Hi there1 This might have been asked before, but what do we do if there are no males left? I know the DNA project looks for the Y chromosome in the men but is there a way to do the mitochondrial test on the women? I have two Wallace cousins no one has seen in 30 years. If any Wallace knows a Mark Allen Wallace who was born in April of 1957 and lived in Kansas City a good part of his life please let me know. There is also a Kelly Wallace who was born in WIsconsin and is now in his late 50's that lived in Long Beach CA that is a relative. These are the only known men in my family and neither of them has been heard from in at least 20-30 years. The DNA test would help me with my brick wall, but without someone with the Y chromasome, I don't think it's possible. Thanks Helen -----Original Message----- From: JoAnn Wallace [mailto:edward.joann@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:48 PM To: WALLACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WALLACE-L] DNA Analysis To All Wallaces, I can, from my personal experiences, tell you that DNA analysis does definitely help. A potential cousin contacted me after seeing my Wallace-L query. Correspondence between us provided a lot of circumstantial evidence but we couldn't find any definite proof. About that time the Wallace DNA option became available and we both participated. The result was a 100% match on 26 DNA sites tested. We were now positive that we were descended from a common ancestor. Since that time I have, with help identified a Wallace in Scotland who has his ancestry back to the 1500 who shares a common ancestor with me. While I still have a lot of searching to do to prove the line, I know that I can trace forward the Wallace male descendants of the 1500s ancestor to find my line. I think this will be much easier than trying to go back in time. I have put this info out as a way of trying to say that if all of you Wallaces with male members available can submit your(their) DNA to help establish possible common lines of ancestry. It will tie together family lines and could provide a great help to those of you with Wallace brick walls. Your DNA submission is easy and will help all of us. Ed Wallace