I agree with Bill, my King  DNA  (male first cousin) and my MTDNA, revealing 
hapalog  group and the  origins of my "Eve", and my husband's DNA have been 
eye-opening.  We are really "Kings" and have found connections to two 
matches who descend from two different King males in Virginia and North 
Carolina.  Both have origins in early James River area.
My husband's match proved that he is indeed from a group of Anabaptists who 
came to America to escape religious persecution.  They were called 
"Dunkers", sometimes Mennonites and even Amish.  We knew his G-grandfather 
was considered  something of a pacifist.  It was not until my 
father-in-law's generation that the men in the family enlisted and served in 
the military. My husband's close dna match still lives a clearly 
"antiquated" religious life.  It explains some seemingly "genetic traits" 
my husband has, he is gentle, not a fighter, is clearly clever with his 
hands.  (His ancestors were carpenters).
My mtdna shows we are indeed  all the family of man. My "Eve" is a V 
hapalog, she originates in northern Africa, probably Morocco or Tunisia. the 
genes did not travel much, first to Greece, then to northern Spain where 
many of that particular hapalog group still live today. In the last 10,000 
years this gene dramatically moved to an area now called Estonia, but a part 
of Russia.  Now, the Laplanders or "Skolt Sami" of Finland are the largest 
group of this particular hapalog.  They are currently trying to restore 
their place as a native Finnish "tribe" and to have their language and 
culture taught in schools. I was overwhelmed to think that my female line 
was such a small group, but easily identified in this great migration of 
humankind. In my lifetime I would never have thought that this information 
could be proven.  As was said, DNA is the new tool for genealogy. 

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