OK Jim, here's your chance to "esplain to Lucy" about DNA...lol First of all I have no male descendants to test ANY of my family lines except for my brother from one particular line because it comes down from all men through my father's father. All the rest of my lines go to my father then my grandmother back to Virginia and all the CHINN, BALL, TRAVERS ETC. ETC. lines and my understanding is you can't use women. Anyway..... IF I find someone has proven their line through DNA..... And I KNOW for certain that is my line.... How can I get hooked up with that person? Everyone I have ever spoken to or websites I've been directed to I get a bunch of batch numbers that mean absolutely nothing to me. So for instance..... Below: You mention Roland/Rowland Lawson...... Who I'm assuming is the spouse to Letitia Wales and son to John Lawson MY NOTES: John Lawson b. 1575, of "Brough Hall", England. He was son of Sir Ralph Lawson & Elizabeth Brough. He married Sarah Rowland on 1606, Brough hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England. She was b. 1582, England. She was dau. of Richard Rowland Esq. & Joyce Lyttell. They also said Sarah's father was Thomas Rowland (most likely be Richard). They had four children. One of their son: Rowland Lawson Sr. b. 1608/17, England, came to America 1638 - Greer - early Virginia Immigrants. He was the son of John Lawson & Sarah Rowland. He married Lettice "Letitia" Wales on bef 1629 or bef 1636, Lancaster County, Virginia, d. aft 1661, Lancaster County, Virginia. She was dau. of George Wales & Lewys (no last name). George Wales first settle in Maryland, d. Mar 1670/71, Lancaster County, Virginia. Lewys (no last name) b. bet 1610-11, England, d. aft Aug 1689. Rowland Lawson & Lettice "Letitia" Wales had eight children. NOW....... Roland was my 9th great grandfather. Allegedly! SO if this DNA has say been proven to YOU.... And you are some person I've never met... On a Lawson DNA website how do people like me get involved??? Get connected to the person who belongs to this line? I have found in the little bit I've looked into - these people are not very forthcoming with information. Its like THEY shelled out the money to get tested and don't want to share their information. Is that just the nature of the beast and not everyone is like that? What are your thoughts? And what is Eppa; Henry mean? I don't mean to sound ignorant but there are a lot of areas of genealogy I have yet to explore... Some things come natural to some and not so much to others. I learn by asking questions because with adult A.D.D. I often find it difficult to try and read and comprehend some of this stuff so I do a lot of asking questions and just pushing buttons to see where it gets me. LOL I have a hard enough time just trying to digest all the verbiage posted on here sometimes. LAWSON, Roland b 1617 England; to VA 1633; four generations Lancaster Co, VA thru 1700s: Eppa; Henry Thanks, Janean