this is a nice article. one quibble
"Bonnie Schermer, a novelist in Mishiwaka, Ind., suspected for years that her grandfather kept separate families in North Carolina and the Midwest. Last year, she met Sorenson researchers at a genealogy gathering and they offered to test free of charge genetic samples of Schermer's father and a North Carolina man she thought might be a descendant of her grandfather. Their DNA markers were essentially identical. "
barring further info, why did she need to know this?
Who knows myself I was adopted and would like to know someday who my bio father was if that is possible?
I might not get him pin down but I get the general family origins!
For amateur geneaologists like me, these types of cases are usually educated guesses at best. People who research need to know if they're going to get an accurate picture of their ancestors. I think it's GREAT!