Cheri the 12 marker test only puts you in a group , you need to go to 37 Marker to get near any close relative. Laurie who is a member of FTDNA -----Original Message----- From: thompson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:thompson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 30 June 2013 9:30 PM To: THOMPSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [THOMPSON] DNA of James Thompson (Pike Co IN) This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Cheri958 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/16704.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husband has submitted his DNA through the Ancestry.com DNA study (forget the name off hand). It was only a 12 marker test, so we are getting hundreds of matches, nothing real close yet. Has any other Thompson's done this? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMPSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message