From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Ian   
   Goddard  writes:   
   >My position on this is very simple: do I have a question which needs   
   >DNA to answer it?  So far, no; nor do I envisage how I might find one.   
   >   
   >Ian   
      
   You don't _know_ that you don't.   
      
   How might it arise? Well, one example: say, by conventional research,   
   you have a "brick wall" where you know you are descended from one of two   
   people (similar or same name, born in similar location on similar date).   
   DNA might - especially combined with degrees of match to other people   
   descended from those two people, but where the other researchers do know   
   which one they're descended from (or from ancestors of the two) - show   
   you which one you are. Or are not.   
      
   Plenty of other examples.   
      
   However: there is a _lot_ of pressure to take DNA tests, I agree: and,   
   though they've come down a lot, they're still quite a lot of money IMO.   
   If you don't feel the need to do one, e. g. you still have plenty of   
   conventional research that's yielding results, there's no need to give   
   in to the pressure. It's certainly not the case that it's something any   
   genealogist should do, despite the way some people talk (and even apply   
   moral blackmail).   
      
   FWIW, my experience: I can't remember why I took one, now - probably   
   just curiosity, a special offer, and the _hope_ that it'd help with some   
   of my "brick walls". It hasn't done the last; responses from matches   
   I've tried to contact haven't been _that_ high; and I _have_ met (some   
   in person!) some moderately close cousins I hadn't previously been aware   
   of, and I've enjoyed meeting them.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   I'm too lazy to have a bigger ego. - James May, RT 2016/1/23-29   
      
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