Madaline,

You could take the mtDNA test at Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)....or any other 
such DNA testing company.  That test is "representative" of you, your 
mother, your mother's mother, your mother's mother's mother, etc., etc.  You 
could take instead (or in addition to the above test) the Family Finder test 
at FTDNA.  That test will find any "biological matches" between you and any 
other male or female donors who also took the Family Finder test, 
irrespective of their surnames (that test is supposedly accurate to only 
about four to five "generations back").  The above would ensure that your 
DNA would be secure and available for years to come.  As I understand it, 
FTDNA keeps those DNA samples for at least 20+ years.

Bill




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:10 PM
Subject: DNA


> Is there a way/location to leave your DNA for the future.....much like you
> do for sperm and embryos?   I'd like for it to be available when science
> has progressed to a place when all these females in my lines will no 
> longer
> hinder things AND at a time when my children decide to take some interest
> in our family history. As old as they are, their eyes still glaze over at
> the mention of their past.  It is always an "oh there goes mother again"
> moment when the subject of who begat whom comes up.
> (Also when the testing becomes routine enough to be more affordable.)
> Wishful thinking???
> M. Preston
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