Janean Even if we all understood everything about the DNA, we still have to contact our Matches; share ancestry info; and determine the Common Ancestor(s)! It's really that simple! The DNA includes detailed information from your ancestors, but it doesn't know any names, dates, places, generations, etc. only the genealogist can put a "face", so to speak, on the story the DNA has. Whether we understand it or not, the testing companies have designed the tests so the Matches are our cousins, and we can contact them. That leads directly to the next step in all DNA testing - contacting our Matches and putting a "face" on our Common Ancestors. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 25, 2012, at 10:37 AM, "Janean Ray" <jray38@neo.rr.com> wrote: > I only got as far as disecting the frog. LOL Being A.D.D. this is all a > lot to wrap my mind around but I'm trying bit by bit. Its easier for me to > just say "I don't need to know HOW it works, here's my stuff, test it and > let me know who I connect to" which is hard for someone like me who has to > have a reason for everything and to understand WHY something "is" before I > believe it. But its like my husband with this garden....... He likes me to > get involved and watch it grow and harvest it. I say I don't care how it > gets ON my table let's just sit down and eat. Yadda yadda yadda. LOL But > I am trying. It will sink in eventually > > > Janean