I don't envy most of you. I know where the majority of my ancestry comes from to the city of each country, but one. I'm 2nd generation English, 3rd Generation Scottish and 4th Generation Irish. My German ancestry is my only technical mystery. Fortunately, for my English and Scottish ancestry I still have relatives that family has been aware of in those places. My Scottish relatives, helped out a great deal with loads of solid information that was forwarded to me from my grandfather in 2002. I typically celebrate my Scottish ancestry more because that's my male bloodline.

So, I don't feel the desire to take a DNA test personally. I think a DNA test is probably a good idea for those who are of a further generational gap.

There is a gentlemen in our Scots-Irish club, who really has his work cut out for him. He's a McKinnon and he knows that his family at it's earliest residence in North America lived in Nova Scotia. Then the moved to Quebec, then to Boston, Ma. He might have lived in NY too ( I don't remember) and now in Fl.

Connecting the dots, can be quite the challenge.