DNA testing may establish lineage going back more than 500 years

[Matilda]

2. Thanks for that info - it would be very exciting to do.

I saw it done on an episode of Time Team once, and they said you could do it, but I simply assumed it would be very expensive.

I'm sure there would be many other descendants of the Plantagenets, but the trick seems to be finding those who've come down through a female line. I'd figured they could use one of the royals, but the lack of a strong female line seems to be a stumbling block. But it's just a wonderful thing that they'll be able to say for certain; not so long ago it would have had to remain an educated guess.

I've taken my mother's ancestry back to 17th century, but I have no idea what their original gene pool was. I've reached a point where I'm not likely to be able to go back much further with records (early 17th century on one line, but not as far on others), so it would just be nice to get a picture of their origins.

Thanks for the info!