DNA testing is so much fun.  But it is indeed sad to throw out 20  
years of research and wonderful family stories that are suddenly "not  
yours".  I have proved to myself beyond the shadow of a doubt that my  
children do not connect to the Civil War soldier named Archy Moses  
that I spent many hours "fleshing out" over the years.  I don't know  
if I will ever solve the question of with which Scots-Irish man they  
do connect, however, it is VERY evident that their ancestry is Scots- 
Irish or Irish or Scots from the DNA results and that the surname is  
NOT Moses.  I worried about sharing the results with my son, but he  
said with all honesty that it was the first time I had ever told him a  
genealogy story that he was really interested in.  I highly recommend  
getting involved with the DNA testing that is out there for  
reassurance that you are on the right trail or as in this case for  
proof that you are looking in the wrong direction.  Marsha Moses


On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Lesley L Shockey wrote:

> From my experience with FTDNA I would gladly take DNA evidence over  
> a "paper trail" any day.  The DNA of three out of nineteen in our  
> project did not match the paper trail.  Two were quite surprised but  
> for one it matched "family stories" not paper trails.  Both of the  
> other two, when the paper trail was examined closely, problems could  
> be seen.
>
> Grandparents raising a grandchild as their own child while their  
> next youngest child, a single daughter of 17 or 18 is still living  
> at home happened more often than many will admit.  It raises  
> questions especially when the descendants DNA matches that of nearby  
> neighbors and they had sons in the age range of 17 to 25.
>
> Les

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