Who should get tested?
Anyone who is interested in confirming their surname ancestry should consider DNA testing. A male can represent himself and his surname family, while a female will need to arrange for a male relative to represent her and her family. Sooner or later, in researching a family tree, we all get to the point where the paper records become scarce to non-existent. Perhaps we have several possibilities or much circumstantial evidence as to whom the next ancestor in a line may be, but no way to determine which is which. DNA testing may be just the thing to help to break down some of those “brick walls,” which sooner or later, we all face.
