Well, my Uncle and Cousins got the info I sent.

The Uncle was thrilled to get the pictures, documents, the DNA Info, and the Genealogy Report, and told me some of the cousins came by to look at the Photos, and DNA Report, asking him to make copies of  many of the photos.

So far none of the cousins have contacted ME, to ask questions, or follow-up on my request for more info on their families, or the invite to do research on Ancestry for them.

Last month I got my Uncle's DNA Results back, and decided I wanted to do more than just send THAT to him. ;-D

In the last 2 months, as a member of the pay side at Ancestry, I took advantage of this access to make several startling discoveries regarding not just the Wells/Hesson side of my lineage, but the Daugherty/Fraze/Tanner side.

This mainly involved marriages, and deaths.

Anyway I spent the money to make copies of documents, and over 50 photos (Covering 1915 to 2003), most of which my Uncle had never seen.

I made Genealogical Care Packages for him, and his 7 children, my cousins, many of whom I had not seen in over 30 years before a visit to Va. in March.

My Uncle got his DNA Report, the Pictures, and copies of documents.

He also got a 36 page Descendant Report. ;-D

With the confirmation of the DNA Report I was finally able to lay claim to  names, and dates sent me by another researcher 7 years ago, which traced our Wells Line back to PA. in the early 18th century.

I spent the last 2 weeks adding names and dates to my Genealogy program, and made a report.

The Cousins got copies of documents.

I wrote a letter, explaining  what I'd been up to, Genealogically, since my last report to them 6 years ago, and let them know that if they wanted copies of the DNA Report, photos, and Descendant Report, they'd have to take it up with their Dad. ;-D

I also encourged them to share the names of their wives, and husbands, and kids, for a future edition of the Report, and offered to use my access to Ancestry to look up stuff on the ancestors of their spouses.

With over 90 Family Groups, and about 300 names, even with the notes from that old Wells Researcher, I've got my work cut out for me. ;-D

My Uncle will be going thru his records, and photos, looking for anything that might be of interest to me, and sending me copies, in the hopes that I can use the stuff to help  illuminate that confusing, mostly unknown, 50 year period from 1890 to 1940 in the lives of our Ancestors.

In 2002 a researcher into the Wells Family, sent me a Genealogy Report listing names, and notes for what she said was my line, from the late 1700's to the mid- 1880's.

I set it aside for years since I didn't have proof of my connection to it.

With the DNA results for my Uncle the tie is now there, though who the MOTHER of his Father is is still up in the air.

So I've been adding just the names and dates to my records so I can have a basic GEDCOM to contribute to my listing at the Wells DNA Project.

With that researchers list I find myself with a huge cast of characters, including one case of cousins marrying, and an unknown number of unknown cousins potentially all across America, even some Smiths & Jones, hee, hee. ;-D

In order to begin to make headway on a Brick Wall related to the parentage of the Father of my Mother, I paid for her brother to participate in the Wells DNA Project.

I just got the results back, and they are intriquing.

I'll have more to report on this as I study the results, but it's pretty clear he's a Wells. ;-D  

The interesting thing is that, of the 250 test takers that Ancestry says his DNA has similarities to...

the most recent time period for a common ancestor goes back 125 years,

for 2 test takers not  named Wells (1 in England, and 1 in Oregon),

then 150 yrs. for 7 people named Wells.  

There are even 2 people living in Germany, neither named Wells, 1 with a common ancestor around 450 years ago, and another 825 years ago.

And people think Genealogy is Boring???? ;-D