Tracing The Cotten Surname With DNA

Thought DNA testing was only useful in crime scenes and paternity claims? Think again.  More and more, genetic analysis is being used to confirm genealogy.   While many tests are available, the most successful one traces male lineage.  I don't understand the science of it, but a common trait of the Y-chromosome is passed from father to son.

Steve Cotten has sent his DNA to the Cotton/Cotten database http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/ and we hope to have a full report at the time of the family reunion.