Thomas > Roswell, Georgia > 770-643-8880 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com