Help me understand DNA testing

[wvpiper]

So how does it work if my Scottish line comes thrugh my mother, her father and grandfather, thence through her great grandmother to her GGM's father and patrilineal from there?

Obviously the Y test isn't right, but will the mtDNA test shed light any better? Or is this a case of "you're hosed, turpin"?

Male descendants of your mother's family can be tested to affirm that line. An uncle or male cousin, for example.

To the OP-try hooking up with a surname DNA project, if available. You can get the kit, get the results and compare them to other tests and get support on what it all means.

Interesting story from 60 minutes a while back.

This business of genetic genealogy is fraught with limitations

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3334427.shtml