Thank you for this encouragement.  I am very hopeful and excited.   Pat --- On Thu, 1/12/12, Linda Miller Wilson <lindamiller.wilson129@gmail.com> wrote: From: Linda Miller Wilson <lindamiller.wilson129@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [WILSON] DNA To: wilson@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 8:39 AM I can't begin to tell everyone what the DNA test meant to my husband's family.  He had the test before he died and did not have a hit; however, there was a match a couple of years later.  We discovered that a cousin of his great grandfather had lived in the same county that my husband had moved to and had lived in for forty years.  There was even a letter from the 1850's in the family that referred to this cousin though no one knew where he was.  This Wilson line is from Jasper County, GA, and some moved to Drew County, AR, about 1843: Joseph Wilson, Able Pennington Wilson...moved to AR., George Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and my late husband Harry Keith Wilson.  I have probably written about this previously but just wanted to emphasize the importance of DNA.  Also, on my mother's side, DNA connected our Stewart line back to VA.  Our ancestor had left VA to NC as a child because his father had died, and an extended family member had guardianship of him.  The VA line had been looking for him for a hundred years.  DNA brought him home. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:01 AM, pat <pkcb113@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I am excited to tell you all finally someone I believe I am related to > distantly will do a DNA test for my Samuel Wilson of Lewis County WV.  He > is as excited as I am.  He is a true pioneer for our family history.  That > only gets me half way there, because that only gets us back to our > forefather's possible relationship.  Now I need to get a direct Family > member to agree to make sure I am related to this Samuel Wilson. Atleast > that is how I perceive DNA matches. > > Keep your fingers crossed.  I have hoped for this for so long. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Linda Miller Wilson P. O. Box 129 Pettigrew, AR 72752 479-677-2681 ** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message