Wow Diane, you make my head spin trying to keep up with all you have been able to do with 
your family research. Really I was trying to find out the dynamics of the DNA testing and 
how Harvard's Fullwiley could go so low as to give it a 1% rating in it's usefulness. 
Is he like your cousin who refuses to "believe" in DNA? 

DNA is a science not a faith, there should be nothing to 'believe' in if it's proven. I accept as 
fact DNA testing done for CSI cases but those tests are based on human remains or fluids 
and are compared to the living to either identify the dead or the guilty. I have heard of DNA 
testing done on the exhumed remains of ancestors but that is not the norm. Without testing 
the body of an ancestor, how precise can DNA testing be for the purpose of genealogy? 

I have solid proof of my Ford family back to 1794 and to a lesser extent a paper trail that 
takes it back to about 1635. In several generations the Ford wife is assumed due to 
naming patterns so in my particular case DNA testing would be of no use because it 
concerns the identities of the wives who married into the Ford family. Correct? 
Or is there any way that DNA testing could shine the light on the identities of these 
women? Are there any good books on DNA and it's use in genealogy that you could 
recommend? How much does DNA testing cost? 

Thanks for writing and congrats on your relation to the Revolutionary War Captain. 

God bless, Vicki Ford :)

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