Ken Nisbet
DNA is all the rage nowadays, with the major commercial websites, Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk), FindMyPast (findmypast.co.uk) and MyHeritage (myheritage.com) among those offering tests and encouraging people to get their DNA done. But how useful is this to our family history research? After all, DNA on its own is not going to give you names, dates, places, occupations and all the information that goes to make up your family history.