Barbara, Bill beat me to the answer but answered it I am sure better than I can. I get the question often. The answer about females is the pits I understand and I hope the scientific issue is resolved soon so that we can study genealogy equally male and female. Bill, thanks for the answers. Yours Ron BarbHutch1@aol.com wrote: > >Thanks so much Bill for your response. >Very disappointing for me as I as well as many many female  genealogist and >family researchers that would like to be able to locate our  ancestors >sooner. > >Thanks again for your data,   Barbara Cline  Hutchinson > >In a message dated 10/8/05 1:34:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,   >smothers@dca.net writes: > > >There were many Smothers families in the Macon County area back in  the >late 1700's to mid-1800's (of course back then the area was Sumner and   >Smith Counties).  Most were gone by 1860, having moved to Illinois,   >Arkansas, etc., and other parts of TN.  At the Smothers DNA site,  above, >SMOTHERS GROUP-4 are all men relaed to the Smothers of   >Sumner/Smith/Macon Counties. > >Bill  Smothers >Delaware > > > > > > >==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >This list is for sharing Macon County, TN. Genealogy!! ><a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> > >